The Irish Times view on Australia’s election: getting real on climate
A breakthrough for the Greens in a major fossil-fuel exporting country is an important rebuke of mainstream political culture
The Irish Times view on the aftermath of the maternity hospital vote: a shrinking majority
The breach with Hourigan and Costello comes as tensions within the Green party over the ratification of the Canada-EU trade deal may be about to reignite
Australia set for major shift in climate policy
Prime minister-elect Anthony Albanese has promised to ‘change the country’
Australian voters set to choose between ‘bulldozer’ and ‘builder’
Six-week election campaign has been an attritional slog between uninspiring leaders
Schröder to be stripped of ex-chancellor privileges over Russian stance
Former leader a pariah in Germany after refusing to condemn Putin over Ukraine
National Maternity Hospital: Green Party suspends two TDs for voting with Opposition
Coalition abstained on Sinn Féin motion calling for hospital to be built on land owned by State
National Maternity Hospital vote poses conundrum for Coalition
Inside Politics: Could the Rural Independents be responsible for the loss of a Green TD?
Citizen’s Assembly on education to ‘include voice of youth’
Forum offers a ‘once-in-a-lifetime opportunity’ to reimagine Ireland’s education needs
Michelle O’Neill’s election as NI's next first minister unlikely to be swift
DUP’s protocol demands could lead to protracted negotiations and possible re-run
France’s Macron promises new approach during second-term inauguration
Re-elected president speaks of need to innovate at a time of unprecedented challenges
Eamon Ryan says Ireland must ‘follow the science’ on peat briquettes
Regulations will have to be introduced in the autumn for smokey coal, Minister tells Dáil
Johnson under renewed pressure after ‘tough night’ for Tories in local elections
Keir Starmer hails ‘big turning point’ for Labour as Lib Dems also make comeback
More than 27,300 Ukrainians have arrived in Ireland to date, says Minister
Much of refugee accommodation being provided ‘not perfect’, O’Gorman tells Dáil
Organisers of ‘Victory Day’ event in Ireland deny it is pro-Russia
Eamon Ryan talks of ‘real sense of outrage as to what’s happening in the Ukraine’
French left agrees rare alliance deal to take on Macron
Move could threaten French president’s chances of securing National Assembly majority
Assembly election: Can those who don't vote Orange or Green transform the North?
Northern Ireland election on Thursday: Parties designated ‘other’ sense a chance to move past old divisions
North’s only ethnic minority election candidate finds region’s racism ‘scary’
Sipho Sibanda, originally from Zimbabwe, blames sectarian system for lack of diversity in politics
EU reform: End of veto among proposals to be considered
Conference on the Future of Europe’s 325 recommendations will now go to EU leaders
French in Ireland: ‘People voting for Le Pen maybe think Putin will prevent a war in France’
Sunday’s presidential election is weighing heavily on French natives in Cork
Real impact of NI Assembly elections to be on unionist morale
‘We now have a nationalism that is confident ... Sinn Féin can take Stormont’
Stormont political system ‘long overdue reform’, says North’s Green Party leader
‘Urgency of the climate crisis’ was ‘becoming more and more obvious’, warns Clare Bailey
Northern Ireland election: This could be the most important in a generation
If the polls are correct, a nationalist could head government in the North for first time
The Irish Times view on the turf sale ban: the right call
This decision was the correct one, but it underlines how important a just and careful transition is in moving to a carbon-neutral Ireland
Turf-cutting may have a romanticised image but the reality is very different
Decision to ban the commercial sale of turf is portrayed as an attack on rural Ireland and its way of life by middle-class city types
Ban on sale of turf would ‘devastate the poorest of people living alone’
In Kerry, the tradition of going to the bog is as deep as the layers of turf itself
Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s French election defeat is starting to feel like a victory
Far-left party leader relishing the role of arbiter and kingmaker
Opinion poll: Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael regain ground against Sinn Féin
Extended period of decline for FG in polls since formation of Coalition has abated
Macron and Le Pen hit campaign trail as run-off looms
President faces tricky act of wooing voters on right and left in France divided in three blocs
Taoiseach defends energy efficiency measures as part of cost of living response
Inflation forecast to hit 8.5 per cent in coming months, not encountered since 1980s
‘No impunity’ for Russia, says Coveney, as mass graves and bodies found on streets of Ukraine
Irish embassy in Moscow to be used to ‘express our outrage’ to Russia, Ryan says
Sinn Féin’s US politicking underlines issues with its approach to Irish unity
McDonald and co are presenting a united Ireland as imminent despite the evidence
Coalition gears up for next election after unprecedented challenges
Government parties remain broadly united despite a relentlessly bleak environment
Pierre Zakrzewski, my old classmate, was charismatic, selfless and loyal
Radio review: Tributes to the late Irish journalist had a personal resonance for Mick Heaney
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