Carlow-Kilkenny constituency candidates list: Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil face scrap to determine who comes out on top
Election 2024: Kathleen Funchion's election as MEP in June a big loss to Sinn Féin
John Paul Phelan
Tribute paid to retiring TDs as Dáil completes final rush of legislation
Questions raised about ‘unaccountable’ €2m funding for Secret Service in €104bn Appropriations Bill
Fine Gael leadership asked to investigate ‘entirely irregular’ motion against ex-TD
Senior party member indicated that motion of no-confidence in former Waterford deputy John Deasy five years ago should be investigated
Why are so many sitting Fine Gael TDs quitting politics and what does it mean for the party?
Inside Politics: Charlie Flanagan decides to ‘pass the baton’ to younger generation as he joins list of FG TDs who will not contest next general election
Kathy Sheridan: Some youngish TDs are quitting. The question is why more are not?
Unlike most occupations, the question of whether politics is worth the downside is not just about the individual, but the whole family. Is it worth the in-your-face threats and protests on the doorstep?
Tánaiste says Fine Gael junior ministers ‘undermined the budgetary process’ as war of words deepens
Party meeting sees Fine Gael members turn on Fianna Fáil partners who ‘crashed the economy’
Angry reaction in the Dáil as Varadkar invokes Siege of Jobstown
Taoiseach’s remarks about 2014 water charges protest ‘scandalous’, says People Before Profit TD
Exodus of Varadkar loyalists leaves Fine Gael leader exposed
Former key allies of Taoiseach known to feel undervalued and overlooked
Fine Gael TD John Paul Phelan to stand down at next election
Carlow/Kilkenny TD suffered a serious heart attack three years ago
Miriam Lord’s Week: Hallucinatory scenes give way to realpolitik in the Dáil
Drug talk and a pirate appearance soon overtaken by Soc Dems co-leaders’ exit announcement
‘Wave of finger-pointing’ at rural Ireland over carbon emissions must end, says Fine Gael group
Coalition party leaders are meeting Minister for Agriculture in attempt to break deadlock on carbon-emissions cuts
Ministers fear fuel tax cuts will be wiped out by soaring price rises
Dáil votes for excise duty cut but Opposition TDs say reductions are not enough
Profiteering on fuel prices at time of war ‘morally reprehensible’ - Taoiseach
Martin says Government wished to cut fuel prices more but was constrained by EU laws
Covid-19: Varadkar not convinced new restrictions needed as Ireland on track with optimisitic scenario
Data suggests Ireland is tracking the more optimistic side of projections, says Tánaiste
Government backbenchers react to budget with cautious welcome but some concern
Coalition TDs ponder impact of aspects of tax and spending plan on different sectors of society
James O’Connor to meet Martin as FF future on knife-edge
Cork East TD says he was ‘misled’ over road projects; unrest at FG meeting over NDP
Indoor dining law passed in Dáil, Donnelly rejects discrimination claims
Minister defends indoor dining legislation as Opposition and FG TDs express concern
Two Fine Gael TDs tell party they will not vote for vaccine pass or lockdown in Dáil
Michael Ring criticises Government over plan to reopen tourism despite dining limits
An Taisce criticsed over €140m cheese plant appeal
High Court last month upheld planning decision for Glanbia joint venture in Kilkenny
Prolonged period of lockdown ahead, Taoiseach tells party meeting
Micheál Martin says UK variant keeping Covid-19 numbers stubbornly high
Fine Gael plots big changes in bid for ‘personality’ in wake of election review
Having essentially lost the election, party determined not to repeat mistakes
Leaders spark anger as they look west for junior minister carve-up
Several TDs from west get posts, but not everyone in the parties has been placated
Junior ministerial appointments: Martin’s task was leaders’ hardest
Regional imbalance rectified with appointments from constituencies along west coast
Many contenders for junior minister jobs, but not enough room in the tent
Party leaders yet to finalise list of ministers of State, but there will be disappointments
Coronavirus: Tributes paid to Kilkenny hospital workers who died from Covid-19
Varadkar says the two deaths remind ‘us how healthcare workers put themselves at risk’
Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil TDs raise concerns over cost of coalition promises
Labour source says tax pledge in FF-FG framework document is ‘unbelievably stupid’
Diminished Fine Gael preparing for a period in opposition
TDs taking some solace in fact party has not been hugely outstripped by Fianna Fáil
McDonald seizes initiative by reaching out to smaller parties
SF leader plays down controversy over party’s Waterford TD David Cullinane ending speech with pro-IRA slogans
Carlow-Kilkenny results: Green Party’s Malcolm Noonan takes final seat
Dismal results for Fine Gael with vote down 6% and sitting TD Pat Deering losing seat
Election 2020: Carlow-Kilkenny constituency profile
Fianna Fáil is after three seats but Sinn Féin rally should see Funchion hold on
Election 2020: Varadkar and Martin flex political muscle
Fine Gael the party of financial probity, says leader while FF chief predicts ‘avalanche of FG spin’
Minister says some Green Party members are ‘nutters’
John Paul Phelan made comments during Irish Farmers’ Association dinner
Election regulator on horizon as Government approves proposals
Successive governments criticised for failure to create authority to oversee elections
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