Where do parties stand on Aughinish Alumina and links to Russian military supply chain?
Three months on from revelations and there is no clear response to deeply uncomfortable situation around Co Limerick plant
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‘I am terrified about the winter coming’: One in seven now behind on electricity bills
Almost 319,000 homes in arrears with electricity bills by the end of March, says energy regulator
New asylum contract for minors agreed as EU migration rules come into effect
Representative to be at port of entry within one hour of unaccompanied children being reported
Irish ‘head-in-the-sand’ alumina approach contrasts with Australia’s, say Social Democrats
Trade in contentious product not restricted by European Union sanctions against Russia
Simon Harris delivers coded rebuke of people on social welfare
Fine Gael choose populism over real leadership with savings plan
Carroll MacNeill the big political winner after Rotunda board backs down
Stand-off arose it emerged consultants on public-only contracts were allowed to treat private patients at the hospital despite a direction not to do so
Developer facing jail benefited from Minister’s planning ruling on same day as sentencing
Sligo developer Cathal O’Connor faces two years in prison for violent assault on three teenagers
Power-hungry data centres fuel increasingly fractious debate about squeezed national grid
Row raging since 2021 when senior EirGrid executive noted voracious appetite for power, now at 20% of Republic’s electricity
US companies disclose huge Irish tax payments
Multinationals reveal extent of remittance to Ireland for first time, exposing reliance on big tech and pharma
Aughinish Alumina blames ‘clerical error’ for incorrect statistics on exports to Russia
Coalition urged to complete Aughinish Alumina investigation without delay
Parents missing out because Coalition delaying on benefit promise, says Ictu
Confirmation that public consultation would mark first step in introducing benefit, but no time frame for launch
Coalition row looms with no new Irish-language schools planned to open until 2032
Fianna Fáil to speak with Hildegarde Naughton over lack of educational pathway for Irish speakers
Newton Emerson and the charge Sinn Féin cannot be trusted in government
What your columnist lays bare is that Sinn Féin is a pragmatic party
Amount of Irish-made alumina exported to Russia hits highest level since start of Ukraine war
Figure emerges as Taoiseach argues sanctioning Aughinish Alumina would cause more harm to EU than Russia
Lack of flood-warning system raises the question: what is the State’s job?
Devoid of critical integration, our State retains no institutional memory, as lessons from failures remain trapped inside whichever department or agency handles it
‘Sinn Féin were never left’: Inside the political splits that threaten the Catherine Connolly coalition
Fianna Fáil, the largest political party, bombed in the byelections but divisions among the left-wing parties drew most attention
Fine Gael councillor hired by Re-turn to lobby Minister responsible for Deposit Return Scheme
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Cllr Eoin O’Driscoll rejects Aontú claim concerning conflict of interest
Here is something the ‘soft left’ parties need to pay attention to
Dublin Central and Galway West byelections show centre ground in Irish politics is capable of responding to threats from either left or right
What byelection results say about the rise of right-wing parties and candidates
Galway West and Dublin Central votes suggest emergence of significant electoral force to the right of Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil
Fallout from the byelections
As Irish politics becomes more fragmented and unstable, a merger of FF and FG starts to make sense
Occupied Territories Bill bans minuscule trade, but leaves lucrative services untouched
Ireland is far from showing what Taoiseach calls ‘leadership in supporting Palestine’
Fine Gael councillor reprimanded over remarks about Jennifer Carroll MacNeill’s feet
Remarks on WhatsApp, swiftly deleted, were made as a joke by Carlow councillor Brian O’Donoghue
Post-byelection squabble among left-wing parties does not inspire confidence for future
A new way of doing things helped lift Ireland out of the doldrums in the 1980s. We need another today
Why does vote counting take so long in Ireland?
Heady mix of exhaustion, triumph and disaster is not just a thrilling media narrative but a component of Irish political culture
Opposition parties vow to toughen ‘gutted’ Occupied Territories Bill
Taoiseach accused of reneging on promises to prohibit all trade with settlements
Kyne defends record raising concerns over Inland Fisheries Ireland as he returns to Dáil
Other byelection winner Daniel Ennis said he tried without success to leave a former job after it was raided by Revenue
What the Dublin Central and Galway West byelections’ results tell us
Extraordinary performance by Helen Ogbu
Leader of the left or left behind? Sinn Féin scepticism grows among progressive parties
Social Democrats, Labour and People Before Profit raising concerns about party’s direction
Left-wing parties round on Sinn Féin over policy direction
Differences fracturing progressive alliance formed during Catherine Connolly’s presidential campaign
A party that cannot get a tenth of the vote in Dublin or Galway retains power. This is dangerous
It feels like we’re in that strange hiatus now. Fianna Fáil has no ground beneath its feet
Left-wing Irish government ‘within touching distance’, says Holly Cairns
Social Democrats leader says party will work with others to provide ‘real alternative’ to current Coalition
Almost €280,000 spent by political parties during byelections
Fine Gael’s outlay of €72,300 was higher than that of any other party
Sinn Féin caught between anti-establishment right and soft left in crucial transfers game
Strength of transfers between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael is a growing phenomenon of Irish elections
Fine Gael and Social Democrats land morale-boosting byelection wins
Fine Gael’s Seán Kyne clinches Galway West contest after Social Democrats’ Daniel Ennis takes Dublin Central seat
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