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Miriam Lord: Male TDs are out of step as women stride forward
- Politics
- June 2, 2018, 01:00
During Thursday’s statements on the referendum result, Fine Gael’s Kate O’Connell, who played a very active role in the campaign, referred to comments(...)

Miriam Lord: Fine Gael’s big announcement fails to go to plan
- Oireachtas
- February 24, 2018, 01:00
Despite a snazzy unveiling in Sligo followed by slick infomercials and a chorus of praise from Government TDs, there wasn’t much talk of the new Natio(...)

Garda watchdog investigating arrest of Department of Taoiseach official
- Crime & Law
- December 17, 2017, 21:01
The Garda watchdog is investigating a claim that an officer directed others in the force to caution a staff member from the Department of the Taoiseac(...)

World View: Brexit puts Irish diplomats centre-stage
- Opinion
- November 18, 2017, 05:00
You’re unlikely to find anyone in Iveagh House, the Dublin headquarters of the Department of Foreign Affairs, who thinks Brexit is a good idea. Yet Br(...)

Bank of Ireland CEO picks fellow HSBC alumnus as staff chief
- Financial Services
- October 27, 2017, 05:45
Bank of Ireland’s new chief executive, Francesca McDonagh, has hired a fellow former HSBC executive to fill the new role of chief of staff at the grou(...)

Varadkar under pressure to reveal cost of new communications unit
- Politics
- August 30, 2017, 20:58
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has come under renewed pressure to detail the cost of the Government’s new Strategic Communications Unit. Mr Varadkar has appo(...)

Frank Clarke was only name to go to Cabinet
- Politics
- July 26, 2017, 14:42
The incoming chief justice Frank Clarke was nominated after pre-Cabinet discussions between Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, Minister for Justice Charlie Flana(...)

Cabinet to pick chief justice from three-judge shortlist
- Crime & Law
- July 26, 2017, 05:00
The Cabinet is expected to choose the new chief justice from a shortlist of three candidates at its final meeting before the summer recess on Wednesda(...)

Varadkar, Coveney accused of using ‘potentially fake statistics’
- Oireachtas
- May 2, 2017, 22:38
Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has accused two senior Fine Gael Ministers of “promoting misleading and potentially fake statistics”. Mr Martin cla(...)

Tough task ahead to get EU to act on its commitment to Ireland
- Politics
- May 1, 2017, 01:00
In the tumultuous early days of the economic crisis, it quickly became apparent inside Government that the State’s efforts to defend its corner and sa(...)