Government’s Covid ‘evaluation’ to be voluntary, with no powers of compellability
Prof Anne Scott will chair exercise, which is ‘not a statutory inquiry’, and decide on public hearings
Cabinet to push forward with final legislation next week, clearing way for election
Election 2024 countdown to begin as Ministers are expected to greenlight measures
Minister for Housing ‘angry’ at rogue developers but has no plans to pursue them
Darragh O’Brien says it is a ‘great frustration’ that many companies to blame have folded and set back up again
Brian Stanley’s account to inquiry in direct conflict with woman’s version of events
The woman involved first sought the Sinn Féin TD’s advice on applying for jobs in the EU, draft report shows
Three things the Irish election should be about - but won’t
Climate, immigration and the sustainability of our economic model are subjects no one wants to talk about but they are not going away
Sinn Féin internal inquiry made draft finding of sexual harassment against TD Brian Stanley
Draft inquiry report found that parts of the politician’s evidence were ‘not credible’ and that young woman’s account of incident in Dublin hotel was ‘essentially true’
Hate crime law among five Bills rushed through Dáil in six hours
Defamation Bill and Mental Health Bill will not be completed before general election but nine pieces of legislation set to be passed
Occupied Territories Bill will not become law before Dáil is dissolved
Bill banning trade with illegal Israeli settlements in Palestine to be referred to Oireachtas committee in signal of intent
Friday favoured as Coalition leaders confirm general election will be held this year
Taoiseach indicates his preference for a Friday election date with November 29th mooted as possibility
Olwyn Enright steps into key Fine Gael role as husband Joe McHugh exits public life
Taoiseach Simon Harris welcomes prospective TD and director of elections as knowing ‘what it takes to win a Dáil seat’
Sinn Féin chief Mary Lou McDonald should have a word with Bertie Ahern
Voters often ignore the conclusions of the political bubble, as the former Fianna Fáil leader demonstrated time and again
General election in late November or early December looking increasingly likely
Taoiseach to engage with Coalition leaders next week to consider dates for dissolution of Dáil and holding of election
Crisis upon crisis: What next for Mary Lou McDonald and Sinn Féin as an election looms?
The party faces strategic problems over where it positions itself and who its core voters are. And as it’s trying to figure all this out, it gets hit with one controversy after another
Sinn Féin suffers another terrible week as election speculation hits fever pitch
From a possible pre-Christmas election to Sinn Féin's avalanche of scandals: your essential end-of-week politics catch-up
Ban on trade with Israeli occupied territories could be passed into law, says Tánaiste
Micheál Martin stresses economic and cultural differences with Sinn Féin during interview with Inside Politics podcast