Pat Leahy: The Government’s youth is starting to have an impactThe generational transformation of Irish political leadership in 2017 has been dramaticSat Dec 23 2017 - 05:00
Varadkar pledges to beef up Ireland’s overseas aid programmeIrish contribution to international development has fallen to 0.33% of GDP, from 0.58%Sat Dec 23 2017 - 01:01
Dublin will seek 'meaningful role' in North if powersharing efforts failBritish-Irish conference 'would not amount to joint rule' of Northern IrelandFri Dec 22 2017 - 01:00
Government declines to say how it will vote on US Jerusalem moveUN ambassadors warned America would be ‘taking names’ of those who oppose embassy moveThu Dec 21 2017 - 12:53
Abortion referendum will be both emotive and unpredictableCommittee report explicitly rejects Citizens’ Assembly’s more liberal recommendationsThu Dec 21 2017 - 01:00
Ministers will be free to ‘dissent’ on abortion, Leo Varadkar saysTaoiseach has personal view on issue but this will not determine Government stanceMon Dec 18 2017 - 20:17
Pat Leahy: Varadkar delivers on his leadership promiseTaoiseach to be pitted against Micheál Martin in election slugfestSat Dec 16 2017 - 05:00
EU leaders warn next phase of Brexit talks will be far tougherEU figures point to slow pace of process so far and large volume of work remainingSat Dec 16 2017 - 00:01
Labour formally backs Oireachtas committee stance on abortionMinister Eoghan Murphy says abortion is a matter for a ‘woman and her doctor’Fri Dec 15 2017 - 20:20
Irish desire for close UK ties after Brexit not shared across EU - VaradkarLeaders meet in Brussels to discuss moving British withdrawal process on to second phaseFri Dec 15 2017 - 10:52
EU leaders warn Britain: no backsliding or Brexit deal is offPhase two talks will only begin when phase one commitments are made legalFri Dec 15 2017 - 01:00
Ireland joins Pesco defence pact after Dáil voteLeo Varadkar says State has responsibility to defend ‘common European home’Fri Dec 15 2017 - 01:00
Taoiseach spells it out: no hard border, no matter whatVaradkar says he hopes Brexit-supporting politicians realise the problem they causedThu Dec 14 2017 - 16:46
Eighth Amendment polls suggest middle ground will be decisiveA large chunk of voters are in the middle: most favouring repeal, but many nervousWed Dec 13 2017 - 18:00
British pledges on Border ‘hard to reconcile’, claim EU negotiatorsBrexit officials express doubts over UK promises on the issue ahead of Brussels summitSun Dec 10 2017 - 21:41
Ireland says it will hold UK to ‘binding’ deal on post-Brexit borderDavid Davis: Deal was ‘more a statement of intent’ than a ‘legally enforceable thing’Sun Dec 10 2017 - 18:53
Voters believe Martin handled Fitzgerald controversy better than Varadkar'Irish Times' poll finds even Fine Gael voters say Fitzgerald should have resigned soonerSun Dec 10 2017 - 18:09
Strong lead for Repeal as campaign enters next phaseOpinion poll analysis: Referendum campaign likely to be heavily influenced by what is proposed to replace abortion banSat Dec 09 2017 - 05:36
Pat Leahy: Varadkar ends 2017 on a high thanks to Brexit talksTaoiseach’s judgment in Fitzgerald episode overlooked by public amid Brexit gainsSat Dec 09 2017 - 05:00
Large majority favours changing Constitution on abortionIrish Times/Ipsos MRBI Poll finds support for repeal consistent among supporters of all partiesSat Dec 09 2017 - 01:00
Brexit breakthrough: Taoiseach says ‘politically bullet-proof’ deal rules out hard borderDUP would have preferred if May did not sign deal, says it won ‘six substantive changes’Fri Dec 08 2017 - 15:31
‘Irish Times’ poll: Voters back Government’s strong approach to BrexitMajority support threat to block Brexit progress until Border issue resolvedFri Dec 08 2017 - 05:15
Governments near new deal on post-Brexit border‘Irish Times’ poll finds overwhelming public support for Varadkar’s tough line with UKFri Dec 08 2017 - 05:00
Leo gets an early Christmas poll presentInside Politics: Fine Gael sees a jump in support to establish a significant lead over Fianna FáilThu Dec 07 2017 - 08:29
Fine Gael support surges on back of Brexit rowLatest poll reveals Fine Gael stretch clear of Fianna Fáil to enjoy an 11-point leadThu Dec 07 2017 - 05:00
Varadkar’s Brexit performance may be main factor in FG liftHe has projected an image of standing up for Ireland – a good look for any TaoiseachThu Dec 07 2017 - 01:00
Brexit: Varadkar and May speak by phone amid efforts to resolve impasseTaoiseach is playing a dangerous game, says DUP’s Nigel DoddsWed Dec 06 2017 - 20:31
Divided British government doesn't know what it wantsBall is in Theresa May’s court, says Taoiseach, but it seems clear she has no gameplanWed Dec 06 2017 - 01:00
Brexit: Government denies trying to keep Border deal details from DUPDraft agreement was a ‘big shock’ to Democratic Unionists, says Arlene FosterTue Dec 05 2017 - 19:21
Blow to hopes for Brexit deal as Tory backbenchers back DUPUnionists reject ‘regulatory divergence’ as Varadkar says he is ‘disappointed’ with impasseTue Dec 05 2017 - 01:05
Borderline chaos: How the deal was brokered – and then brokenIrish Government lurches from elation to dejection after DUP forces May into U-turnTue Dec 05 2017 - 01:01
Pat Leahy: Resignations over McCabe affair prove accountabilityIf Irish system is as corrupt as critics claim, why have so many in power stepped down?Sat Dec 02 2017 - 05:00
Ireland to fight proposed EU digital tax on internet giantsTax could reduce Ireland’s appeal as a base for Google, Apple, Facebook and LinkedInSat Dec 02 2017 - 01:00
Donald Tusk firmly supports Ireland in Brexit negotiationsIf UK’s offer on the Border ‘is unacceptable to Ireland it will be unacceptable to the EU’Fri Dec 01 2017 - 18:27
Crunch UK-EU talks spark DUP fears of concessions on BorderGovernment could not accept re-emergence of Border, says TánaisteFri Dec 01 2017 - 06:28
Brexit: Dublin needs to start acting in a ‘mature way’, says Paisley‘I think you would be better off with us’ - DUP MP says Republic should leave EUThu Nov 30 2017 - 12:36
Brexit talks enter crucial stageInside Politics: Irish Border remains final hurdle to overcome to enable phase two of talks to beginThu Nov 30 2017 - 08:46
Government ramps up efforts to reach breakthrough on BorderMinisters intensify contacts with Britain and EU prior to crucial Brexit meeting on MondayThu Nov 30 2017 - 01:00
Parties preparing for election within a couple of monthsCrisis around Fitzgerald likely to shorten Government’s life as relations frayedWed Nov 29 2017 - 01:00
'Dysfunctional' Department of Justice targeted after resignationTánaiste’s departure ends crisis that threatened pre-Christmas general electionWed Nov 29 2017 - 01:00
As election recedes, Department of Justice placed under scrutinyLeo Varadkar vows to restore public confidence in ‘dysfunctional’ State departmentWed Nov 29 2017 - 01:00
Frances Fitzgerald under intense pressure from within Fine Gael to resignFresh revelations about treatment of Garda whistleblower Sgt Maurice McCabe undermine effort to resolve crisisTue Nov 28 2017 - 01:00
Taoiseach says neither FF or FG want election but Fitzgerald is stayingVaradkar and Martin to resume talks tonight in a bid to avert general electionMon Nov 27 2017 - 18:07
Frances Fitzgerald’s career has seen triumph and disasterProfile: Tánaiste drew on doggedness and canniness to return from political wildernessMon Nov 27 2017 - 01:00
Charleton tribunal may be asked to examine Fitzgerald’s roleElection looms as late-night meeting between Varadkar and Martin fails to end crisisMon Nov 27 2017 - 01:00
Only two ways to avoid an election: a deal or a resignationFG and FF have little more than a day left to work out a deal to save this GovernmentMon Nov 27 2017 - 01:00
Pat Leahy: Voters are right to despair of their politicians this weekVaradkar decided Martin was bluffing and called the bluff – a disastrous misjudgmentSat Nov 25 2017 - 05:00
‘Everybody was in a frenzy’ – the slide towards a general electionThree Dáil parties have indulged in a snowblind waltz towards an unwanted electionSat Nov 25 2017 - 01:00
Varadkar and Martin meetings seek to avoid general electionParties look to December 19th poll despite idea of Fitzgerald temporarily stepping asideFri Nov 24 2017 - 22:23
Varakdar faces a choice: his Tánaiste or his GovernmentEven if Government finds a way through Fitzgerald affair, there will be a toxic legacyThu Nov 23 2017 - 20:19
