Why Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael paid such a hefty price to secure coalition with IndependentsAlthough there is a new government, Irish politics has not changed all that muchThu Jan 16 2025 - 06:00
Two Independents to sit at cabinet as new government agreed, while Healy-Raes expected to give support after talksFull text of new programme to be made available today in advance of meetings of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael parliamentary partiesWed Jan 15 2025 - 08:30
Regional Independent Group strikes deal with Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil on formation of next governmentVAT to fall from 13.5 per cent to 9 per cent for food, hospitality, hairdressers and entertainment in next budgetTue Jan 14 2025 - 21:38
Coalition talks: Agreement close on programme for government, with possible junior ministry for Healy-RaesFianna Fáil likely to get Department of Justice, with Dublin TD Jim O’Callaghan among names floated for the ministerial roleSun Jan 12 2025 - 21:37
Coalition talks: Once a programme for government is agreed, what happens next?Negotiators continue to work through policy areas with rolling sessions raising the possibility of imminent agreementSun Jan 12 2025 - 20:18
Government getting nervous about contentious Occupied Territories BillGovernment likely to pursue a middle way, promising to enact the proposed legislation but kicking it into a process to draw up amendments and consider possible costsSun Jan 12 2025 - 07:00
Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael to meet Independents as Government formation talks step up a gearIndependent Ireland party has repeatedly expressed its desire to be involved in negotiations on a new governmentWed Jan 08 2025 - 20:01
Simon Harris and Micheál Martin say they are happy to work with Michael LowryTaoiseach says he accepted findings of Moriarty tribunal but that he knows ‘the practicalities of how the Dáil works’Wed Jan 08 2025 - 06:00
Government formation: Negotiations ‘in the landing zone’ to conclude in January - TaoiseachSimon Harris says he believes there will be a new government within eight weeksTue Jan 07 2025 - 13:38
Target-beating €12.8bn exchequer surplus to aid coalition talksDepartment of Finance data show total tax receipts soared almost 23% to record €108bn last yearTue Jan 07 2025 - 06:00
Talks resume between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael on new government Parties report steady progress but difficult areas yet to be discussedMon Jan 06 2025 - 19:58
We need to see an explosion in house building and new ideas this yearIf the next government wants to solve the housing crisis, then it will have to treat it as a crisisSat Jan 04 2025 - 06:00
Mary Lou McDonald reiterates demand for Border poll ‘in this decade’Sinn Féin leader aims to advance the goal of Irish unity while in oppositionWed Jan 01 2025 - 16:50
Income tax, USC and rent tax credits: What budget changes are now in effect for 2025?National minimum wage increases by 80 cents to €13.50 an hourWed Jan 01 2025 - 14:38
These four trends reshaped Irish politics in 2024 The Dublin riots changed politics, but not in the way anyone expectedSat Dec 28 2024 - 07:00
New government unlikely to be formed before Dáil returns on January 22ndGovernment formation talks to ‘intensify’ in new year but sources say ratification will take timeTue Dec 24 2024 - 06:00
Explain Irish politics to visiting foreign relatives with Pat Leahy’s informed sceptic’s guideWondering about how you’ll explain Irish politics to visiting foreign relatives – or to yourself? Wonder no moreSun Dec 22 2024 - 07:00
Harris concedes Martin will get first turn as taoiseach in new rotation deal to form governmentNew coalition government ‘on track’ to be formed by January 22nd, Simon Harris saysSat Dec 21 2024 - 06:00
What we learned about incoming Fianna Fáil-Fine Gael-Independent administration on Dáil’s first dayVerona Murphy elected Ceann Comhairle on a day mostly about symbolism and ceremonyWed Dec 18 2024 - 19:00
Ireland is ‘extreme against Israel’, says ambassadorPresident Michael D Higgins says accusations of anti-Semitism are ‘gross defamation’Tue Dec 17 2024 - 19:00
Taoiseach strongly rejects charges of anti-Semitism by Israel’s foreign ministerUS Chamber of Commerce raised concerns with Irish Government about the Occupied Territories BillTue Dec 17 2024 - 06:00
Israeli foreign minister calls Taoiseach Simon Harris ‘antisemitic’Taoiseach said he would not comment on ‘personalised and false attacks and remains focused on the horrific war crimes being perpetrated in Gaza’Mon Dec 16 2024 - 18:05
Smart people still insist the truth of a patent absurdity – that Gerry Adams was never in the IRAThe observation that ‘the past is never dead – it’s not even past’ seems especially true in Northern IrelandSat Dec 14 2024 - 07:06
Labour Party ‘unlikely’ to enter government but not out yet, says BacikLabour keen to let process ‘play out’, sources sayFri Dec 13 2024 - 18:21
Labour’s government dilemma resolved by the tyranny of the numbersThere is a strong expectation that Labour leader Ivana Bacik will recommend that the party does not proceed with negotiations about joining a coalition governmentThu Dec 12 2024 - 19:00
Government confirms Ireland will intervene in two cases before International Court of JusticeOne long-running and controversial case seeks a ruling by the court that Israel is in breach of the Genocide ConventionWed Dec 11 2024 - 19:05
In the absence of a new government how is there a Cabinet meeting today and what happens next? Just as Ministers have continued in office after the Dáil was dissolved, the Constitution specifies that they remain in office until their successors are appointedWed Dec 11 2024 - 15:10
Ireland’s five biggest problems: War, climate change, an EU crisis, housing and TrumpThe next government faces immense challenges that require guile, nerve, judgment and luckSun Dec 08 2024 - 07:00
Micheál Martin: Fianna Fáil’s cunning, ruthless resurrection manHow the veteran Fianna Fáil leader dragged his party into the 21st century and won his place as taoiseachSat Dec 07 2024 - 06:00
Election 2024: Independent TDs likely to seek ministerial office for supporting new coalition Development comes after Labour and Social Democrats shun ‘common negotiating platform’ in advance of government-formation talksSat Dec 07 2024 - 06:00
Government will oppose Mercosur trade deal over threat to Irish farming interestsFarmers’ groups urge Micheál Martin and Simon Harris not to waver from their election stance on ‘sell-out’ pactFri Dec 06 2024 - 19:55
Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael to renew push for government formation talks with IndependentsThere is a renewed push from within both Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil to hold serious negotiations with Independent TDsWed Dec 04 2024 - 06:32
Who is in government now, when does the new one start and what happens to losing TDs?General election explainer: The earliest we can expect negotiations about the formation of the next government to conclude is mid-JanuaryTue Dec 03 2024 - 06:04
Fine Gael lays out condition for coalition deal with Fianna Fáil as counting finishes in Election 2024General election results: Fianna Fáil is the biggest party in the Dáil with 48 seats, with Sinn Féin on 39 and Fine Gael on 38Tue Dec 03 2024 - 06:00
Election 2024: The people have spoken, but what have they said?General election's standout narrative is the remarkable resurrection of Fianna Fáil and its leader, Micheál MartinMon Dec 02 2024 - 08:49
Coalition dilemma: what is the price of power?Which party really wants to be part of a FG-FF administration, scrambling for wins in government and facing a vengeful electorate in four or five years’ time?Mon Dec 02 2024 - 06:00
Labour and Social Democrats wary of joining Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael coalitionElection 2024: Fianna Fáil certain to be largest party in new Dáil with Fine Gael trailing slightly behindMon Dec 02 2024 - 00:42
The choice of the Irish people is clear: they want more of the sameMargins are tight, but decisive; Fianna Fáil looks set to have a clear lead when all the seats have filledSun Dec 01 2024 - 19:00
Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael likely to seek coalition deal with Labour and Social DemocratsElection 2024: Senior figures in both parties believe that a centre-left party would be preferable to a group of IndependentsSun Dec 01 2024 - 06:59
Election 2024: Five things we learned from the first day of the countsA cruel blow for the Green Party as Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael make their way back to governmentSat Nov 30 2024 - 22:22
Election 2024: What we know so far as results roll in from around IrelandIndications are Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are probably headed back to governmentSat Nov 30 2024 - 18:34
Dramatic exit poll points way as almost half favour Fianna Fáil/Fine Gael coalition Election 2024: Fianna Fáil leader Micheal Martin is preferred choice of taoiseach at 35 percent, exit poll suggestsSat Nov 30 2024 - 08:33
Almost half of voters favour a Fianna Fáil-Fine Gael led coalition, according to exit poll Government led by Sinn Féin without Fine Gael or Fianna Fáil chosen by 22 per cent of respondentsSat Nov 30 2024 - 08:19
Irish Times political reporters pick their moments of the 2024 election campaignSimon Harris’s encounter with care worker Charlotte Fallon stood out as a pivotal moment in a campaign for which the political parties seemed oddly unpreparedSat Nov 30 2024 - 06:00
Exit poll suggests Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil will be in driving seat to re-establish coalitionSinn Féin could well finish first in the popular vote for the second time in a row, but face another five years in oppositionSat Nov 30 2024 - 00:04
Election 2024 exit poll: Sinn Féin, Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil on course for photo finish If the findings are borne out a return of a coalition based around Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil looks likelyFri Nov 29 2024 - 22:00
Election 2024: Time for the country to decideMore than 3.7 million people are eligible to vote today, the largest ever. This includes 400,000 people who will be voting for the first timeFri Nov 29 2024 - 07:23
General election 2024: Fine Gael, Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil in near dead heat at end of campaignOver 100,000 new registrations in the two weeks before the closing deadline add to the unpredictability of an election few are confident of callingFri Nov 29 2024 - 06:00
Tipperary South constituency candidates list: Final seat likely to be battle between Fianna Fáil and Sinn FéinElection 2024: Fianna Fáiler-turned-independent Mattie McGrath is favourite to returnThu Nov 28 2024 - 09:33
Tipperary North constituency candidates list: Michael Lowry will probably top the poll for the seventh election in a rowElection 2024: Local elections results suggest Labour is in reasonably good health here and Alan Kelly is a big beastThu Nov 28 2024 - 09:33
