This is a disastrous day for Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael
Huge number of spoiled votes conveys a message of hostility towards established politics
Dáil Éireann
About 500 people subject to deportation orders living in international protection facilities
Committee members raise concerns about processes for assessing age of unaccompanied asylum seekers
Storm Catherine about to hit the Irish political landscape
Final poll of the campaign confirms strong momentum behind Independent candidate
Expensive-looking typo appears outside Government department
Presidential election polling day is just around the corner, so political minds are elsewhere
Three gardaí injured and 23 people arrested in second night of Citywest public disorder
More than 500 people took part in disturbances during which one garda was hit in head with bottle
Will the final presidential election debate change anything?
Catherine Connolly and Heather Humphreys were both questioned on their perceived vulnerabilities
Thanks be to Jaaysus: final debate wraps up a God-awful presidential election
Lagging in the polls, Heather Humphreys needed a knockout blow - it was quickly apparent it was not coming
Presidential election playbook out the window as final TV debate approaches
Expect the final live televised debate between Catherine Connolly and Heather Humphreys to be tense and bad-tempered
Heather Humphreys needs seismic shift in presidential campaign’s final days
Attack ad targets Catherine Connolly’s work as a barrister for banks in repossession cases during the crash
Is there any way back for Heather Humphreys?
Your essential politics catch up as the presidential campaign enters its final days
David McCullagh: ‘There’s plenty of people in the long grass hoping I’ll fall flat on my face’
The RTÉ presenter on his new book, From Crown to Harp, taking over Radio 1’s Today show and what people say to him on the street
Micheál Martin and Simon Harris are not doomed. Yet
After an unremarkable budget and disastrous presidential election campaigns, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are in a dangerous place
Connolly storms into presidential race lead, Irish Times poll shows
Independent TD is on 38%, almost double the support of Fine Gael’s Heather Humphreys
Aontú will think ‘long and hard’ on further no-confidence motion against Harris, says Tóibín
Peadar Tóibín proposed move over Tánaiste’s ‘failed promise’ in 2017 that no child would wait more than four months for scoliosis surgery
Confidence vote in Simon Harris brings day of unexpected political drama
Government motion is an apparent bid to offset a disabilities debate in the final week of the presidential election campaign
Winter may be coming, but Opposition not short of fuel to roast the Taoiseach
Micheál Martin feeling the chill in the Dáil chamber over heating costs and housing
Energy companies will factor in subsidies to ‘gouge’ customers, Taoiseach says
Micheál Martin says ongoing energy credits for households would be used by providers
Presidential election dominates the airwaves as candidates face thorny questions
Catherine Connolly and Heather Humphreys have a head-to-head debate this morning
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’
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
Your essential end-of-week politics catch up
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
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