Micheál Martin

All of our news, analysis and features on Fianna Fáil leader and former taoiseach Micheál Martin

Fine Gael to court grey vote with slew of promises

Party’s general election manifesto to provide ‘older persons’ guarantee’ including extending free TV licences and payments for heating bills

Election Daily: First week of the campaign down, now it really begins

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Election 2024: TV bust up and SF down but not out - here’s what went on in week one of campaigning

Your essential end-of-week politics catch up: O’Leary cuts the legs from under teachers; Independents move up the polls

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Irish Times wins eight awards at annual Newsbrands event including in news, features and crime reporting categories

Next government will need ‘new deal’ to support farmers as sector faces ‘huge challenge’, says IFA

The Irish Farmers’ Association said that analysis it conducted showed that farming incomes were down 34 per cent over the last six years

Big beams, tiny halos and cable ties: election posters are back

Parties and candidates have had lots of time to finesse their lamp-post strategy. But have they?

Sharp exchanges between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil dominate election debates

Fine Gael is expected to pledge to cut inheritance tax substantially when it unveils its manifesto at the weekend

Fianna Fáil plans for spending big on services

Manifesto is predicated on continuation of extraordinarily good economic fortune Ireland has enjoyed since the recovery after the last financial crash

‘Too many teachers in the Dáil’: Are they the most represented profession in the chamber?

Continuous presence in Dáil and ability to reach highest levels of power counter Ryanair chief Michael O’Leary’s claim he could not rely on them to ‘get things done’

Pro-Palestine supporters and young voters urged to ‘choose wisely’ in election, march hears

Solidarity campaign chair tells protestors to ensure every politician knows territory is ‘key’ issue in lead up to polling day

Tributes paid to ‘outstanding’ Cork historian Gabriel Doherty after his death at 56

Doherty was best known for his written works on Michael Collins, Terence McSwiney and the Irish Civil War

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

Election 2024: Parties start to unveil promises as campaign gets under way

Three-week long run-in to November 29th polling day begins with party policy launches and poster placing

Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael to stand on their record in government

Taoiseach Simon Harris says the three Coalition parties had governed well together and passed five progressive budgets

Tánaiste and People Before Profit TD’s row among combative exchanges on Dáil’s last day

Retiring TDs clear out their offices as Micheál Martin and Bríd Smith get into head-to-head over alternative government and both their fathers being ‘busmen’

Norma Foley was ‘extensively lobbied’ by company that produces mobile phone pouches, Dáil hears

Tánaiste accuses Sinn Féin of ‘trying to manufacture’ election issue over pouches

A race for the magic number across 43 constituencies to rule the largest Dáil in history

The number of seats has risen from 160 to 174, and the only certainty is that there will be plenty of skirmishes and subplots in the electoral battle

Ireland will intervene in Gaza genocide case before end of year

Tánaiste says it is ‘reprehensible’ for Social Democrats to accuse Government of being ‘complicit in genocide’

Election 2024 is, almost officially, on

In the next couple of weeks, the gloves may well and truly come off between the Coalition partners

Trump’s return could pose a threat to Irish economy, Ministers are warned

Future trade between the US and EU could be affected by the imposition of tariffs imposed by the new US regime

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