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Amount of Irish-made alumina exported to Russia hits highest level since start of Ukraine war
Figure emerges as Taoiseach argues sanctioning Aughinish Alumina would cause more harm to EU than Russia
Difficulty of a flood-warning system is precisely the reason co-ordination must be paramount
Devoid of that critical integration, our State retains no institutional memory, as lessons from failures remain trapped inside whichever department or agency handles it
Post-byelection bitterness ends honeymoon of the left’s Connolly coalition
Fianna Fáil, the largest political party, bombed in the byelections but divisions among the left-wing parties drew most attention
Fine Gael councillor hired by Re-turn to lobby Minister responsible for Deposit Return Scheme
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Cllr Eoin O’Driscoll rejects Aontú claim concerning conflict of interest
Here is something the ‘soft left’ parties need to pay attention to
Dublin Central and Galway West byelections show centre ground in Irish politics is capable of responding to threats from either left or right
What byelection results say about the rise of right-wing parties and candidates
Galway West and Dublin Central votes suggest emergence of significant electoral force to the right of Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil
Fallout from the byelections
As Irish politics becomes more fragmented and unstable, a merger of FF and FG starts to make sense
Occupied Territories Bill bans minuscule trade, but leaves lucrative services untouched
Ireland is far from showing what Taoiseach calls ‘leadership in supporting Palestine’
Fine Gael councillor reprimanded over remarks about Jennifer Carroll MacNeill’s feet
Remarks on WhatsApp, swiftly deleted, were made as a joke by Carlow councillor Brian O’Donoghue
Post-byelection squabble among left-wing parties does not inspire confidence for future
A new way of doing things helped lift Ireland out of the doldrums in the 1980s. We need another today
Why does vote counting take so long in Ireland?
Heady mix of exhaustion, triumph and disaster is not just a thrilling media narrative but a component of Irish political culture
Opposition parties vow to toughen ‘gutted’ Occupied Territories Bill
Taoiseach accused of reneging on promises to prohibit all trade with settlements
Kyne defends record raising concerns over Inland Fisheries Ireland as he returns to Dáil
Other byelection winner Daniel Ennis said he tried without success to leave a former job after it was raided by Revenue
What the Dublin Central and Galway West byelections’ results tell us
Extraordinary performance by Helen Ogbu
Leader of the left or left behind? Sinn Féin scepticism grows among progressive parties
Social Democrats, Labour and People Before Profit raising concerns about party’s direction
Left-wing parties round on Sinn Féin over policy direction
Differences fracturing progressive alliance formed during Catherine Connolly’s presidential campaign
A party that cannot get a tenth of the vote in Dublin or Galway retains power. This is dangerous
It feels like we’re in that strange hiatus now. Fianna Fáil has no ground beneath its feet
Left-wing Irish government ‘within touching distance’, says Holly Cairns
Social Democrats leader says party will work with others to provide ‘real alternative’ to current Coalition
Almost €280,000 spent by political parties during byelections
Fine Gael’s outlay of €72,300 was higher than that of any other party
Sinn Féin caught between anti-establishment right and soft left in crucial transfers game
Strength of transfers between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael is a growing phenomenon of Irish elections
Fine Gael and Social Democrats land morale-boosting byelection wins
Fine Gael’s Seán Kyne clinches Galway West contest after Social Democrats’ Daniel Ennis takes Dublin Central seat
Byelections: FG’s Seán Kyne elected in Galway West, defeating Noel Thomas in nailbiting finish - as it happened
Kyne receives 19,218 votes after 4,249 transfers from Helen Ogbu, elected without reaching quota
Who is Seán Kyne? Fine Gael politician returns to the Dáil after Galway West byelection win
Former TD and senator reverses political retirement to reclaim a seat in Galway West
Galway West count: Full byelection results data
Follow results as they emerge from the Galway West byelection count
Winners and losers: What we’ve learned from the byelections
Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan
Byelections showed increasingly fractured politics with dangerous consensus on one issue
Among 31 candidates in two constituencies, no one questioned the giving powers of the magic money tree
Ireland’s politics of strategic ambiguity served us well – until it didn’t
‘Not Fine Gael’ is not a policy platform for Ireland’s opposition, any more than ‘not Trump’ helped the US Democrats
Galway West count suspended with Independent Ireland’s Noel Thomas in lead
Thomas holds a784 vote lead over Fine Gael’s Seán Kyne but both men are well short of the quota
Dublin Central count: Full byelection results data
Follow results as they emerge from the Dublin Central byelection count
Social Democrats set for comfortable Dublin Central win – leaving Sinn Féin with hard questions
Fine Gael’s Seán Kyne appears best placed to take Galway West seat while Fianna Fáil gets one of its worst ever byelection results in capital
Ennis and Kyne in poll position on a bad day for big parties
Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan
Harris’s savings scheme looks more and more like a sop to Irish finance
Tánaiste insisted this week that the accounts will be available in 2027
Smartphone video ‘ambushing’ and the changing nature of political campaign trails
‘Bertie is an analogue politician in a digital age,’ says one Fianna Fáil TD on risks of being recorded while canvassing
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