Leo Varadkar comments on rural Ireland to be raised by angry TDs at Fine Gael meeting
Former taoiseach sparked backlash after saying people of urban Ireland were ‘paying all the bills’
Robert Watt set to be paid €280,000 a year to lead Dublin city regeneration body
Former Department of Health head expected to be approved by Cabinet on Tuesday
Including cost-rental homes in private tenancy figures gives ‘false impression of growth’
When cost rental is excluded from data, increase in private tenancies is actually much lower than claimed, says Sinn Féin
Robert Watt expected to be named head of new Dublin city centre regeneration authority
Former top civil servant’s €297,000 Department of Health salary was subject of controversy after initial appointment
Catherine Connolly aligns with global left on first overseas trip
President’s attendance at Barcelona gathering indicates she plans to shape her own political programme
‘Issues’ over international protection Bill, says Connolly on first visit overseas
President strongly defends UN and warns democracy is under threat while attending Barcelona gathering of left-leaning leaders
Government and civil servants uneasy over President’s choice of first overseas trip
Catherine Connolly will meet Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez, but not her counterpart, the king of Spain
Micheál Martin has enough support to resist FF leadership challenge, survey suggests
Ministers and TDs rally behind Taoiseach, but 25, mostly rural, TDs did not respond to Irish Times poll
Fianna Fáil TDs rally behind Micheál Martin as prospect of leadership heave fades
Jim O’Callaghan ally John Lahart joins other party figures in backing FF leader a day after the party’s three youngest TDs voice criticism
Taoiseach under pressure from Fianna Fáil backbenchers as Healy-Rae fallout continues
Three Fianna Fáil TDs issue statement strongly criticising direction of party
‘Our politics are not working’: Young Fianna Fáil TDs rebuke Coalition in strong statement
‘We must face that reality that the social contract is strained to breaking point,’ says trio of representatives
Coalition suffers first major defection as Michael Healy-Rae resigns
Kerry TD charged the Government with having ‘let the people down’ and `losing its way, not listening'
Government survives confidence vote after surprise Michael Healy-Rae resignation
Sharp exchanges in Dáil debate as Coalition accused of ‘abandoning the Irish people’ by Mary Lou McDonald amid fuel crisis
Fuel protests: Government to raid exchequer surplus for €505m support package
Coalition denies latest measures a direct response to blockades, but faces further headaches
‘You know who’s in control’ - How the fuel protests brought the country to a standstill
The seeds of this week’s disruption were sown in meetings in late March and fomented in online forums and WhatsApp groups