Government’s VAT cut for developers ‘torn apart’ by Parliamentary Budget Office, TD claims
Rory Hearne alleges measure to cost ‘billions’, but Tánaiste insists total package is ‘millions’
Dáil Éireann
Halloween fireworks starting in summer, Dáil hears amid calls for tougher penalties
Garda’s Operation Tombola has carried out 1,218 seizures of fireworks over last decade
Micheál Martin finds himself in a familiar story but with an uncertain ending
All is unlikely to be quiet on the Fianna Fáil front
From Belfast to Dublin via the Reichstag, Heather puts in the mileage for Áras bid
Presidential candidate’s fire brigade visit would have been even more valuable two days earlier
Budget 2026: Package full of once-off measures ‘just wasn’t possible’, says Taoiseach; immediate jump in fuel and cigarette prices
The Government announced an extensive package on Tuesday
Budget criticism, and no quick pressure cut for Micheál Martin
Fianna Fáil backbenchers preparing to take the Taoiseach to task over the presidential campaign
How to budget for Jim Gavin’s failure
Postmortem on misguided presidential campaign will pause while Government reveals spending plans
Miriam Lord: It was Fianna Fáil’s DUBU Day: Disastrous, Unbelievable, Bizarre, Unprecedented
Jim Gavin posters will be down off lamp-posts quicker than the unauthorised tricolours above them
The days when the budget was a shared national event in Ireland are over
People now receive budget news as a series of personalised bullet points delivered through whatever channel they prefer
A year after the €330,000 Dáil bike shed, is there still a ‘money doesn’t matter’ culture?
Office of Public Works insists new structures are now in place to protect against overspending but critics are not so sure
Thousands take part in pro-Palestine march in Dublin, calling for sanctions
‘I feel optimistic because all we have is to hope,’ Palestinian mother tells crowd
Connolly says she spoke to prison visiting committee before hiring Éirigí member
Presidential candidate concerned how information became public and ‘for what purpose’
Next presidential election TV debate should be a decidedly more lively affair
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Gaza aid flotilla: Irish citizens detained by Israel denied access to lawyers, Dáil hears
Organisers name 15 Irish on boats likely intercepted by Israeli forces during attempt to deliver aid to enclave
EU leaders huddle in Copenhagen amid growing threat from Russia
Summit hears talk of a ‘drone wall’ to secure EU’s eastern frontier against Russian incursions
Big Jim moves to dispel any notion that colleagues are at budget loggerheads
The run up to the budget this year has been unusually quiet. Except within the merciless confines of the Mixed Ministerial Arts octagon in Government Buildings
Gaza peace negotiations ‘at crucial stage,’ says Tánaiste
Social Democrats claim Government is denying family reunification for Palestinians, citing case of mother of four
‘Breathtaking evidence’ of accommodation operators overcharging State, says Mary Lou McDonald
Sinn Féin accuses Government of ‘utter incompetence’ over public funds as Minister says contracts renegotiated
EU leaders meet amid recent airspace violations blamed on Russia
There is growing fear among EU countries that Moscow is stepping up its hostilities
Martin, resplendent in his single transferable suit, was not ready for Bike Shed Part II
This was one anniversary Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald wasn’t going to miss
Connolly will be happiest after first debate
Catherine Connolly was fluent and coherent but spoke only to her base of left-wing voters
Miriam Lord’s Week: McDowell turns a page as Steen seethes
Senator relaxes at book launch as failed presidential hopeful vents in blame game
Presidential election field thins to three, the shortest ballot paper since 1990
Your essential end-of-week politics catch up
TDs and Senators warned about block-booking Leinster House tours
One politician’s office provisionally booked 118 tour slots at Leinster House, Oireachtas authorities say
Former Rehab chief Angela Kerins submits legal bills of €2.1m to Oireachtas
Clerk of Dáil tells Public Accounts Committee controversy over €300,000 bike shed caused reputational damage
Steen campaign flares and fizzles out
Presidential election: conservative campaigner believes the establishment has locked her out of the contest
Spanish warship to protect Gaza flotilla carrying Irish and international activists
Global Sumud Flotilla is targeted by Israeli drone attacks
Handbag at the Dáil for Maria Steen as her Áras run comes to an end
Catherine Connolly continues her duties as a TD while Heather Humphreys hits the campaign trail ladder
Teenagers get vapes that ‘match their party outfits’, TD tells Dáil
Social Democrats TD Jen Cummins hits out at marketing of nicotine products, ‘the bane of parents’ lives’
Steen races against the clock to join Áras contest
Conservative campaigner seeking two more nominations to get on the ballot
Maria Steen, opponent of marriage equality and abortion, championed as a symbol of choice
Independent Ireland took irony to new level in statement of support for presidential hopeful
Irish Government has done more for people of Palestine than any other, Minister says
Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns says Coalition is ‘still dithering’ over Occupied Territories Bill
Taoiseach and Tánaiste join world leaders for UN summit on Gaza
It is ‘offensive’ that Palestinian Authority officials were blocked from travelling to New York summit, says Simon Harris
Threats to politicians ‘a phenomenon’ that can no longer be ignored, says Verona Murphy
Ceann Comhairle rejects idea that tackling issue could prove contentious, given protections for free speech
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