Aontú

A record number of women are expected to run in the next general election but insults and misogyny make the job of parties more difficult to encourage women to enter politics

The rumours are swirling but never mind the noise: the general election campaign has already begun

Budget 2025: Labour hit out at ‘lack of imagination’ while Social Democrats call budget ‘a giveaway on steroids’

Aontú is concerned the proposed extension of the free contraception scheme to 16-year-olds amounts to a State-sponsored behavioural nudge: where their parents got SSIAs or Eircom shares, today’s young women would get Mirena coils

Support for Fine Gael increases as Sinn Féin drops to lowest level since last election with Fianna Fáil just behind in third

Mary Lou McDonald says inner-city communities ‘sick and tired’ of sense of ‘threat and dread’, lack of support and services

Election results: Barry Cowen expected to be elected alongside Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan as Midlands-North-West counting continues

Luke Ming Flanagan leads the pack in Castlebar as battle for three Ireland South seats comes down to four candidates

Tom McDonnell is a joint founder of Éire Saor in Newbridge, Co Kildare

Andrews, Doherty, Boylan, Ó Ríordáin elected as MEPs in Dublin; John Moran becomes country’s first directly elected mayor in Limerick

Sinn Féin doubles numbers on local authority as Fianna Fáil loses three seats and Fine Gael drops one

Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael lose seats but still take 20 between them as Aontú makes a breakthrough in the county

Verona Murphy’s Wexford Independent Alliance makes a splash and has five councillors elected

Local election results: Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and Independent candidates have filled the vast majority of seats

Helen Ogbu elected to Galway City Council for Labour Party, becoming the first black woman to win a seat there

Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and Independent candidates have filled the vast majority of the seats declared so far

Dublin environmentalist Brian Bolger has been unearthing decades-old campaign posters from the sand around Dublin’s protected Bull Island

Peader Tóibín says candidates will be ‘competitive’ in 24 local electoral areas

Not everyone is promising Aontú a first preference but the European candidate is changing the minds of some traditional voters

Local elections: More women starting to make a mark in a political system ultimately ‘designed primarily for men by men’

The local elections have captured the imagination of Ireland’s younger generation as they go on the canvass in the next few weeks

Live debate on RTE Upfront features Peter Casey, Barry Cowen, Luke Ming Flanagan, Saoirse McHugh, Chris MacManus, Pauline O’Reilly. Peadar Tóibín and Maria Walsh

Only eight of the 27 candidates will be allowed appear on the programme which begins at 10.35pm

Fine Gael rise and Sinn Féin decline ties support among leading parties - Fianna Fáil holds steady in third with Micheál Martin still most popular leader

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

Fine Gael now level with main Opposition party while support for Fianna Fáil and most smaller parties steady

Names on European candidates’ replacement lists matter more than usual with a general election on the horizon

Party leader Peadar Tóibín says a new ‘international city’ should be built in Ireland at ardfheis in Maynooth

Party leader Peadar Tóibín calls at ardfheis for Irish Sea border which would impose passport controls on asylum seekers arriving into Northern Ireland

The conservative one-TD party is riding high after being the only party to call for no-no votes in the family and care referendums so disastrously lost by the Government parties in March

Figure for first three months of the year is 75 per cent higher than comparable figure for last year

Fianna Fáil meeting hears call for Ireland to designate more countries as safe countries of origin under international protection legislation in order to reduce asylum application numbers

Mary Lou McDonald ‘wrong-footed’ on major issues as party seeks centre ground to secure majority, Tóibín tells podcast

Fine Gael and Labour councillors become latest names of list of people hoping to become mayor of Limerick

Opposition parties demand early general election as Taoiseach shocks country by announcing he would resign as Fine Gael leader immediately and step down as the head of Government in early April

The sneering backfired on the Yes side

Governments will likely be more cautious about making constitutional changes in future

Party leader Peadar Tóibín appeals for ‘No-No’ vote in Friday’s referendums

Opposition unites to condemn Government plans to remove triple lock mechanism

National Screening Service says accreditation issues of cervical cancer screening lab have been resolved