INM controversy involves data, a radio station, ‘success fees’ and possible market abuse

Regulator expressed ‘serious concern’ that staff did not know ‘specifics’ of data removal

His cross-media holdings still likely to be examined as part of overall report for Government

Buckley told O’Brien merger would typically be approved after competition clearance

Minister says he ‘acted to the letter of the law’ in his conversation with lobbyist Eoghan Ó Neachtain

Chronology: the messages that saw Denis Naughten’s plans relayed through two PR consultants to INM’s main shareholder

BAI examined extent of O’Brien’s influence over INM in 2012

Intent relayed to INM’s major shareholder two months before being made public

Message from then INM chair shows O’Brien participated in drafting, watchdog says

Controversial emails cover sensitive INM topics

Emails between then INM chair and major shareholder raise ‘significant concern’

Businessman says he will hold corporate director ‘personally responsible’ for leaks

Billionaire businessman threatens to hold ODCE boss Ian Drennan ‘responsible’ for leaks

Department of Taoiseach figures show rising costs of inquiries and Moriarty tribunal

Appeal lodged over ruling on department’s release of correspondence under FOI Act

Former first minister said Dublin’s Border remarks risk provoking paramilitaries

Michael Doorly unable to guarantee personal staff data has not been compromised

Contingency planning stepped up as Barnier agrees to another Irish visit to the Border

PR firm embroiled in case with Denis O’Brien wants access to details of alleged data breach

Journalist Mark Little withdraws from data security conference after alleged data breach

Media group’s then chair consulted businessman over appointment, affidavit says

Nick Cooper whose name was searched after alleged data breach saw off Digicel court case

Robert Meade, second-in-command at the Irish Embassy, given until Monday to leave

Fidget spinners – with their hypnotising whirling motion – are an apt metaphor

Spokesman for Simon Coveney says there is no justification for expulsion of envoy

Who are the officials leading the Irish response to UK’s departure from EU next year?

One Year to Brexit: Tánaiste says there will be no withdrawal treaty without the ‘backstop’

Electorate urged to turn out and vote in what seasoned politicians consider a tight-run affair

Potential disruption to retail, agri-food and pharmaceutical-chemical supply chains

Fermanagh farmer John Sheridan fears the creeping return of a hard Border at his land

Cavan exporter Barry Smith is planning ahead for ‘some sort of hard Border’

Farmers along Border await clues about what will happen after UK quits EU

Government is expected to announce expulsions of at least one official tomorrow

Expulsions among possible actions in wake of briefings from Garda and security services

Liquidator may have to hire Swiss lawyers in bid to find Ammado boss Peter Conlon

European and UK officials will meet on Monday to discuss how to maintain open Irish Border

Stephen Donnelly: Government ‘losing leverage’ by allowing negotiations to move on without clarity on Border

Security checks to determine if foreign officials are working as secret agents

Donald Trump’s move weakens Ireland’s line of attack on proposed tax on digital firms

Taoiseach would rather have ‘right deal in October’ than ‘any deal in June’

Abortion vote: Together4Yes launches campaign to remove the Eighth Amendment

Two-day summit of EU leaders will focus primarily on tax and trade

The timing is bad as the idea has been floated at a time when there is a possibility of a trade war between the EU and US

Ireland prefers international rather than European measures to iron out tax loopholes used by multinationals

Lobby group also wary of Macron’s reform agenda

Ex-customs official concedes crossing registration and CCTV ‘too much’ for some

Canadian envoy says post-Brexit trade deal would still lead to border checks and delays

‘Backstop’ deal will keep North under EU rules in the event of no-deal Brexit

Fianna Fáil spokesman on Brexit says new deal ‘a fudge’ to enable talks to move to trade

Deal cementing no-hard-Border ‘backstop’ pleases Irish while British mull other options

Barnier hails ‘decisive step’ but warns deal is ‘not the end of the road’

Simon Coveney to meet Michel Barnier as Brussels seeks UK commitment on backstop

The loophole allowed a political firm to collect unauthorised data on millions of users

Sinn Féin and Green Party criticise Taoiseach’s intervention over Doonbeg wind farm

Dublin Airport says cancellations ‘won’t affect’ fans travelling to Six Nations match

Taoiseach conveyed Trump’s concerns about Doonbeg to tourism body, records show

Leo Varadkar urged to clarify contact with council over project opposed by Donald Trump

Reaction: Howlin says Varadkar may have been exaggerating his role ‘to have tale to tell’

‘I did commit to asking Fáilte to review the planning applications,’ Varadkar told state agency

Michael Clohessy ‘reviewing’ situation as Taoiseach says he tried to halt Doonbeg plan

Envoy says reports of spying in Ireland part of ‘hype’ around nerve-agent attack in UK

Cross-border committee says North should continue to be allowed to vote in EU elections

Commissioner says more staff would reverse negative perception as ineffective regulator

Tánaiste says it could take ‘years’ to agree a free trade agreement between EU and UK

‘I don’t believe it will go ahead without a fight from the Irish people,’ says David Fox

Ruling could complicate efforts to reclassify groups to free up spending on social housing

Committee told that overcharging by banks could amount to €700m

1,188 emigrants shared their opinions and experiences in new survey

Europe warns Britain against ‘cherry-picking’ of EU rules

Dalkey native Gail Slater to advise US president on technology and cybersecurity

Draft guidelines for post-Brexit trade deal will stress importance of avoiding a hard border

EU response to retaliate under WTO rules backed by State if US levies metals imports

Commissioner says defence spending must rise in next EU budget due to ‘America First’

Chuck Feeney’s ‘historic act of extraordinary generosity’ financed transformational change

Leo Varadkar expresses concerns about aspects of British PM’s latest Brexit speech

People asked not to run taps in freezing weather and to have showers to save water

PM to use ‘five tests’ speech to call for deal between UK and EU that strengthens ‘our union’

Simon Coveney says EU and UK would decide location under ‘backstop’ scenario

Minister rejects suggestion Dublin is pushing Brexit on the EU’s terms on the British

Northern Ireland will be considered part of the EU’s customs territory after Brexit, text says

EU’s draft withdrawal agreement based on North-South alignment to avoid hard border

Draft EU-UK withdrawal treaty likely to be rejected by Brexiteers and DUP

Draft agreement sets basis out on which to proceed into next phase of Brexit talks

Agriculture and food sectors to be protected under proposed withdrawal agreement

Semi-State considering use of technology for on-board checks in event of a hard Brexit

Call comes days before release of withdrawal deal providing ‘backstop’ for no hard border

Homeless charity secure sports centre in emergency response to extreme weather

Former MEP says ex-Ukrainian leader used report linked to indicted former Trump aide

ECB’s view of non-performing loans queried in bid to exclude restructured mortgages

What bank failed to clean up, insolvency advisers and lawyers seek to resolve in court

Minister tells conference that regulatory divergence poses biggest risk to Irish economy

Minister reviewing rules to avoid mass repossessions in light of likely sale of 14,000 home loans to vulture fund

Permanent TSB could have avoided sales of bad loans by using State’s insolvency fixes

More public funding will be required to respond to Netflix with Irish-made content

‘Pick and choose’ UK trade deal would be ‘very demanding’, says Else Berit Eikeland

Three graduates of the programme talk about what it means for US-Irish relations

Dublin landlords secured increases averaging 10% before limit was introduced

Former candidate sees younger Democrats beating ‘rogue’ Trump and Republicans

Nigel Farage’s Dublin speech has cast doubt on assumptions about the nature of Irish populism

Pharmacy owner tells inquiry that ‘blurred’ lines between his practices was ‘madness’