Pat Leahy

Lifting the evictions ban, coupled with a failure to get to grips with the housing crisis, will make it tough to win votes from anyone aged under 40

Jeffrey Donaldson faces a predicament over promises of US investment if he restores powersharing and political stability

The stories of families being evicted will not just be outrageous in themselves, they will have the potential to destroy the coalition

Recent Irish political history has shown that the old Civil War parties want power and are willing to cede policy priorities to coalition partners

The way the party flees questions about its finances and lodges defamation suits against its critics will make forming any kind of coalition government a lot harder

Pat Leahy: There are lessons aplenty for Irish political leaders from Sturgeon’s successes and failures

It has signalled moves to avoid a ‘cliff edge’ at end of February when energy supports are due to lapse

UK prime minister will have to face down Tory Eurosceptics sooner or later or they will destroy him on the altar of Brexit

Trying to generate a full-blown political crisis has drawn attention to Sinn Féin’s own finances

Sources acknowledge damage caused by election-spending affair to Government and Minister

Many boom-time builders and developers grew rich on the back of tens of thousands of shoddy and dangerous apartments. Should we not identify these people?

Health and housing are examples of a pressing need for altered thinking on how to fix festering problems

Additional beds and staff are needed but that is not all - look at Waterford Hospital for one way to help improve performances

No news is good news, they say. But sometimes news is inherently good. Read on if you don’t believe us

Familiar cliches down the years, many with a ring of truth

Limited reshuffle more to do with desire to avoid political upheaval of big Cabinet changes when there is no strong justification for it

Thirty years ago this week the party entered government … but now it is a marginal player

Such an agreement could trade pay restraint from unions for tax cuts and better services

Such a move should be part of a general re-examination of Belfast Agreement

Evidence is growing of beneficial impact of Northern Ireland protocol, says Micheál Martin

British PM and Taoiseach to try break logjam while EU angry over London protocol threat

Individuals will have to co-operate with commission for reconciliation and information

Sinn Féin leader warns UK against using North as bargaining chip in talks with EU

Martin says Belfast Agreement might have to be reworked ‘in fullness of time’

Ministers to be asked to approve €55m scheme for farmers who grow silage

Micheál Martin also criticises Sinn Féin for sloganeering and ‘lack of substance’

‘Betrayed’ healthcare staff forced to share equipment such as goggles

Refurbished council homes will be given to people already waiting on social housing lists

Conference on the Future of Europe’s 325 recommendations will now go to EU leaders

Two-thirds of voters do not want to see any change, Irish Times/Ipsos poll finds

Majority of public wants to remain neutral despite wide support for Ukraine, poll shows

Minister for Foreign Affairs arrives in Ukraine in UN Security Council first

Unclear whether talks will focus on new pact or extension to current deal

The dual role makes him the most powerful civil servant in the country

Inside Politics: Idea of sorting out auto-enrolment option has been mooted for decades

Calls from Kyiv for intervention rebuffed but West vows more aid for Ukrainian resistance

Inside Politics: Inflation in Irish economy expected to surge to 8.5%, highest since 1980s

Inside Politics: When it looked like sunshine was breaking through, another crisis hit

No Oval Office meeting, but Martin used trip to clearly position Ireland with the West

Inside Politics: European leaders meet as horrors of Ukrainian war continue unabated