Party’s brand sails on unperturbed by the polls and is still centred around a chirpy, slightly mossy and fogeyish charm
Dáil Éireann
A tone of icy civility is emerging between Simon Harris and the Sinn Féin leader but on Wednesday the air turned positively Arctic
Independent TD Mattie McGrath says 82 homes for Ukrainian refugees being built in Co Tipperary, not 62 as per original plan
Simon Harris’s first Leaders’ Questions was a gentle enough affair but there were still insights to be gleaned
Opposition couldn’t wait to give Harris a good grilling at his first Leaders’ Questions, although there was a marked absence of first-day fireworks
Sinn Féin leader says ‘suffering and mental distress is unimaginable’ for children who could not get spinal surgery
Fiscal discipline is the order of the day, until politics butts in that is
Party faithful just wanted to get on with their annual conference without having to talk about the new Taoiseach all the time
Clonakilty black pudding was nod to Cork contingent, and Wicklow lamb was for Greystones boy Simon Harris, but former taoiseach played it safe with dessert
Your essential end-of-week politics catch up from Ringer’s ghostly ministry to gaily-painted cupcakes
The controversial green paper contained proposals to introduce three different levels of disability benefits
A no-show by Harris in the Dáil provided much of the heat in his first full day in the job.
Michael McGrath in heated exchange with Kerry TD and Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty over increases in motor fuel excise duty
Opposition outraged as new Taoiseach fails to show up in the chamber, but he didn’t fall down a black hole – he was busy phoning world leaders
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