Joe Costello

An Bord Pleanála has ordered that 3 Ireland remove a phone mast in Dublin’s Glasnevin area despite warnings by the company this would cause major ser(...)

Tánaiste Joan Burton is expected to resist calls today to step down as leader of the Labour Party. She is to meet all candidates who stood in the ge(...)

At the RDS on the Saturday of the count, jubilation and dejection were everywhere. Among the fist-pumping Sinn Féin activists with tricolours and the (...)

Fine Gael’s performance in the capital marked something of a bright spot for the party as it lost ground elsewhere across the country. It is now the m(...)

A considerably reduced Fine Gael has taken a small lead over a resurgent Fianna Fáil and is likely to remain the largest party in the Dáil. With 10 o(...)

Against all expectations based on the tallies, Independent TD Maureen O’Sullivan survived the 11th count in Dublin Central to retain her seat. She jo(...)

Tánaiste Joan Burton has said she is feeling “upbeat and optimistic” about her party’s prospect in the general election. Ms Burton cast her vote at (...)

The substantial churn of TDs at the last general election saw a number of ministers lose their seats. The biggest ever cull of office-holders conduct(...)

Fianna Fáil councillor Mary Fitzpatrick is taking a third shot at winning a seat in the Dáil. The 2011 election was a write-off for her party in man(...)

Looking for a shot at redemption, Labour took itself to church. The party is in a bad place. So they picked a good place to start the fightback. “It’(...)