Threat of Tory rebellion puts brakes on protocol deal but optimism remainsRishi Sunak will face pressure at Prime Minister’s Questions from within his own campWed Feb 22 2023 - 05:00
Varadkar calls for Dáil statements on Sinn Féin accounts and election spending returns‘We have had tribunals for less,’ Taoiseach saysTue Feb 21 2023 - 21:33
Northern Ireland protocol: EU expects Sunak to push ahead with deal despite oppositionBritish PM under pressure from Boris Johnson and hardline Tory Eurosceptics over expected agreementTue Feb 21 2023 - 01:00
Contradictions in Sinn Féin’s financial statements being investigated by SipoContradictions appear to exist between audited accounts and election spending returns and revolve around a figure of €313,000Sat Feb 18 2023 - 05:00
Confusion and contradictions mount as Sinn Féin tries to explain its financial declarationsWeeks after it took high moral ground with Paschal Donohoe, SF’s organisations North and South are implicated over spending declarations that don’t add upSat Feb 18 2023 - 05:00
EU-UK protocol deal will recognise status of Northern IrelandIrish Government officials briefed on the talks say the DUP ‘won’t get all they want’ from dealSat Feb 18 2023 - 05:00
Varadkar must envy Sturgeon’s ability to connect with voters and speak a language they understandPat Leahy: There are lessons aplenty for Irish political leaders from Sturgeon’s successes and failuresSat Feb 18 2023 - 05:00
Northern Ireland protocol: ‘Technical issues nearly all worked out,’ say Dublin sourcesExpectations grow that EU and UK are on brink of a dealFri Feb 17 2023 - 13:34
Northern Ireland protocol: Expectations grow EU and UK are on brink of dealBritish PM Rishi Sunak in North to seek support for agreement but there were no signs that the DUP will soften its positionFri Feb 17 2023 - 05:00
Pat Leahy: Spending is the key to re-election. Expect more Government giveawaysIt has signalled moves to avoid a ‘cliff edge’ at end of February when energy supports are due to lapseSat Feb 11 2023 - 05:25
Fortress Europe: Varadkar talks tough on immigration in step with mood in BrusselsZelenskiy grabs the headlines, but the focus of EU leaders is firmly on borders and migrationFri Feb 10 2023 - 19:00
Taoiseach calls for deportation of failed asylum seekers as EU toughens migration stance Ireland must be firm with those who arrive ‘with a false story or false pretences’, Varadkar saysFri Feb 10 2023 - 01:00
Varadkar pledges further assistance for Ukraine after Zelenskiy meetingUkrainian president expresses deep thanks for the help of ordinary EU citizensThu Feb 09 2023 - 20:10
Deadline to bring back Stormont powersharing pushed back until 2024 Northern Ireland Protocol negotiations continue, with speculation mounting that a deal could be doneThu Feb 09 2023 - 17:56
Bertie Ahern’s evidence to Mahon tribunal was ‘at a particular point in time’, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar says Taoiseach pays tribute to Mr Ahern’s contribution to the Northern Ireland peace process but says his rejoining Fianna Fáil is an internal party matterThu Feb 09 2023 - 11:50
Attorney General’s nursing home charges report as much about politics as the lawAnalysis: Rossa Fanning document a strong defence of legal strategy — and political stance — adopted by successive governmentsWed Feb 08 2023 - 05:04
Nursing home charges advice ‘sound, accurate and appropriate’, Attorney General concludesRossa Fanning argues that litigation is by nature ‘adversarial’Tue Feb 07 2023 - 21:11
Legal advice on nursing home charges was ‘sound, accurate and appropriate’, Attorney General concludes Attorney General Rossa Fanning has defended the legal advice given to the StateTue Feb 07 2023 - 16:51
Sunak may not be strong enough to force through a deal on protocolUK prime minister will have to face down Tory Eurosceptics sooner or later or they will destroy him on the altar of BrexitSat Feb 04 2023 - 05:00
Government pledges full co-operation to Omagh bombing inquiryInformation from confidential Garda sources will be provided, senior sources sayFri Feb 03 2023 - 05:01
Big buildings sought by Minister to house refugees and asylum seekers on camp bedsRoderic O’Gorman makes strong plea to Dáil colleagues to find large facilities and halls in which to accommodate arrivalsFri Feb 03 2023 - 05:00
Northern Ireland protocol talks have a distance to go, despite reports Question is whether Sunak can sell a deal to DUP and Eurosceptic ERGWed Feb 01 2023 - 21:17
UK government decision due on holding Omagh bomb inquiryBereaved relatives understood to have been advised that Northern Ireland Secretary will make statement in House of Commons on ThursdayWed Feb 01 2023 - 17:59
Nursing home charges: Varadkar defends strategy aimed at containing State’s potential liabilityTaoiseach says he does not recall being briefed or authorising the legal strategyTue Jan 31 2023 - 21:46
Long list of people who didn’t know what was going on over nursing home chargesAnalysis: Nervousness around Government on legal strategy for defending cases taken by medical card holdersTue Jan 31 2023 - 21:22
Northern and southern voters have similar views on wealth redistribution Research finds some differences on social issues, such as abortionTue Jan 31 2023 - 05:00
Sinn Féin would be the strongest party in a united Ireland, research showsJust 12% of voters in Republic and 11% in North view preparations for unity referendum as a top priorityMon Jan 30 2023 - 00:01
No friends in the North: Partition has become embedded in the daily lives of people on the islandNorth and South: Lack of personal connection may be a significant barrier to Irish unitySat Jan 28 2023 - 05:00
North and South methodology: Aiming to provide independent and unbiased information The project consists of two major opinion polls conducted simultaneously in Northern Ireland and the Republic, and a series of focus groups to tease out issuesSat Jan 28 2023 - 05:00
Little interaction between people living North and South, new polls showTwo-thirds of people in the Republic say they have no friends in Northern Ireland as research shows partition has become a factSat Jan 28 2023 - 05:00
Pat Leahy: Short-sighted Sinn Féin may regret turning up the heat on DonohoeTrying to generate a full-blown political crisis has drawn attention to Sinn Féin’s own financesSat Jan 28 2023 - 00:00
Sinn Féin faces Sipo investigation over spending on election databaseParty admits errors in electoral spending returnsFri Jan 27 2023 - 01:00
Now Sinn Féin feels the heat on election spendingAnalysis: Party admits it must make several changes to spending declarationsFri Jan 27 2023 - 01:00
Housing is a numbers game – and the numbers are running against the CoalitionInside Politics: Consequences of war in Ukraine being felt as accommodation capacity for asylum seekers comes under strainThu Jan 26 2023 - 08:25
Donohoe survives Dáil trial by ordeal over election expenses after bruising 10 daysInside Politics: Government closes Citywest asylum centre for new residents amid severe accommodation shortageWed Jan 25 2023 - 08:40
New judge appointed to the High CourtMícheál P O’Higgins, a former chairman of the Bar Council, recently represented former Irish Nationwide chief Michael FingletonTue Jan 24 2023 - 16:58
Donohoe’s election expenses: Businessman apologises for ‘mistaken recollection’ ahead of Minister’s Dáil statement Michael Stone deeply regrets ‘any embarrassment’ his error has caused Fine Gael MinisterTue Jan 24 2023 - 13:13
What does Michael Stone’s apology mean for Paschal Donohoe?Businessman’s mea culpa likely to take heat out of controversy but questions and consequences remainTue Jan 24 2023 - 10:57
D-Day for Donohoe as he faces Dáil over electoral spending declarationsInside Politics: Varadkar and Sunak finally share a phonecall. Why the delay?Tue Jan 24 2023 - 08:34
Sunak and Varadkar phone call: Northern Ireland protocol, Ukraine and Troubles amnesty discussedRelations between Dublin and London improved significantly since Sunak took over from Liz Truss in Downing StMon Jan 23 2023 - 18:28
Pressure mounts on Donohoe as new election expenses issue emergesSources acknowledge damage caused by election-spending affair to Government and MinisterSat Jan 21 2023 - 05:00
Can we compile a list of who built the crappy apartments so we might consult it when considering future buildings?Many boom-time builders and developers grew rich on the back of tens of thousands of shoddy and dangerous apartments. Should we not identify these people?Sat Jan 21 2023 - 05:00
Much hinges on Donohoe, perhaps even the future of the GovernmentAnalysis: Coalition needs a forward-looking narrative as it faces into the phase of its term that will end with a general electionThu Jan 19 2023 - 16:42
Hospital overcrowding part of European trend, HSE to tell committeeConditions in emergency wards unacceptable, senior management to tell Oireachtas health committeeTue Jan 17 2023 - 05:00
EU and British government pledge to continue intensive talks on Northern Ireland protocol Growing expectation that Stormont poll will be postponed a second timeMon Jan 16 2023 - 21:15
Who is Michael Stone, the one-time ESB apprentice who paid for Paschal Donohoe’s postering? Michael Stone runs the Designer Group, which works with big construction firms, but he has never forgotten his inner city rootsMon Jan 16 2023 - 21:03
Pat Leahy: Real change in modern Ireland means really annoying some peopleHealth and housing are examples of a pressing need for altered thinking on how to fix festering problemsSat Jan 14 2023 - 02:00
Government to press ahead with new hospital consultant contracts despite no agreement with doctors’ groupsDoctors’ organisations say they have not yet agreed to the new contract and have warned the Minister for Health not to proceed without their agreementSat Jan 14 2023 - 01:00
Intensive negotiations already under way between EU and UK on protocolDUP’s Jeffrey Donaldson positive after Varadkar meeting, noting FG leader’s ‘better understanding’ of North’s ‘difficulties’Thu Jan 12 2023 - 19:41
Exclusion of Sinn Féin masks coming focus on DUP decisionIf EU and UK agree a new deal, Jeffrey Donaldson faces a difficult choiceThu Jan 12 2023 - 02:00
