Inside Politics

Voters register as cost of referendums confirmed by Government; European Elections set to be battle between ‘heavy-hitters’

Inside Politics: If Catherine Martin expected easy questioning from Coalition TDs over her handling of Siún Ní Raghallaigh she was wrong

Minister’s position does not appear in immediate danger but she is no front and centre of the drama

Your essential end-of-week politics catch up

‘The idea witnesses would come in today before one committee and another tomorrow to answer the same questions is patently ridiculous’

RTÉ's latest controversy rumbles on as politicians clamour for transparency over confidentiality

Tributes to Michael O’Regan an illustration of his standing over decades in Leinster House

Ireland an outlier among similar countries in EU but Government faces accusations of foot-dragging at home

Public numbed to escalating costs of decades-long saga from which Coalition will glean little credit

Retirement of long-standing TDs creates difficulties for Fine Gael going into next general election

Your essential end-of-week politics catch up, including the one topic guaranteed to make a Minister throw their eyes to heaven

Results of latest Irish Times/Ipsos opinion poll suggest there will be a hotly contested battle ahead

Government Bruton led can reasonably claim to have played important roles in resolving the two great failures of the independent Irish State

Your essential end-of-week politics catch up, from the imminent return of Stormont to the text that downed Mercosur

With every damning report, senior Ministers become less convinced about direct State involvement or Exchequer funding

Plans to shorten processing times and adding Botswana and Algeria to safe countries list may lead to removal of 5,000 people from State

Issue of immigration is set to take centre stage – again – when the Cabinet meets this morning

Your essential end-of-week politics catch-up, from the State’s shift on migrant policy to Elon Musk’s warning to Ireland

British prime minister reportedly planning to introduce screening to ensure new laws do not create trade barriers in Irish Sea

Nikki Haley incurs wrath of her rival by staying in the race as Trump’s last Republican challenger after claiming 43% of the vote

Inside Politics: Supreme Court ruling will see legislation introduced to extend widows’ and widowers’ pensions to surviving partners in non-marital families

Your essential end-of-week politics catch up

Dáil’s return marked by ill-tempered exchanges during its first session

As long as Coalition intends to put asylum seekers and refugees in private sector accommodation, it may have to be in deal-making mode

Growing consensus that autumn seems the most likely window for the country to go to the polls

Your essential end-of-week politics catch up

Inside Politics: Cop28 finishes with a deal that is both a fudge and a breakthrough; and Government’s social housing record under scrutiny

Landmark deal struck at Cop28 to transition away from fossil fuels

Cabinet set to approve radical change of policy on welfare rates for Ukrainian refugees

Your essential end-of-week politics catch up from the biggest Dáil bust-up to the winners and losers

Cabinet holds second meeting as Ministers clear the decks ahead of Christmas recess in one week

McEntee won confidence vote comfortably by a margin of 83 votes to 63, while Sinn Féin was excoriated in debate

Minister for Justice faces motion of confidence in Dáil this afternoon in light of riots in Dublin

Your essential end-of-week politics catch up

Inside Politics: One week since the disruption in Dublin, Sinn Féin yet to indicate if it will table no confidence motions

Inside Politics: Opposition wants Harris and McEntee to quit, but Coalition support for both remains strong

Chaos on streets of capital last week set to dominate the political agenda this week

Opposition unites to condemn Government plans to remove triple lock mechanism

McGuinness confirms she won’t be running for re-election as MEP while stark UN warning on climate action paints grim picture

Inside Politics: Elsewhere, Tánaiste is in Israel, and more on the thorny issue of how to fund RTÉ