UK government could face court challenge to force unity referendum, says Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty
Vague rules surrounding trigger mean decisions either way could face judicial review
Vague rules surrounding trigger mean decisions either way could face judicial review
Car insurance premiums have increased by more than 8% in the past year, CSO figures show
Sinn Féin’s finance spokesman claims effort ‘at the very heart of Government’ to limit support for homeowners in redress scheme
TD and festival organiser says Taylor Swift gigs and ‘Swiftmania’ give false impression that Irish music festival scene is ‘booming’
Coalition’s standing will hardly have improved after the usual winter hospital crisis and a further influx of asylum seekers
Sinn Féin members are openly questioning the party’s leader and the strategy pursued in the local elections as support collapsed
Data published on Friday show that between April 22nd and 28th, there were 14,009 people in emergency accommodation
During the Davy/Sinn Féin jaunt to London, Pearse Doherty assured investors that his party would not attempt to upend the Irish economic model
‘Massive loophole’ emerged after the removal of a benefit-in-kind charge on employer pension contributions
Ceann Comhairle accuses Donegal TD of being an ‘arch strategist of interruption and heckling’
Dáil passes legislation to create two new funds to deal with future spending pressures and potential economic shocks
An aspect of the party’s proposals that has received little attention would prove significant for those earning over €100,000
The State did not invest in AIB, it was forced to bail out the system with borrowed money. Any decision to sell its remaining shares must be informed by investment logic not just ideology
Martin dismisses ‘so-called recruitment embargo’, says needs to be a focus on ‘deployment and outcomes’
Party has been attempting to soothe corporate anxieties over the prospect of it leading the next Government
Tánaiste rejects Sinn Féin claims in Dáil that Ireland is a ‘laggard’ in treating disease
Michael McGrath in heated exchange with Kerry TD and Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty over increases in motor fuel excise duty
Regulator will work with Financial Services Ombudsman to ‘close gap’, deputy governor Derville Rowland says
Minister for Housing responds to Sinn Féin TD Pearse Doherty’s call for Government to support his party’s motion on raise rate to 17%
Officials said move would cause ‘unintended consequences’, records released to Sinn Féin show
Gongs go to Timmy Dooley, Mary Robinson, Seán Ó Fearghaíl, Louise O’Reilly, Thomas Pringle, Michael Collins, Mary Lou McDonald and Helen McEntee, but will they be thrilled?
Debate on confidence in McEntee degenerates into festival of Sinn Féin-bashing — a favourite pastime, bar none, of Fine Gael TDs
Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty says Government must ‘urgently’ introduce ban on rent increases for new and existing tenancies, while also putting full month’s rent back into renters’ pockets
Party has made a concerted effort to use the legal system to muzzle the media as well as political opponents who have dared to criticise it
Northern Ireland’s First Minister designate Michelle O’Neill says public patience with Stormont ‘paralysis’ has run out
Policies of both parties called into question as O’Brien challenges Ó Broin for longer-term solution to crisis
Opposition party’s housing policy is ‘empty rhetoric and soundbites’, Tanáiste tells the Dáil
Tánaiste says there has been ‘unprecedented and record levels’ of investment in the State’s health services in the past three years
Tax cuts costing €1.1bn in the first budget presented by a Fianna Fáil Minister for Finance since 2010
Budget 2024: Allocation will go towards funding services supporting people experiencing or at risk of homelessness, homeless prevention measures and tenancy sustainment
Budget 2024: ’A lazy rerun of all that was wrong with Budget 2023,’ says Labour
There was far less interest in the minutiae of Sinn Féin’s budget proposals from other parties, who may have had coalition in mind
Party’s tax hikes would hurt the wealthy – but they wouldn’t hurt most people
Party’s alternative budget would retain wealth tax and add other tax revenue to fund spending
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How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
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