Enough of the begrudgery about remote working and career breaks for public servants
It’s like the historical policies that govern these routines emerged from a system where there was always a mammy at home
Michael Fitzmaurice
People need ‘pounds, shillings and pence’ for Storm Éowyn damage, not taskforces, Dáil hears
Independent TD says ‘fallen trees responsible for ’95 per cent of damage’, Harris tells Dáil 12,000 premises still without electricity
Fianna Fáil seeks royal treatment as Simon and Micheál see the crown jewels
Miriam Lord: Scotland shows off its crown jewels to an Irish contingency, putting haggis, rather than government formation, on the menu
Roscommon-Galway: Michael Fitzmaurice (II)
Married father-of-three was first elected in a byelection in 2014, and he has been returned on each occasion since
Roscommon-Galway constituency candidates list: Battle for the final two seats between Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and Sinn Féin
Election 2024: Death of Fine Gael candidate John Naughten casts shadow over contest
Any drift towards the right could be disastrous for Europe’s climate agenda
It’s not just the ‘far right’ who weaponise climate policies for politically opportunistic reasons
Michael Fitzmaurice becomes third TD to join ‘Independent Ireland’ party
New grouping with Michael Collins and Richard O’Donoghue offers ‘common sense’ to voters, Fitzmaurice says
Miriam Lord’s political awards for 2023
Gongs go to Timmy Dooley, Mary Robinson, Seán Ó Fearghaíl, Louise O’Reilly, Thomas Pringle, Michael Collins, Mary Lou McDonald and Helen McEntee, but will they be thrilled?
New farmers’ political party has become ‘serious discussion point’ in Oireachtas
Contentious issues among disaffected rural voters include turf-cutting, nitrates, bog rewetting, roads investment and forestry privatisation
Sitting TDs assess re-election chances after losing key areas in constituency review
New calculus for Michael Fitzmaurice, Paul Kehoe, Aindrias Moynihan and Cathal Berry after population shifts
EU rewetting proposal could ‘destroy the fabric of rural Ireland’, Galway meeting hears
More than 350 farmers attend public meeting in Ballinasloe on Sunday raising concerns
‘It feels like we’re being bullied’ - farmer on rewetting peatland ahead of next EU vote
Farmers - for and against the rewetting of peat farmland - talk about their hopes and fears on the eve of the next vote on the nature restoration law at the European Parliament on Tuesday
A Dutch warning: Disconnection from Dublin feeds rural discontent
Recent protests in Co Clare show that small-town Ireland is about more than just farmers
Diarmaid Ferriter: The ‘opposite of the Greens’ party will serve no one
Farmers have mobilised for years around the theme of rural neglect. Any new rural political party has to offer something more than simply 'opposite to the Greens'
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