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Possible leadership contenders O’Callaghan and Calleary vote against removing three-day waiting period
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‘Emergency response’ to homeless crisis, including possible no-fault evictions ban, needed, says committee
More than 17,500 people, including 5,604 children, were in emergency accommodation in April, latest figures show
What would scrapping the three-day wait for abortion mean for pregnant women?
Greatest effect would be for women who, for various complex reasons, seek an abortion close to the end of their first trimester
When it comes to pregnant women in crisis, the aul’ fellas think they know better
Dispiriting familiarity to parade of TDs coming out to say they would vote against Bill allowing women make their own choice
New ribbon development expected to bring 50% increase in one-off housing builds
New planning guidelines for rural Ireland to be approved, Tánaiste Simon Harris tells Fine Gael meeting
Sinn Féin Bill on abortion services passes crucial Dáil vote with help of Ministers
Proposal will abolish compulsory three-day wait for access
With abortion reform looking likely, Sinn Féin seems set to achieve rare feat
Abortion may not be the defining social and political issue it once was, but securing a change to reproductive rights would still be significant
Some of those who added the three-day wait to Irish abortion law look set to abandon it
Little explanation of Coalition support for Opposition’s bid to remove key clause from draft law Harris said ‘has to count for something’
Loyalists who burn people out of their homes are firebombing their own political futures
Rioters focused their cruel fury on people of colour, whose ancestors were once fellow subjects of the crown
Taoiseach, Tánaiste, Minister for Health to back SF Bill ending mandatory three-day abortion wait
Micheál Martin says Bill should go to committee stage; Government TDs will have free vote as a ‘matter of conscience’
US presidents’ trail could some day be ‘comparable with Wild Atlantic Way’, claims TD
Government establishing trail with native tree, information panel at each ancestral site, literary guides for adults and children
‘Moderation’ in Government spending from this year, budget conference hears
National Economic Dialogue forum used to stress need for restraint and sustainable fiscal management
Fine Gael’s blueprint for Irish unity will not be about ‘sloganeering’, Tánaiste says
Every party in Dáil favours a united Ireland and subject is not owned by Sinn Féin, says Simon Harris
US-Iran peace deal raises hopes of lower Irish fuel prices
Inside Politics: Fuel prices, public pay and derelict sites all feature on a busy political agenda
Some of Ireland’s three-seater constituencies were drawn up to keep Fianna Fáil out of Government
One person who spoiled their vote in Urlingford wrote on the ballot paper: ‘I would rather vote for Hitler than vote for a Tipperary man’
Simon Harris wants a savings scheme for the middle class – but when will it happen?
Irish savers could soon plough billions into a tax-efficient, State-backed vehicle. But can the media-savvy Tánaiste deliver?
Revealed: Secret video shows men plotting to squeeze money out of Denis O’Brien and Michael Lowry
Men met in York in February 2002 and were paid hundreds of thousands of pounds months later by Lowry and O’Brien
Harris says councils need to do more on dereliction as he prepares new tax
Government to introduce new tax out of ‘frustration ... and some bit of anger’, Tánaiste says
Simon Harris announces ‘blueprint’ for Irish unity
Fine Gael leader says planning for constitutional change ‘must involve listening to all traditions’
I won’t waste my time writing about this again ... definitely
The danger of Ireland’s reliance on a few big companies rises ever higher -but Irish politics does not want to know
Where do parties stand on Aughinish Alumina and links to Russian military supply chain?
Three months on from revelations and there is no clear response to deeply uncomfortable situation around Co Limerick plant
‘I am terrified about the winter coming’: One in seven now behind on electricity bills
Almost 319,000 homes in arrears with electricity bills by the end of March, says energy regulator
New asylum contract for minors agreed as EU migration rules come into effect
Representative to be at port of entry within one hour of unaccompanied children being reported
Irish ‘head-in-the-sand’ alumina approach contrasts with Australia’s, say Social Democrats
Trade in contentious product not restricted by European Union sanctions against Russia
Simon Harris delivers coded rebuke of people on social welfare
Fine Gael choose populism over real leadership with savings plan
Carroll MacNeill the big political winner after Rotunda board backs down
Stand-off arose it emerged consultants on public-only contracts were allowed to treat private patients at the hospital despite a direction not to do so
Developer facing jail benefited from Minister’s planning ruling on same day as sentencing
Sligo developer Cathal O’Connor faces two years in prison for violent assault on three teenagers
Power-hungry data centres fuel increasingly fractious debate about squeezed national grid
Row raging since 2021 when senior EirGrid executive noted voracious appetite for power, now at 20% of Republic’s electricity
US companies disclose huge Irish tax payments
Multinationals reveal extent of remittance to Ireland for first time, exposing reliance on big tech and pharma
Aughinish Alumina blames ‘clerical error’ for incorrect statistics on exports to Russia
Coalition urged to complete Aughinish Alumina investigation without delay
Parents missing out because Coalition delaying on benefit promise, says Ictu
Confirmation that public consultation would mark first step in introducing benefit, but no time frame for launch
Coalition row looms with no new Irish-language schools planned to open until 2032
Fianna Fáil to speak with Hildegarde Naughton over lack of educational pathway for Irish speakers
Newton Emerson and the charge Sinn Féin cannot be trusted in government
What your columnist lays bare is that Sinn Féin is a pragmatic party
Amount of Irish-made alumina exported to Russia hits highest level since start of Ukraine war
Figure emerges as Taoiseach argues sanctioning Aughinish Alumina would cause more harm to EU than Russia
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