Pat Leahy: Election is in the air as trust breaks downFine Gael-Fianna Fáil rows are aggravated by both parties’ destabilising internal dynamicsSat Apr 08 2017 - 03:00
Fennelly analysis: Report notes ignorance of recording systemIn wake of findings pressure for extensive overhaul of Garda is now overwhelmingFri Apr 07 2017 - 01:00
Q&A: What has the Fennelly Commission been investigating?Supreme Court judge asked to investigate Garda taping of phone callsThu Apr 06 2017 - 11:38
Shortfall in tax take ‘puzzling’, Department of Finance saysConcern expressed that 37 per cent of corporation tax receipts comes from 10 firmsWed Apr 05 2017 - 20:28
European Parliament concerned at Brexit impact on NIMEPs adopt resolution setting out parliament’s position on UK’s departure from EUWed Apr 05 2017 - 12:35
The compromises of the water charges committee unravel spectacularlyInside Politics: Reporters were left by turns bemused and amused as four separate press conferences took place on the plinth at Leinster HouseWed Apr 05 2017 - 08:54
Broadband deal not quite the showpiece Naughten hoped forAnalysis: Eir plans may lead to legal challenge – and cause conflict between MinistersWed Apr 05 2017 - 01:00
Gibraltar is not Ireland, says Kenny in defence of Brexit stanceTaoiseach insists British and EU assurances on Border and peace process are not ‘soft’Tue Apr 04 2017 - 21:15
Oireachtas committee to ponder changes to abortion banThe committee will spend months examining Citizens’ Assembly recommendationsMon Apr 03 2017 - 17:02
Referendum to allow for quicker divorces to be proposedCouples must be apart for four years under existing rulesMon Apr 03 2017 - 16:08
Former ambassador condemns Ireland’s Brexit policyReverence shown to EU is like that once shown to the Catholic Church, says Ray BassettMon Apr 03 2017 - 01:00
Decisions on commission to audit Garda unlikely this weekHowlin says Garda should proceed with recommendations of Garda inspectorateMon Apr 03 2017 - 01:00
EU draft proposals point to Ireland as priority in Brexit talksDraft negotiating guidelines on UK exit from EU fulfil key aims of GovernmentSat Apr 01 2017 - 05:00
Pat Leahy: Change of Garda culture more important than leadershipAlarming that political leaders no longer trust what they are told by law enforcementSat Apr 01 2017 - 03:00
Charlie Flanagan welcomes Brexit guidelines on IrelandDonald Tusk says European council will seek solutions aimed at avoiding hard BorderFri Mar 31 2017 - 20:23
Brexit: EU document suggests Common Travel Area to remainAnalysis: Measure would preserve rights of Irish people to freely travel, live and work in UKFri Mar 31 2017 - 14:57
Fianna Fáil to seek more power for Policing AuthorityParty aims to avoid supporting Sinn Féin motion of no confidence in Nóirín O’SullivanFri Mar 31 2017 - 08:41
Brexit: Ireland’s ability to influence EU deal highly limitedBest hope for Ireland is that UK avoids free trade deal ‘train crash Brexit’Wed Mar 29 2017 - 20:27
Government to outline Irish priorities before EU position agreedIreland to stress individual concerns in talksWed Mar 29 2017 - 20:02
Ring offloads management of rural post offices to NaughtenMove comes after weeks of tension between pair over responsibility for 1,100 post officesWed Mar 29 2017 - 01:00
Irish situation to be explicitly recognised in Brexit moveTriggering article 50 comes amid positivity to idea of need for Common Travel AreaWed Mar 29 2017 - 01:00
Fact there’s so little trust in gardaí is not just sad, it’s dangerousGovernment accepts nature of cultural problems in force and the need to fix themTue Mar 28 2017 - 19:09
Ireland cannot block final Brexit deal even if terms not favourableOnce Article 50 triggered on Wednesday a two-year countdown to UK departure beginsTue Mar 28 2017 - 01:00
Nóirín O’Sullivan’s statement in part ‘quite literally, incredible’Brendan Howlin rejects Garda Commissioner account of exaggerated breath testsTue Mar 28 2017 - 01:00
Sinn Féin’s problem with history hasn’t gone awayAs the party’s leadership changes generation, the real question about Sinn Féin is not why has its support grown, but why hasn’t it grown more?Sat Mar 25 2017 - 03:00
Kenny farewell has Government in suspended animation‘Normally the Taoiseach’s Department would be banging heads together. That’s not happening’Sat Mar 25 2017 - 01:00
Downsizing of post office network to spark fierce responseAn Post says more than half of the company’s 1,100 outlets are ‘uneconomic’Fri Mar 24 2017 - 01:00
Farewells in Derry and attacks in London dominate newsInside Politics: Key political figures to attend funeral of Martin McGuinnessThu Mar 23 2017 - 08:47
Decision to fly Dáil Tricolour at half-mast made by Ceann ComhairleSeán Ó Fearghaíl following protocol in honouring Martin McGuinnessWed Mar 22 2017 - 20:01
Government will block Bill to insert rights in ConstitutionIndependents supported proposal in 2014 to include social, economic and cultural rightsWed Mar 22 2017 - 01:00
Government believes it can secure Brexit deal on BorderMinisters prepare for an intensification of negotiations on UK’s departure from the EUTue Mar 21 2017 - 01:00
Plan to introduce new services to rural post officesCabinet to be asked to authorise series of pilot projects in bid to keep post offices viableTue Mar 21 2017 - 01:00
Brexit and North more vital than departure date, says KennyTaoiseach indicates he may delay stepping down to deal with political ‘priorities’Sat Mar 18 2017 - 06:34
Pat Leahy: Kenny’s return from US will spur leadership raceForget political ideals, the question of money will be the inconvenient truth in the contestSat Mar 18 2017 - 03:00
Maureen Haughey, wife of one taoiseach, daughter of another, dies aged 91Micheál Martin praises ‘patriot . . . whose life was steeped in cause of Irish republicanism’Fri Mar 17 2017 - 17:45
Claims on NI power-sharing talks progress ‘entirely misleading’Irish Times Inside Politics podcast: Tories, FG not really invested in process - Gerry AdamsWed Mar 15 2017 - 18:59
George Mitchell warns against return of hard BorderBrexit is ‘unwise but must be dealt with’, says former US envoy to Northern IrelandWed Mar 15 2017 - 01:00
‘Dark day’ in history of the Coast Guard, President says‘We are all grateful for the courage, resolution and exemplary commitment’ Higgins saysTue Mar 14 2017 - 19:01
Michael Noonan and PAC set to clash over Project Eagle reportMinister says he was not given a chance to answer criticism of meetings with CerberusTue Mar 14 2017 - 01:00
Sturgeon’s referendum move puts pressure on Brexit planDowning Street says Theresa May will not trigger article 50 this week as expectedMon Mar 13 2017 - 20:43
Abuse compensation deal a get-out-of-jail-free card for churchAnalysis: The State cannot force Catholic orders to pay more due to 2002 accordSat Mar 11 2017 - 14:06
Pat Leahy: Government is fixated on all the wrong thingsThere are more important issues than Garda whistleblowers and Fine Gael’s leadershipSat Mar 11 2017 - 03:00
Give Me a Crash Course in . . . the rising price of stampsA 72c stamp will now cost €1, as one step in getting An Post out of its financial crisisSat Mar 11 2017 - 00:00
Anti-Austerity Alliance changes party name to SolidarityChange reflects broader social movements the party is involved in, says MurphyFri Mar 10 2017 - 01:00
Bill to cut penalty for abortion to €1 defeated in DáilAll but three Fianna Fáil TDs vote with Government while Sinn Féin abstainsThu Mar 09 2017 - 19:17
Majority of post offices are loss making, says An PostStatement increases the prospect that far more than 80 rural post offices will closeThu Mar 09 2017 - 01:00
Donohoe to signal to unions Haddington Road hours must stayMinister to tell conference reforms must remain in place in return for public pay risesThu Mar 09 2017 - 01:00
Dail grapples with State’s treatment of womenInside Politics: Katherine Zappone declined to agree a Cabinet position rejecting the latest abortion BillWed Mar 08 2017 - 08:42
An Post warns it cannot meet wage bill next monthCompany says it needs to increase price of stamps to raise money to pay employeesWed Mar 08 2017 - 01:00
FG voters opt for Coveney over Varadkar by 49%-44% – pollVoters ambivalent about ‘new politics’ and want much greater change in Irish politicsMon Mar 06 2017 - 10:35
