Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

Labour’s Aodhán Ó Ríordán and the Social Democrats’ Sineád Gibney - both candidates for the European Parliament in Dublin - knock on constituent doors to take the temperature of voters

Candidates face a battle where party running mates could be their most dangerous rivals transfers will in many cases be decisive

Taoiseach puzzled by Sinn Féin election literature that claims the party is opposed to open borders

Rural Independents say Ireland now effectively a ‘colonial outpost of an EU regulatory empire’ as Minister stands over 80% border crossing figure

Delegates hopeful for up to 70 local authority members, convinced the party always does better than polls predict

Protests have been held this week at the former Crown Paints warehouse against its proposed use

Some 37 tents pitched back around International Protection Office on Dublin’s Lower Mount Street, the location cleared of homeless asylum seekers over the weekend

Garda member in midlands was suspended for more than three years after taking bike from Garda station to give to elderly man during pandemic

TD defeats Senator Annie Hoey and Fingal councillor Rob O’Donoghue for the nomination from the party

Merchant’s Quay Ireland says location will be safer, and will remove some open drug use and litter from streets

Labour TD says use of term ‘colonisation’ when talking about asylum seekers ‘appalling’

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin has written to Tánaiste after concerns raised with him by British Labour Party

Parenting in My Shoes: Anna was born during the referendum on the Eighth Amendment. ‘Is she a second-class citizen because she’s a girl?’

Cost of sending children to fee-charging schools has risen for most parents this year

Minister tells Committee on Justice ‘no personal circumstance’ forced anybody to set bus alight or attack gardaí on November 23rd

Dáil told that the total cost for people in IPAS accommodation between 2016 and 2022 is in excess of €1 billion

Don’t pretend a drug dependency is acceptable because you can do it at a work function

Garda Commissioner says policing operation was made difficult due to Dublin’s side streets and alleyways which rioters could run down

Minister for Education Norma Foley said there is evidence that buying smartphones for children is not in the interest of their health and well-being

Should fee-paying schools get State support? Labour’s Aodhán Ó Ríordáin vs former principal Arthur Godsil

As enrolments in sector climb to a new high, Opposition parties want taxpayer funding to be phased out

Many Irish people would welcome the demise of Dublin. Sadly, that includes lots of Dubliners, writes Trevor White

Catherine Martin’s comments in Dáil come after Labour’s Aodhán Ó Ríordáin calls for a 3 per cent rise in betting levy

Labour’s Aodhán Ó Ríordáin told the Dáil ‘these processes are being set up to fail, not by the Minister, but by those with a vested interested in preserving the status quo’

Staff at Coolock store end occupation after reaching agreement with interim examiner regarding redundancy payments if jobs are lost

Minister of State has denied allegations made by online site The Ditch pertaining to application

Taoiseach is adamant there will be no kite-flying or leaks in the days before the big announcement

Delay set to result in later college start and last-minute scramble for college accommodation

Simon Harris says he intends to bring amendment to Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022 at committee stage on use of facial recognition technology

Government urged to do more to tackle issue, including setting up a body similar to Nphet

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin calls for step change in how drug users are treated in Ireland

Crime is currently covered under poisoning legislation but should have a longer sentence, says Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

Girls are being put off studying subjects such as woodwork, says Fine Gael’s Regina Doherty

‘Careful reflection’ on new Covid-19 book will help to learn lessons, says Nphet modeller

Cabinet backs Irish and UK effort to host event but costs and benefits will be evalutated

Most scientific evidence indicates that single-sex education fails to produce academic benefits and inflates gender stereotyping

Some principals are fighting back against proposals to end ‘outdated’ all-boys and all-girls schools within 15 years

Dublin Bay South TD Ivana Bacik widely expected to be next party leader

‘It’s not the right time for me,’ says Smith as both back Ivana Bacik for the role

Inside Politics: Issues with Labour leader was most quiet disquiet seen in a party heave