Cork South-Central constituency profile: Battle for fifth seat is wide open
Election 2024: Micheál Martin's stomping ground has long been seen as a bellwether reflecting national trends
Simon Coveney
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Three taoisigh, five budgets and a global pandemic: in unprecedented times it was a government like no other
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’
Taoiseach defends reopening of Irish Embassy in Iran
Simon Harris says staff safety of ‘paramount’ importance but stresses benefits of ongoing diplomatic relations with Iran
Tough climb ahead for friend of Ireland as Michel Barnier is appointed French prime minister
Few foreign politicians are spoken about in Dublin in such glowing terms as the former EU chief Brexit negotiator
Mean to the fiddler: Band in unfair sacking case had more than €376,000 in earnings
Plus: Pizza man Brian MacGoey buys an upper-crust pad, Google eyes Boland’s Mills merch, and Young Fine Gael in a flap about proposed social media ban
Idea of Sinn Féin in Áras should not impede voting rights, says Coveney
Former minister for foreign affairs strongly backs exension of franchise in presidential elections to Irish people overseas
AI is not a strategic priority for majority of Irish businesses, Irish Management Institute finds
Talent attraction and retention remain top of the agenda for organisations in the Republic
Simon Coveney: ‘Theresa May’s efforts on the Irish question should be recognised. Her successors didn’t share that’
The former tánaiste reflects on the ‘fun behind the craziness’ of Liz Truss, the ‘intellectual snobbery’ Enda Kenny faced, and Michel Barnier’s shock at the warm welcome he received on the streets of Dublin
The Irish Times view on Fine Gael resignations: the exodus continues
It might be to the party’s advantage to present a fresh slate of younger candidates, many coming off strong performances in June’s local election
Fifteen of 35 Fine Gael TDs who won in 2020 will not run again. What does this mean for the party?
Party could use departures as opportunity to put forward more women candidates
Limerick mayor’s ‘great frustration’ over pay during his time in Land Development Agency revealed
Plus: Cynthia Ní Mhurchú's pay cut, Irish Ambassador to the US gets a profile boost, and Simon Coveney sails again
Fine Gael select city and county-based councillors for bid to retain Coveney’s Cork seat
Shane O’Callaghan and Una McCarthy defeat Jerry Buttimer, Des Cahill and John Mullins for nominations
Justine McCarthy: With Ireland on a knife edge, it’s a bad time for a brain drain from the Dáil
Potential new TDs would need their mental acuity assessed if they were not given pause by hearing about masked protesters outside the Taoiseach’s home
Leo Varadkar confirms he will not contest next general election
Former taoiseach says time has come to ‘explore new options and opportunities’
Will Simon Coveney ever be asked about his role in passing the referendum that led to a rise in abortions?
In Ireland, you can tell people abortion figures won’t rise and still be unaccountable when they double
Five Fine Gael politicians compete for shot at Dáil seat vacated by Coveney
Unsuccessful European Election candidate John Mullins pledges to move home to Cork South Central constituency if he is selected to run for the party
Simon Coveney stepping aside is part of a major changing of the guard in Irish politics
Former tánaiste’s move adds to the challenge facing Simon Harris ahead of the next general election
Simon Coveney confirms he will not contest next general election
Former tánaiste announces decision to leave politics after more than 25 years
Simon Coveney: I was passionate about becoming taoiseach at one point
Former tánaiste will not run for the Dáil again and is looking for ‘a change in direction’ after holding ‘virtually every office in the land except taoiseach’
Simon Coveney profile: substantial figure who played a starring role in the Brexit wars
The way he contested the leadership of Fine Gael with Leo Varadkar in 2017 won him many admirers
Donohoe, Varadkar and Coveney to attend Bilderberg meeting in Madrid
Minister for Public Expenditure taking part as Eurogroup head, while former taoiseach says he will be going at own expense
Smoky bacon flavouring ban: Coveney lobbied EU over ‘financial implications’ for Irish firms
Kerry Group, which is one of the big players in smoked flavourings, claimed the changes ‘would impact’ more than €30bn worth of food products
Threat of private business jet ‘ban’ at Dublin Airport is lifted
US investors had warned Government of companies reevaluating Irish investments in light of any ban on executive jets
Renewable energy ‘insufficient’ to meet data centre demands with need to ‘ration’ connections to them, Minister told
Data centres use vast quantities of electricity and there have been calls for a moratorium on such facilities
‘Every country in Europe right now with a coastline and deep water is going after floating offshore wind.’ Except Ireland
Shannon Estuary Taskforce chairman says State making a strategic error by not backing floating wind
There’s an obvious solution to the migration row: compatible national identity cards for Ireland and Britain
Rights groups who raised valid objections to the intrusiveness of identity cards need to accept that ship has sailed - the alternative is Kafkaesque bureaucracy and racial profiling
Bartra Capital developers play monopoly with Ballsbridge block
Greens clash with Simon Coveney ... and Conor McGregor
Varadkar entitled to exit payment of €280,000 when he retires as a TD
Simon Coveney, who will step down as Minister for Enterprise on Tuesday, will be entitled to similar severance payments totalling €236,000
Simon Harris: Cabinet reshuffle decision will be ‘lonely and difficult’
Taoiseach designate says selection will not be about ‘personalities’ but will be based on ‘delivery’
Ireland can no longer pretend to be immune from realities of European security, says Charlie Flanagan
Invasion of Ukraine was Europe’s 9/11 and Ireland is ‘in President Putin’s crosshairs’
‘Fine Gael should re-embrace Christian Democratic values’: FG members give their views on Simon Harris, the next cabinet, and party’s future
Fine Gael ardfheis delegates ‘100 per cent’ opposed to coalition with Sinn Féin because ‘we’re just not compatible’
Simon Coveney would like to see Cork minister appointed in incoming Taoiseach’s reshuffle
Departing minister says decision not to put his name forward for Cabinet ‘wasn’t about being shafted’
Notion that Fine Gael would benefit from a period in opposition is absurd
The clear lesson from history is that once the party forfeits power there is no guarantee it will get it back anytime soon, if ever
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