Aengus O Maolain

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Former tánaiste Joan Burton has lost her seat. Photograph: Collins Courts
Dublin West results: Joan Burton and Ruth Coppinger lose seats

There were two high profile casualties in Dublin West as former Labour tánaiste Joan Burton and Solidarity TD Ruth Coppinger lost their Dáil seats tur(...)

Minister of State Mary Mitchell O’Connor, TD Fine Gael, Deputy Thomas Byrne (FF) Senator Ivana Bacik (Labour), Deputy Donnchadh O’Laoghaire (SF) Cllr Neasa Hourigan, (GP) Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett (PBP)and Aengus O’Maolain, (Social Democrats), at the election debate on the future funding of higher education and research in Ireland at the TCD Business School, in Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill / The Irish Times
Political parties rule out student loans to fund third level

All major political parties have ruled out a student loan scheme as a way of funding higher education over the coming years. The comments were made a(...)

Social democrats co-leader Róisín Shortall said it was an indictment of Ireland that 100,000 children live in poverty. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
Social Democrats pledge to eliminate child poverty over a five-year term

The Social Democrats have pledged to eliminate child poverty in its entirely over the course of a government term. Party co-leader Róisín Shortall sa(...)

Dublin West is home to Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and a former tánaiste in Joan Burton, both of whom are running again. File photograph: Tom Honan
Election 2020: Dublin West constituency profile

Dublin West (four seats) Current: 1 FG, 1 FF, 1 S-PBP, 1 Labour A true heavyweight constituency, Dublin West is home to the sitting Taoiseach in Leo(...)