Galway East constituency profile: This is shaping up to be one of the most intriguing constituencies of the 43
Election 2024: Both Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are eyeing two seats, with Sinn Féin in running for last seat
Ciaran Cannon
‘I didn’t feel safe’: Minister weeps as she tells court of cow dung thrown at public meeting
Junior minister Anne Rabbitte says she was ‘picked out’ by farmer Joseph Baldwin from Ballyaneen, Gort
PR firm warned Road Safety Authority about ‘tricky’ Public Accounts Committee members
Dublin public relations agency Drury provided short biographical notes on each TD
Politicians see the light at Green TD’s cubist art exhibition
Paschal Donohoe has ‘always been a really big fan of Billie Eilish’
‘Simon Harris has to make changes’: As Leo Varadkar bows out, what is next for Fine Gael?
FG needs to connect more tightly with its natural voting contingency, sharpen its messaging and get back to its identity basics of law and order, the economy and enterprise
Exodus of incumbents damages Fine Gael morale
Cannon joins list of almost a third of 35 TDs who won seats for Fine Gael in the 2020 election that are unlikely to seek re-election
Fine Gael TD Ciarán Cannon to quit: ‘There’s a toxicity in politics that was barely palpable 20 years ago’
Galway East representative is the 10th Fine Gael TD to announce intention to quit politics at the next election
Future of Road Safety Authority questioned in Dáil as road deaths climb
Give agency legislative powers to become ‘road safety commissioner’ or stand it down, says Fine Gael TD Ciarán Cannon
Ciarán Cannon sues motorist in High Court after being knocked off bike in Galway
Fine Gael TD and cyclist Ciarán Cannon seeking at least €60,000 in compensation for injuries sustained in 2021 crash
Miriam Lord’s Week: TDs and Senators eager for their close-ups in The Tubridy Show
Committee hearings into RTÉ payments controversy provided stark contrast between top performers and those who scaled soaring heights of incoherence
RTÉ crisis: The week that saw battlelines drawn between broadcaster and Ryan Tubridy
RTÉ, led by new director general Kevin Bakhurst, and its top star saw battle lines drawn this week as their differences over Ryan Tubridy's hidden payments were exposed in three more stormy Oireachtas committee hearings
Miriam Lord: Tubsgate and Dee Forbes’ rich list will make this week a hard one to follow - but TDs want a sequel
Cannon’s back on the road two years after horrific cycling accident while Harney is proof of life after politics
Miriam Lord: All is sweetness in the Dáil as Paschal pours on the syrup
Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform takes it handy while deputising for Taoiseach at Leaders’ Questions and blands Opposition TDs pleasantly to sleep
Campaigners oppose relocation of day centre to former workhouse
More than 2,500 sign petition calling on the HSE to reopen the Seven Springs day centre in Loughrea
Karla Chubb of Sprints: ‘I was never hyper-feminine, never super-masculine or butch, but always somewhere in the middle’
Dublin band’s lead singer on identity issues and why punk resonates to this day
Anne Rabbitte considered political future after excrement thrown at her
Junior minister says she questioned ‘why I do this’ for first time in career as TD
‘Any woman in her right mind would not go into politics. You are completely dehumanised’
Five public representatives describe a world of threats, insults and fear, driving one to conclude: ‘I’ve gone past the stage of recommending politics to people’
Gardaí take attacks on politicians ‘extraordinarily seriously’, says Simon Harris in wake of manure incident
Minister for Justice says attacking public representatives is an attack on democracy
‘Someone is going to cross the line’: Politicians respond to excrement being thrown
Many politicians are publicly dismissive but privately fearful of increasing threats against them
Throwing of excrement at TDs a sign of ‘creeping sinister aggression’ towards politicians
Minister of State Anne Rabbitte and TD Ciarán Cannon were at a public meeting when the incident occurred
Galway community welcomes 10 Afghan citizens into their homes
Initiative could replace direct provision in the future, says local TD Ciarán Cannon
Comedy duo the 2 Johnnies apologise for ‘offensive’ social media post
Pair’s new radio show on 2FM did not air on Thursday as RTÉ reviews matter
Donald Clarke: Thanksgiving? Thanks but no thanks
Can we please not give the public another opportunity to ape American traditions?
The notion of an ‘Irish Thanksgiving’ to commemorate Covid is crass and vulgar
Fine Gael’s tendency to spectacularly misjudge the mood of the room remains undimmed
Q&A: What is happening with the plan for a pandemic bonus?
Jack Horgan-Jones on whether the Government has hit on the perfect way to divide a nation (almost) united by Covid-19
Call for Ireland to give up to 20 female Afghan athletes refuge
The women are vulnerable to persecution by because of their achievements
Ciarán Cannon on being hit by an SUV: ‘I won’t know if surgery has worked until I finish rehab’
The seriously injured TD says cyclists must be respected as legitimate road users
Des O’Malley was a mould-breaking ‘giant of politics’
Progressive Democrats founder made ‘extensive’ contribution to public life, says Higgins
Miriam Lord’s Week: TD’s charity cycle scuppered by SUV
A touch of perspective wouldn’t have gone amiss in the Dáil this week
Miriam Lord: Happy house-hunters Leo and Matt go upwardly mobile
FG get a taste of their own medicine at Kate O’Connell’s Dublin Bay South pharmacy
Ciarán Cannon’s 600km cycle in one day: ‘I spent lockdown doing endless loops of my locality’
The Galway-based TD will cycle from Mizen to Malin in 24 hours as a fundraising challenge
State needs to be ‘much more ambitious’ with remote working, Humphreys says
Minister says commitment to have 20% of public sector working remotely is not enough
Republic pushes to be voice for small states on UN Security Council
President ‘a beacon’ in long Irish campaign for position allocated in June 17th vote
Galway East results: All three sitting TDs returned to Dáil
21-year-old Sinn Féin candidate Louis O’Hara very close to pulling off shock win
US will not pass trade deal with UK if Belfast Agreement undermined, Congressman says
Richard Neal says US is a ‘guarantor’ of agreement and will not see it compromised
‘Youse just really don’t give a f***’, TD tells Government in Dáil
Joan Collins later withdraws remark made during ongoing debate on Budget 2020
Moving home? New online service for returning Irish emigrants
Citizens Information aims to help Irish emigrants with driving licences, tax, passports and more
‘To be Irish is not something that stops when you get on a plane’
Emigrant vote: Campaigners for Yes meet with TDs and Senators ahead of referendum
Government to investigate €25,000 grant given to FAI
Inquiry will examine spending of grant from Reconciliation Fund for all-island event
Africa Day flagship celebration in Dublin will not take place this year
Participants were only told the Farmleigh event would not go ahead two weeks ago
US politicians ‘not taking sides’ with Irish in Brexit - Pelosi
Democratic leader warns that UK-US trade is ‘not in the cards’ if peace deal is undermined
Government wants to hear your views to shape its new diaspora policy
Opinion: A global Ireland must include the global Irish, writes Minister for Diaspora Ciaran Cannon
London Irish Centre to receive €1.15m from Irish Government for redevelopment
Premises in Camden to be redeveloped to better serve ‘diverse needs’ of Irish community
Back for Business programme aims to help returning emigrants
New Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade initiative seeks to aid entrepreneurs
Ireland hailed for its commitment to education in developing countries
Global Partnership for Education salutes Government pledge to double overseas aid
‘Emigrants have been denied the vote for far too long’
Senator Billy Lawless calls on Irish abroad to rally ahead of emigrant vote referendum in 2019
Government to send just one observer to US to monitor mid-term elections
Department of Foreign Affairs received 395 applications for new overseas election roster
Passenger traffic on Limerick-Galway rail line up 57% in seven years
Review of controversial route may result in extension of line beyond Athenry
Rise in immigration is positive but workers need place to live
Good news on returning Irish emigrants overshadowed by obstacles they encounter
New tourism initiative to encourage diaspora back to where they came from
Global Irish Festival Series aims to boost local and community tourism
Government reviewing extension for western rail corrider
Two Galway East TDs at odds over train link between Athenry and Claremorris
Motorists who park in cycle lanes should receive fines and penalty points - FF
Fianna Fáil also wants legislation requiring motorists to keep a minimum distance from cyclists when passing them
Irish election monitors called on to observe US mid-terms
Call from OSCE reverses Government position that it did not observe polls in US and EU
‘The Irish diaspora is not a resource. It’s a community’
Minister of State for Diaspora Ciarán Cannon believes emigrants should be let vote in general elections
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