Colm Brophy

Dublin South West constituency profile: Green Party seat looks most vulnerable in this left-leaning five-seater

Election 2024: Sinn Féin’s Seán Crowe won almost 30 per cent of the vote in 2020

Thu Nov 07 2024 - 12:14

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

Wed Nov 29 2023 - 19:13

Fine Gael members to call for €15 pension increase, mortgage relief and hike in renters’ credit

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar to come under pressure when Fine Gael politicians lay out Budget 2024 demands

Tue Jun 13 2023 - 20:41

‘Many serious questions’ unanswered by SF leader Mary Lou McDonald, Dáil told

Ms McDonald said her party stands 100 per cent with law abiding citizens with ‘the members of An Garda Síochana, the courts system, all of it, including the Special Criminal Court’

Thu Apr 20 2023 - 18:46

Irish Aid to be rebranded to remove ‘negative connotations’

Colm Brophy says programme work ‘much deeper’ than just humanitarian aid

Tue Dec 13 2022 - 00:01

Cop27: Leaders have ‘special responsibility’ to help tackle climate change, says Taoiseach

On Tuesday Martin will deliver Ireland’s national statement, setting out the country’s climate ambition

Sun Nov 06 2022 - 14:41

State to address causes and drivers of conflict including impact of climate change, says Coveney

Irish Aid annual report for 2021 outlines global impact of State’s development aid programme

Tue Oct 18 2022 - 18:18

Ministerial reshuffle: Who is in the firing line and who can expect a promotion?

Martin set to get his choice of cabinet posts while botched secondment could have repercussions for Donnelly

Sat Apr 23 2022 - 06:00

Potential and value of diasporas extolled at conference

Colm Brophy says 3.6% of world’s population live outside their countries of birth

Mon Apr 04 2022 - 20:09

Three Ministers unable to make Patrick’s Day trips due to Covid-19

Harris, McConalogue and Chambers test positive for virus along with Taoiseach

Thu Mar 17 2022 - 17:46

New fund supports companies with climate projects benefiting developing world

Government grants of up to €300,000 for Irish companies working on climate action

Mon Mar 07 2022 - 05:00

Officials raised concerns at plans for garden party to mark UN success

Plans made before department had internal guidelines for events held during pandemic

Thu Feb 10 2022 - 01:00

Ugandan writer detained for insulting president’s son

Kakwenza Rukirabashaija remains incommunicado despite court orders for his release

Tue Jan 04 2022 - 18:31

Pat Leahy: Ireland should be cultivating closer links with Taiwan

Unless the Chinese government is annoyed with you, you are not really standing up for human rights there

Sat Dec 04 2021 - 01:00

‘I was so proud to be Navajo and so proud to be Irish’

Doreen McPaul, Navajo Nation attorney general, receives Irish diaspora president’s award

Thu Dec 02 2021 - 19:00

Ireland donates half a million vaccines to Nigeria

Greater number of vaccinated worldwide essential to getting pandemic under control

Mon Nov 29 2021 - 20:20

Additional Irish aid for UN agency working with Palestinians announced

Support of extra €2m from Government for UNRWA confirmed by Minister

Tue Nov 16 2021 - 17:38

Chinese vaccines now accepted when travelling into Ireland

CoronaVac and SinoPharm now cited in definition of vaccinated person

Mon Nov 15 2021 - 21:18

Cop26: Eamon Ryan calls for ‘rulebook’ on emissions commitments

Green Party leader heading Irish delegation on second week of climate conference

Mon Nov 08 2021 - 21:52

Just five African countries set to hit year-end Covid vaccination targets

Some 77 million Africans are fully vaccinated – about 6% of continent’s population

Tue Nov 02 2021 - 18:17

Republic falling short in contributions ‘to avert climate crisis’

Government behind on its fair share of funding to tackle global warming – Trócaire

Sun Oct 31 2021 - 17:34

Coronavirus: 1,453 more cases as digital Covid cert is extended to Irish citizens in North

Those vaccinated outside EU will also be able to apply, provided vaccine is authorised here

Wed Sept 29 2021 - 22:53

Ireland to give 335,500 Covid-19 vaccines to Uganda

State makes commitment to donate AstraZeneca shots under Covax programme

Tue Sept 28 2021 - 20:02

Fintan O’Toole: Fine Gael’s virtuous self-image is at odds with reality

Party’s self-perception as the paragon of propriety actually encourages bad behaviour

Tue Sept 21 2021 - 01:00

Simon Harris says claim he leaked news of Katherine Zappone appointment ‘untrue’

Minister ‘strongly considering’ complaint against Matt Carthy to Oireachtas committee

Thu Sept 16 2021 - 14:44

Unflattering optics as defensive Government offers same excuse twice

Ministers in hiding around Zappone appointment and Varadkar presence at hotel

Sat Aug 07 2021 - 01:00

The Irish Times view on the Zappone affair: questions of judgment

That the controversy now implicates Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has raised the stakes, and with it the determination in Fine Gael to close the story down

Thu Aug 05 2021 - 22:58

Government to review how envoys appointed after Zappone controversy

Junior minister says he does not know if another candidate will be sought for position

Thu Aug 05 2021 - 18:22

Covid has set back efforts to support climate action in developing countries – Minister

Ireland leads OECD efforts to enhance climate finance provisions at COP26

Fri Jun 18 2021 - 09:51

Irish abroad with Chinese vaccine want hotel quarantine exemption

Vaccine approved by WHO but not EMA, and immunologist warns of variants like Delta

Mon Jun 14 2021 - 01:30

Irish teachers with Chinese-made vaccine face mandatory quarantine

More than 16,400 applications received for passports in the past week, says Coveney

Thu Jun 03 2021 - 20:05

Miriam Lord: Taoiseach sounds like an Ikea ad as he announces Grand Reopening

Micheál served up a nourishing number soup and we lapped it up with palpable relief

Sat May 29 2021 - 05:00

Ireland increases overseas aid as part of global drive to boost education access

Colm Brophy says aid budget rising this year, despite the economic shock from Covid-19

Wed May 19 2021 - 19:59

Dublin-Monaghan bombings: Minister pledges to seek ‘full truth’

47 years after attacks, ‘we are no wiser’ as to role of British state, says FF Senator

Mon May 17 2021 - 18:38