Archbishop contacted Kenny during abortion Bill controversy

Michael Neary said he hoped Taoiseach was ‘free to exercise’ his own conscience

Miriam Lord: Grand day for the garda and nurse who met in Coppers

Budget 2016: Noonan finds Ireland’s ‘lost purse’ and begins spending again

FF’s Seán Fleming dismisses capital spending plan as ‘wish list’

No guarantee Coalition can secure necessary investment to deliver projects - Fleming

Renua proposes tax cuts for the self-employed

Cost of extending tax credit €290m and removing top USC rate €62m – Creighton

Miriam Lord: MacSharry can’t ruin Kenny’s mood

While the Government was away from Kildare Street, the seagulls attempted a coup

Stephen Collins: The sombre tone of the banking inquiry may foster realism

Personal jibes at Bertie Ahern distract from the key problem that public spending raced out of control during his time, encouraged by voters, his own TDs and the Opposition

Enda’s call: Should he stay or should he go?

Speculation rife over date of next general election

Number of asylum seekers in direct provision up on 2014

Dublin’s Balseskin and Clare’s Knockalisheen see biggest rise as Mosney figure drops

Heather Humphreys says ‘door still open’ to Beit trustees

Difference of opinion exists over what Ministers were told by the foundation in 2013

Heather Humphreys told Beit art sale was a ‘done deal’

An Taisce calls for political intervention while Minister says she was not consulted

Miriam Lord: Marie Louise tells Mattie the jig is up for his jibes

Senator eats McGrath alive over his ‘outrageous’ behaviour in Oireachtas restaurant

Miriam Lord: Renua Ireland? It was hard to get past the name

At launch of new party, leader Lucinda Creighton vows to ‘govern in sunshine’

Renua: the making of a political party

In less than a year, more than 100 professionals have built a political organisation

When will Lucinda Creighton actually form her new party?

With ever-shifting allegiances in Leinster House, the much-heralded new political parties and alliances of Independents are still up in the air

Where on the political spectrum will Lucinda Creighton’s new party come to rest?

Eddie Hobbs expects new group to be labelled as a low-tax party

Lucinda Creighton’s political rise and fall ... and possible rise again?

Former Fine Gael junior minister set to form new pary

Lucinda Creighton expected to launch party in February

Former Fine Gael and now Independent TD set to make low-key announcement

One third of TDs missing for each vote on water charges law

No more than four Cabinet Ministers present amid heated debate

Water charges debacle reveals Dáil as ‘ivory tower’ says TD

Maureen O’Sullivan and others in Opposition label Irish Water a ‘debacle’ and a ‘quango’

Independent TD criticises Sinn Féin’s motion of no confidence

Billy Timmins says move against Taoiseach is ‘populist’ and will suit Government

Alan Kelly’s funding of Greenway routes ‘a real slap in the face’

Landowners have not yet agreed to €4m Kerry greenway cycling project announced in April

HSE relents on cardiac transfers to St Vincent’s

St Vincent’s has seen surge in patient numbers since emergency service at Loughlinstown Hospital was discontinued last year

Row over funding of Minister for Health’s capital building plans

Departments at odds over where extra money announced by Minister in budget will come from

New Wicklow war memorial opens on 100th anniversary of Home Rule

Memorial to the 1,192 dead is near the site of John Redmond’s Woodenbridge speech

Denis Naughten rules out joining new party

Former FG TD to contest next election as Independent despite reports of new party

Wicklow profile: Many intriguing plots to unfold at polls

Council upheavals at Bray, Greystones, Arklow and Wicklow will propel drama

Reform Alliance member Billy Timmins renews Fine Gael membership

Wicklow deputy expected to be followed by Fidelma Healy Eames and Terence Flanagan

When is a party not a party?

The Reform Alliance conference today is not a monster meeting, nor is it a party launch. So what do the seven Oireachtas members hope to achieve?

Reform Alliance to hold conference at RDS

Billy Timmins says event will focus on policy and is not a step towards the launch of new party

FG rebels register with commission as a ‘third party’

Reform Alliance not registering as political party, says Creighton

Walkout as water metering Bill passes

Opposition TDs protest at curtailing of debate on controversial Bill

Profits at Hermitage Clinic rise by 4%

Private hospital’s revenue increases by 3% to €54.44m

TDs question the legality of jobseeker’s allowance cut under the Equal Status Act

Measures will affect 14,000 people under 26, says Joan Burton

Preliminary discussions with Children’s Ombudsman over Roma investigation

Gardaí and HSE will co-operate fully with Ombudsman, Minister for Justice says

Miriam Lord’s Week: The lives of De Udders

Trashing about in the pure waters of Reform Alliance Bay

Reform Alliance likely to evolve cautiously towards becoming a political party

Opinion: A successful launch could see the group back in power as part of a coalition

Opinion poll translated to seats presents stark scenario

No seats for Labour if poll results applied

Ex-FG member accuses party of spreading ‘false propaganda’ on Seanad

Fidelma Healy-Eames says claim abolition would save €20m ‘completely erroneous’

Taoiseach rules out committee rights for breakaway Fine Gael group

Speaking rights move ‘logical, fair and democratic’

Is Kenny letting go the string of the dissident kite, allowing it float into the skies?

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