There’s never been a better moment for a new left alliance to emerge
In recent polls, a coalition of left parties has 28 per cent of the vote in the capital compared with 13 per cent for Sinn Féin
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
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‘People are open to us again’: Labour strategises on how to turn optimism into votes
Labour Party’s first call after election will be to Greens and Soc Dems – but it needs to secure seats for that to matter
First week of school: New Irish MEPs find their feet in European Parliament
Irish MEPs sitting in centre coalition among the few to publicly break ranks to oppose Ursula von der Leyen
Expect the unexpected: What the 2024 local and European elections have taught us
Elections in Ireland used to be predictable, but not any more. These elections saw Sinn Féin’s shock nosedive, FF and FG holding firm, and Independents having their day
Labour and the Social Democrats: is it time for a conscious coupling?
Fergus Finlay, an adviser to former Labour leader Dick Spring, said he was surprised at the ‘animosity’ to the idea of merging from the Social Democrats
French parties under pressure in EU parliament groups as election fallout takes toll
Negotiations continue as European Parliament groups seek to recruit non aligned MEPs
Election results vital for parties seeking boost
Election to the European Parliament was an ‘out-of-body experience’ for Aodhán Ó Riordáin in the politicians’ All-Ireland
European election results: Who is still in line for a seat and where will the transfers flow?
Slow race towards European Parliament restarts this morning as counts in Dublin, Midlands-North-West and Ireland South resume
Local and European election results: Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil battle it out to be largest party
Sinn Féin leader says ‘it hasn’t been our day’ while Harris says view on Government going full term not changed despite positive results
Local elections: Social Democrats, Aontú make gains as smaller parties expected to retain seats
Helen Ogbu elected to Galway City Council for Labour Party, becoming the first black woman to win a seat there
Election results: The candidates and constituencies to watch and what the main parties are hoping for
The only certainty is uncertainty, but here are the key bellwethers and battlegrounds in the European and local elections
‘Think more about Crumlin and not the Kremlin’: Five takeaways from European election Dublin debate
All eight Dublin MEP candidates were very well briefed, armed with immediate data and quotable quotes, and did not hold back during a spiky debate
European candidates on centre-left test the temperature on Dublin’s doorsteps
Labour’s Aodhán Ó Ríordán and the Social Democrats’ Sineád Gibney - both candidates for the European Parliament in Dublin - knock on constituent doors to take the temperature of voters
European Parliament elections: a few clear leaders and then a mad scramble for seats
Candidates face a battle where party running mates could be their most dangerous rivals transfers will in many cases be decisive
Mary Lou McDonald nonplussed as Taoiseach questions Sinn Féin’s porous stance on open borders
Taoiseach puzzled by Sinn Féin election literature that claims the party is opposed to open borders
Numbers seeking asylum in Ireland would rise if EU migration pact rejected, McEntee says
Rural Independents say Ireland now effectively a ‘colonial outpost of an EU regulatory empire’ as Minister stands over 80% border crossing figure
Labour ends conference confident of maintaining 56 council seats
Delegates hopeful for up to 70 local authority members, convinced the party always does better than polls predict
Coolock warehouse could be used to house asylum seekers, department says, following week of protests
Protests have been held this week at the former Crown Paints warehouse against its proposed use
Transport will be arranged for relocated asylum seekers to Dublin city centre, department pledges
Some 37 tents pitched back around International Protection Office on Dublin’s Lower Mount Street, the location cleared of homeless asylum seekers over the weekend
Garda Headquarters tries to distance Drew Harris from controversial bicycle investigation
Garda member in midlands was suspended for more than three years after taking bike from Garda station to give to elderly man during pandemic
Labour selects Aodhán Ó Riordáin as its candidate to run in European elections
TD defeats Senator Annie Hoey and Fingal councillor Rob O’Donoghue for the nomination from the party
Medically supervised drug injection facility to open in Dublin
Merchant’s Quay Ireland says location will be safer, and will remove some open drug use and litter from streets
Use of ‘nasty’ language by some politicians when engaging with Roscrea protesters criticised
Labour TD says use of term ‘colonisation’ when talking about asylum seekers ‘appalling’
Labour questions whether UK’s Rwanda Bill breaches Belfast Agreement
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin has written to Tánaiste after concerns raised with him by British Labour Party
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ‘I was 41 when Anna came along ... Being a dad hadn’t crossed my mind’
Parenting in My Shoes: Anna was born during the referendum on the Eighth Amendment. ‘Is she a second-class citizen because she’s a girl?’
Private school fees climb above €10,000 for day pupils as sector criticises ‘exclusion’ from State grants
Cost of sending children to fee-charging schools has risen for most parents this year
Dublin riots: Helen McEntee refuses to withdraw use of term ‘scumbag’
Minister tells Committee on Justice ‘no personal circumstance’ forced anybody to set bus alight or attack gardaí on November 23rd
Heated Dáil debate on Rural Independent Group’s motion calling for cap on ‘influx of asylum seekers’
Dáil told that the total cost for people in IPAS accommodation between 2016 and 2022 is in excess of €1 billion
Brianna Parkins: There should be no moral superiority assigned to different types of addiction
Don’t pretend a drug dependency is acceptable because you can do it at a work function
Dublin riots: Not enough gardaí in city to contain rioters to one location, says Drew Harris
Garda Commissioner says policing operation was made difficult due to Dublin’s side streets and alleyways which rioters could run down
Minister discourages people from buying smartphones for children this Christmas
Minister for Education Norma Foley said there is evidence that buying smartphones for children is not in the interest of their health and well-being
Are fee-paying schools good value for the State, or part of a toxic culture that links education to money?
Should fee-paying schools get State support? Labour’s Aodhán Ó Ríordáin vs former principal Arthur Godsil
Should the State continue to provide €112m a year to private schools?
As enrolments in sector climb to a new high, Opposition parties want taxpayer funding to be phased out
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