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?
Mary Lou McDonald
It is not simply a matter of splashing the cash around but of coming up with an overarching budget narrative that can persuade voters to back the Coalition
Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform takes it handy while deputising for Taoiseach at Leaders’ Questions and blands Opposition TDs pleasantly to sleep
Members of her family attended a centenary commemoration at the Garden of Remembrance
Seeking international support for unification may mean leaving the Left group, home to the remains of Europe’s communist parties, behind
Mary Lou McDonald calls for forum to discuss ‘how we transition’ towards unity in wake of NI election success
Politicians prevail despite sustained and mystifying onslaught of corporate gobbledegook at the Public Accounts Committee
Honest to God, but Sinn Féin is looking more and more like a party of Government as the year goes on
Mary Lou McDonald told the Dáil that a meeting between the Minister of State Neale Richmond and retailers last week was ‘talked up by Government, but appears to have amounted to nothing’
The junior minister has his sights firmly set on the big hitters in the grocery business
Minister Neale Richmond to meet with retailers’ forum on Wednesday to pass on concerns
The republican-royal reconciliation, after decades of unrest, has more to do with party’s wider political ambitions and attracting more centrist voters in the Republic
Taoiseach’s remarks about 2014 water charges protest ‘scandalous’, says People Before Profit TD
Varadkar comments criticised as ‘scandalous’ in clash with Opposition over Niall Collins controversy
Murphy calls for answers from Collins after ‘unsatisfactory statement’ last week during sharp Dáil exchanges
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