Enda Kenny rules out Áras an Uachtaráin run in 2025
Former Taoiseach (73) will not seek Fine Gael nomination as Michael D Higgins’ second term comes to an end
Presidential Election
Eamon Ryan ‘regrets’ abandoning 2004 presidential race but rules out 2025 bid
Green Party leader dropped out when it became clear other candidates would not challenge Mary McAleese
Would a new office of vice-president help inclusivity in an united Ireland?
Irish Times/ARINS surveys asked respondents North and South to consider reform of the presidency to create more inclusivity in a united Ireland
David Norris’s life in politics: ‘People had the idea that gay people are monstrous. I wanted them to see the human’
The senator on living alone, destigmatising homosexuality, and stepping down from politics
Diaspora group calls for immediate change to voting rights for Irish emigrants
Ireland, Slovakia and Cyprus are the only EU countries who ‘deprive their overseas citizens of the vote’, says campaign group votingrights.ie
Will the ‘Green and Red of Mayo’ lead The Saw Doctors to the White House?
The band’s songwriter Leo Moran was on the N17 when the presidential seal of approval came
Bertie Ahern says he should have taken constitutional challenge against planning tribunal
Former taoiseach says lawyers advised him challenge would have halted inquiry into personal finances but he wanted to defend himself ‘politically rather than legally’
DUP’s Protocol wish list ‘substantially’ met - Bertie Ahern
Former taoiseach says EU unlikely to make any further changes to Windsor Framework after protracted negotiations
Drumcondra deeply divided over Bertie Ahern’s Fianna Fáil return
While some support his return to Fianna Fáil, most were sceptical about his chances if he runs for President
Symbolism of extending the presidential franchise is vast
Without the right to vote for president, those born north of the Border are deemed less Irish than those a stone’s throw away
‘Ludicrous’, ‘Romantic’, ‘Undemocratic’, ‘Welcome’: Readers have their say on giving the diaspora a vote in Ireland
Plans to consult Irish citizens abroad about referendum on voting rights bring strong reaction
Share your view: Should Irish citizens living abroad be allowed vote in presidential elections?
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Do we really want to give the diaspora a vote on the President?
The measure could create constitutional blowholes all over the landscape of Ireland’s putative reunification
Civic forum to be held on extending presidential vote to Irish citizens overseas
Minister hopes diaspora civic forum will drive support for extending vote to Irish abroad for possible referendum in 2024
Full text: President Higgins’ inaugural speech
Higgins calls for ‘Republic of inclusivity, love and joy’ as he is inaugurated for second term
Miriam Lord: Michael D reinstalled with due warmth and ceremony
Smiles all round on a special night as the President shows how lucky we are to have him
President promises to build a ‘Republic of joy’ at inauguration
Michael D Higgins sends warning of ‘deepening inequalities’ as he begins second term
Call for an end to Presidents taking religious oaths
Atheist Ireland campaigns against exclusion of conscientious atheists from public office
President Higgins echoes first Dáil in inauguration speech
Leader calls for a ‘Republic of inclusivity, love and joy’ as he is inaugurated for second term
US plans to ban asylum for illegal migrants
Trump administration invokes presidential national security powers in bid to circumvent asylum laws
Galway Travellers renew campaign to ‘build bridges’
Government measures needed to underpin ethnic status, Traveller group says
Peter Casey expresses shock at ‘insulting’ treatment on ‘Late Late Show’
Presidential candidate condemns ‘unprofessional’ Ryan Tubridy over interview
Sean Moncrieff: Peter Casey has done the State some service but not as he intended
Thanks to him, we now have an idea what the rest of us really think of Travellers
Higgins begins work on group to audit €317,000 allowance
President is expected to make scrutiny proposal to Government following inauguration
Peter Casey will not succeed in winding clock back on Travellers
Traveller ethnic status is not up for debate despite election campaign dog whistles
Peter Casey’s success shows Irish media and politicians need to get real
Stephen Collins: Political maverick is likely to be forgotten quickly but lessons must be learned
The Irish Times view on the Áras’s finances: transparency is vital
Michael D Higgins’s inaction so far in improving the transparency of the office should prompt the Dáil and Seanad to take the initiative
Kathy Sheridan: Peter Casey’s flaws of ignorance
No heroic crusader, businessman knows very little and does not bother to find out
Donegal FF councillors say Peter Casey welcome to join party
‘Nothing to stop him’ becoming a member but election candidates already chosen
Travellers in Casey storm ‘not surprised’ by surge in support
Family in Co Tipperary concerned others will follow example of former Áras candidate
Peter Casey must get elected if he wants Renua leadership
John Leahy says he will not stand in way of presidential runner-up taking over his party
Fintan O’Toole: Fascism lurks beneath the surface of Irish society
Avoiding hatred is not about being nice to Travellers but about preserving democracy
Peter Casey controversy shows Ireland must change its response to prejudice
Election row underlines how media and political resistance to prejudice does not dispel it
Peter Casey will set up ‘New Fianna Fáil’ if party objects to his membership
Fianna Fáil accuses presidential candidate of engaging in lazy and dangerous politics
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