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Trump envoy plays down risk of UK’s contentious Brexit bill to North peace
Mick Mulvaney says Internal Market Bill is ‘safety net’ if there is no EU-UK trade deal
Chair of Covid-19 committee criticised over ‘hysteria’ comment
Clare TD Michael McNamara told RTÉ radio of doubts over lockdowns and restrictions
Nine women among Taoiseach’s 11 appointees to Seanad
Traveller rights activist Eileen Flynn the only non-party figure among the nominations
Seanad nominees welcomed by National Women’s Council
Campaigners highlight ‘missed opportunity’ to nominate woman of colour as senator
University of Limerick to refund students living in campus accommodation
Thousands of students left to return home during Covid-19 lockdown
Labour TDs back going into opposition rather than into government
Results of Alan Kelly-Aodhán Ó Ríordáin leadership vote to be announced on Friday
Fianna Fáil TD calls for Martin to form national unity government
Clare TD Cathal Crowe makes call at party meeting held via teleconference
Fianna Fáil TD rebuked by Micheál Martin after breaking ranks on Brexit
Party leader reasserts party’s stance after Timmy Dooley criticises Taoiseach
Viagogo claims Bill on resale of tickets would breach property rights
Noel Rock’s Bill seeks to outlaw event ticket trading at prices above original face value
Labour lines up outgoing INTO boss to stand in European elections
Nunan contesting selection convention to be candidate in Ireland South despite claims move could ‘look like desperation’
Dooley says Government should mandate ESB to deliver National Broadband Plan
Fianna Fáil communications spokesman says semi-State should be brought in to break impasse
Irish Aston Martin executive eyes IPO windfall
Seen & Heard: Irish man’s VC bets on mapping; post office closures to rise
Noel Whelan says he is not running in presidential race
‘We have a good president and it is likely he will be re-elected’
Fears of high costs after Eir withdraws from broadband scheme
TD says just one company is left in procurement process, raising ‘serious questions’
Independent TDs consider forming ‘anti-abortion’ alliance
Party would oppose efforts to repeal eighth amendment and promote rural issues
Miriam Lord: Donnelly pushed out in FF fight to stay in frame
Frankie goes to Hollywood while Oireachtas’ golfers made to feel special in Killarney
Fine Gael leadership contenders trade blows over policies
Varadkar continues to build strong lead among party’s TDs, Senators and MEPs
Varadkar on course for victory in Fine Gael leadership contest
Defiant Simon Coveney vows to fight despite rival’s near-unassailable lead
Government Ministers at odds over water charge refunds
Coveney and Varadkar say focus should be on seeking levies from those who did not pay
Fianna Fáil to vote against SF motion on rent increases
Party dismisses motion as populist, seeks to push its own measures on the housing crisis
Fine Gael TDs want Enda Kenny to quit by the end of year
Party’s Ministers believe the Taoiseach should be given time to pass a budget
‘Should Enda Kenny stand aside?’ - Some Fine Gael TDs answer the question
50 TDs are asked - none are prepared to echo Brendan Griffin’s call
Three new technical groups to form for new Dáil term
Independents4Change to align with Thomas Pringle and Catherine Connolly
How will the floods affect general election results?
Politicians in election mode say floods unlikely to hole campaigns beneath water line
Most Fine Gael TDS think election will not be held until early 2016
Deputies give mixed views on the best timing for getting themselves re-elected
Dáil backs sale of State stake in Aer Lingus
Clare TD expresses concerns about connectivity as motion passed by 74 votes to 51
Dáil votes 74-51 in favour of Aer Lingus sale
Labour backbencher Michael McNamara voted against the Government’s motion
Labour delegates oppose Aer Lingus sale under current terms
TDs back emergency motion at party conference
Coalition TDs criticise Government abstention on UN Gaza resolution vote
Abstention ‘most disappointing’, says Joe Costello
Burton’s ‘big beast’ plan angers backbencher
Michael McNamara says plan to appoint political figure as general secretary is ‘madness’
Is it wrong for a politician to plead for leniency in all circumstances?
Defendant in this case is sole carer of four children
Labour TD says front bench has failed and should resign
Clare deputy Michael McNamara says the front bench ‘needs to go en masse’
Labour take a drubbing with lowest support figure since the mid 1980s
Devastating losses centred on capital reveal party’s usurping by Sinn Féin
Election campaigns: when politicians put their faces in your face
What difference, if any, do election posters make?
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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