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Micheál Martin’s first 100 days: Coalition has achieved little amid delivery gaps and Dáil discord
Trump heads a list of challenges for the Taoiseach that includes housing, childcare, pensions and a raucous Dáil. He could hardly be said to have hit the ground running
The Irish Times view on the Government’s first 100 days: lacklustre and listless
There has been little of the fresh thinking and renewed vigour that one might have hoped for from a new administration
Housing tsar row: FF and FG continue to snipe after collapse of Brendan McDonagh appointment plan
Fine Gael blocked appointment this week over concerns it was kept in dark about process
Housing Activation Office explainer: How does it differ from what the Housing Commission recommended?
Leadership aside, the biggest departure from what the commission recommended is that the new body will have no legislative power
Housing tsar row brings a strike-out before the first innings
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Ireland’s human rights obligations
‘Government has failed to deliver on election promise to pass the Occupied Territories Bill’
Brendan McDonagh withdraws from consideration for housing ‘tsar’ role after Fine Gael blocks appointment
Tánaiste Simon Harris told Minister for Housing James Browne his party had been ‘out of the loop’
‘It’s cheaper to drive’: Commuters react to Irish Rail fare rises
Pricing reforms mean Greystones commuters are considering driving to Bray to catch Dart as it is cheaper there
Martin and Harris: how is the Coalition working?
The Government faces a big challenge with trade and the economy, but the bigger fears are around chronic problems – most acutely, in housing
Micheál Martin would be a more credible leader of Fine Gael than Simon Harris
It’s a sign of Fine Gael’s watered-down identity that it’s easy to imagine Harris in Labour or the Social Democrats
More than €10m of Irish State funds invested in Israeli companies with links to occupied territories
Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe discloses that direct investment by the State in business with direct links to illegal settlements has fallen to €1.25 million
Oireachtas committee chair appointments under way ahead of Dáil return next week
Dispute over speaking time for Independent TDs had held up decisions to hand out key roles with €10,880 salary top-up
Mary Hanafin ‘open to conversation’ with Fianna Fáil on presidential run
Former minister for education and Dún Laoghaire TD says the decision will ultimately be up to Taoiseach Micheál Martin
Poll shows Ireland’s attachment to neutrality is strong but nuanced
Neutrality has, in effect, meant whatever the government of the day says it means
Irish Times poll: Current model of neutrality backed by 63% of voters
Irish Times/Ipsos B&A poll finds wealthier voters and women are most likely to support current model of neutrality
Pat Leahy: Poll shows voters are already grumpy with the Government
Fears over Donald Trump and impatience on housing highlighted by new survey
Irish Times poll: Housing is main concern for all population groups
Government can take little comfort in how the electorate regards its performance on housing
Irish Times poll shows 82% of voters are ‘worried’ about economic future after Trump re-election
Following Donald Trump’s re-election as US president, 82 per cent of those polled said they were ‘more worried’ about the future
The Irish Times view on the latest opinion poll: no honeymoon for the Coalition
A fall in support for Fine Gael and a rise for Sinn Féin will lead to nervousness in Government and embolden the main Opposition party
Simon Harris boom well and truly bust in latest poll findings
Only on one previous occasion, in February 1994, did Fine Gael go as low as 16 per cent in an Irish Times/Ipsos B&A poll
The Irish Times/Ipsos B&A poll April 2025: the full results in charts
Sinn Féin appears to have recovered some of its mojo, jumping six points to 26 per cent
Conor McGregor is the weirdest objection yet to plans for an elected Dublin mayor
Irish electorate has time and again proven itself to be sane and rational
Sinn Féin to chair Oireachtas justice and defence committees
Government parties take lead positions on housing and infrastructure panels
Barry Cowen recovering in hospital after ‘health scare’
The Fianna Fáil MEP said he felt unwell in Strasbourg last week
Teenager weaned off drugs was ‘held down and injected by thugs when he refused to buy from them’
More support needed for young people leaving addiction treatment services, TDs hear
Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy bears ‘no ill will’ after winning confidence motion
Taoiseach accused Opposition of ‘mob politics’, while Sinn Féin leader said Verona Murphy’s role was ‘delivered’ by Michael Lowry
Verona Murphy: Motion of confidence in Ceann Comhairle passed in Dáil
Wexford TD says she bears no ill will to those who brought motion and ‘her door is always open’
More than half of all third-level students could face an increase of up to €1000 in college fees this year
Annual ‘student contribution’ has been lowered to €2,000 from €3,000 for past three years
Michael Lowry gave two fingers to the public. Their message back to the Government is equally concise
Political careers of Tipperary North TD and Verona Murphy should have been over long before either got into this mess
Speaking rights for Michael Lowry would not be on my list of issues critical to our democracy
Row is yet more evidence of politicians’ preoccupation with trivia as storm clouds gather abroad and housing crisis worsens at home
‘I would not even consider voting for that horrid man’: Councillors respond to Conor McGregor’s bid for presidential nomination
Mixed martial arts fighter wants run in this year’s election to succeed Michael D Higgins
Conor McGregor presidential bid: All but one of 188 councillors would not vote for MMA fighter, survey shows
Councillors are bracing for a chaotic bid to seek presidential nomination
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