Temperatures plummet on election campaign trail amid blizzard of political promises
While plans differ between some parties on housing, the cost of living and taxes, all of them agree on a few basic tenets around housing
Ivana Bacik
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Labour sets out six ‘key missions’ party will have if part of next government, relating to issues including housing, climate and health
Parties clash on future of Help to Buy scheme which Sinn Féin plans to abolish
Labour and Sinn Féin claim scheme has inflationary effect, increasing price of housing for first time buyers
Trump win in US will impact elections here and in Europe, says Ivana Bacik
Labour leader concerned toxic nature of presidential contest may be seen during Irish general election campaign
RIP FF-FG-Green Coalition, 2020-2024 - Miriam Lord’s look back at the Government
Three taoisigh, five budgets and a global pandemic: in unprecedented times it was a government like no other
Taoiseach and Tánaiste congratulate Trump on his victory while Bacik describes result as a ‘disaster’
US election: ‘Ireland will work to deepen and strengthen the historic and unbreakable bonds between our people and our nations’ - Harris
Ireland’s Covid ‘evaluation’ will avoid UK’s ‘gotcha’ moments - but critics say it looks tokenistic
Government officials believe it is entirely unfair to compare Ireland’s handling of the pandemic to that of the UK
Healy-Raes stuck in a cycle of bike shed remarks – enough to make Ivana Bacik fly off the chain
It’s dog eat dog for parking spaces every Tuesday at the Oireachtas
‘Yulia is fighting for all of us’: Book on experience of Ukraine war is launched in Dublin
Journalist and author Lara Marlowe is joined by Yulia Mykytenko who has encountered things ‘no humans should ever witness’, event is told
‘Agent Cobalt’ fills role of Banquo’s ghost as Oireachtas amuses itself
Deputies and senators address each other as ‘comrade’ in corridors as speculation continues about Oireachtas member allegedly recruited as a Russian agent
Thousands of Ukrainians affected if accommodation scheme ended - Minister
Labour leader says Sinn Féin’s call for restrictions on housing scheme amount to ‘new low in political vernacular’
Flippin’ ‘learnings’, they turn up like a bad penny whenever another billion is flushed down the pan
When under attack for the Children’s Hospital fiasco, Paschal Donohoe takes flak for Simon Harris - who is in New York - and pulls the word ‘learnings’ from the first aid box
Labour fails to land high-profile candidates to join party’s general election ticket
Former Dublin footballer Philly McMahon and Dr Rhona Mahony among those contacted
Labour calls for acceleration of divestment of schools from religious orders after abuse inquiry
Ivana Bacik emphasises need for timely redress scheme and says her party willing to work with Government to make this happen
‘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
Immigration set to be crunch topic in the next general election as Sinn Féin revises policy
Many parties have broadly similar policies - and none of their measures will magic away an issue leading to heightened tensions in communities
Mixed views in Dundrum about arrival of asylum seekers, residents say
Analysis shows accommodation centres are located in areas ranging from very affluent to extremely disadvantaged
Darragh O’Brien says social and affordable housing targets will be met in 2024
Opposition claims Government’s Housing for All plan for 33,450 new builds this year will not be delivered
Students urged to examine leases ahead of signing of Bill allowing academic term-only tenancies
Malcolm Noonan advises caution ahead of law to be passed on Thursday providing for 41-week agreements
Every time ‘men see or hear misogynistic behaviour or talk, we need to call it out’ - Simon Harris
NTA as taxi regulator needs to ‘wake up’ and review all drivers after driver who raped two women found to have had previous sexual assault convictions
Directing an illegal organisation should be permanently classed as a crime, Dáil told
Currently, offence is dealt with via emergency terrorism and criminal gang law, which must be renewed annually
Migration pact a ‘united effort of Europe’ and ‘essential’ for Ireland, says Taoiseach
Tánaiste hits out at ‘little Englander’ mentality of those aspiring to ‘some mythical purity’ in Ireland
If Sinn Féin wants to embody ‘change’, it should present a left-wing coalition to the electorate
Sinn Féin must present voters with a left-wing coalition option to stay true to its message of ‘change’
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
Labour leader claims vote for an Independent candidate ‘often a vote for more of the same’
With polling showing Independents on nearly a quarter of the vote, Ivana Bacik makes election pitch
Tánaiste insists banning imports from illegal Israeli settlements breaches EU law
Christian Aid and Labour question if Government’s position has changed following legal submission to ICJ case
No attempt to delay publication of ‘damning’ housing report, says Taoiseach
Asked in Dáil by Ivana Bacik if release was ‘delayed because of the elections next month’, Harris replied it would be published this week
Accommodating asylum seekers: ‘Lurching from encampment crisis to encampment crisis is a gift to the far right’
This week’s clearance on Dublin’s Grand Canal was evidence of a more co-ordinated approach by authorities but there is still little sign of a longer-term accommodation solution
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
Asylum seekers transferred out of Citywest and Crooksling ahead of expected Grand Canal clearance
Men received transfer letters but no indication of where they will be sent on Wednesday and Thursday
Joe Duffy’s snap judgment on Simon Harris’s Stardust apology somehow captures the wider mood
Radio review: the Liveline host’s snap judgment on Simon Harris’s State apology somehow captures the wider mood
Plans to publish revised housing targets in autumn show ‘lack of ambition, urgency’, Bacik says
Labour leader says Taoiseach’s call for 250,000 homes ‘clear acceptance new targets needed’ but Minister of State says ‘robust evidence-based research’ required
State investment fund pulls out of Israeli companies operating in illegal settlements
NTMA says value of funds in six companies is under €3m and and says it will keep other investments in region ‘under review’
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