Miriam Lord: Simon Harris acknowledges wrong done to Stardust families. Now he must do right by them
Taoiseach impressed with powerful State apology for the persistent and appalling treatment of the families by the authorities
Taoiseach impressed with powerful State apology for the persistent and appalling treatment of the families by the authorities
‘The institutions of this State failed you,’ says Taoiseach Simon Harris
This was not a test of his decision-making – it was a test of his ability to perform as Taoiseach
Forty-three years after fire that killed 48 people, Harris says victims, survivors, relatives suffered ‘a cold shoulder, a deaf ear and two generations of struggle for justice’
Families of 48 young people who died in 1981 fire had long called for an official State apology and were invited to the Dáil on Tuesday
Taoiseach Simon Harris issued apology in the Dáil on Tuesday, as those most affected by February 1981 tragedy looked on
Clare Independent TD, who trained as a barrister and is a drystock farmer, previously ran unsuccessfully in 2009
Student accommodation and immigration policy to top Cabinet agenda
From over-zealous photo opportunists and MA graduates to comedy speeches at party conferences, it was a busy week in politics
Your essential end-of-week politics catch up from Michael Collins’s Trumpian bombast to Simon Harris’s big promises
Party’s brand sails on unperturbed by the polls and is still centred around a chirpy, slightly mossy and fogeyish charm
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
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices