Jack Horgan-Jones

Senior Fianna Fáil ministers are diplomatic but the party’s backbenchers are openly angry and detect Varadkar’s hand in the populist policy gambit

Fianna Fáil sources sceptical of claims over how many people would benefit from the plan

Budget negotiations are best done behind closed doors and by not promising everybody everything, says Green Party leader

Party meeting sees Fine Gael members turn on Fianna Fáil partners who ‘crashed the economy’

The nature of the refugee crisis means that more beds will be needed, sooner or later

Several sites under consideration for berthing ‘floatels’ in Dublin and Cork

Minister indicates he would consider making planning exemptions to rules which would apply to repurposing office space as housing

Round-the-clock demonstration to continue on the Magowna Road in Co Clare but not directly outside the Magowna House Hotel

FG and FF have signalled support to change triple lock as it gives de facto veto to Russia over Irish military deployments

True impact of migration accommodation issues is it will fuel feelings, where they exist, that Government is remote, indifferent and arbitrary

Unpublished paper developed by Department of Integration makes several recommendations

Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien has said pod-style accommodation has ‘vast potential’ to house migrants quicker

Costs would be associated with allowing Ukrainians to repatriate to native country and making arrangement for those wishing to stay, says Taoiseach

Joe O’Brien is due to meet protesters and residents who have moved to the Magowna House Hotel in Inch

Government will also continue to host people seeking international protection in Co Clare despite ‘unacceptable’ protests at Magowna House