Dáil Éireann

Fianna Fáil is in its Maud Gonne era, that is to say, absolutely tormented by a man called Yates

Huge number of spoiled votes conveys a message of hostility towards established politics

Your essential end-of-week politics catch up

Committee members raise concerns about processes for assessing age of unaccompanied asylum seekers

Final poll of the campaign confirms strong momentum behind Independent candidate

Presidential election polling day is just around the corner, so political minds are elsewhere

More than 500 people took part in disturbances during which one garda was hit in head with bottle

Catherine Connolly and Heather Humphreys were both questioned on their perceived vulnerabilities

Lagging in the polls, Heather Humphreys needed a knockout blow - it was quickly apparent it was not coming

Expect the final live televised debate between Catherine Connolly and Heather Humphreys to be tense and bad-tempered

Attack ad targets Catherine Connolly’s work as a barrister for banks in repossession cases during the crash

Your essential politics catch up as the presidential campaign enters its final days

The RTÉ presenter on his new book, From Crown to Harp, taking over Radio 1’s Today show and what people say to him on the street

After an unremarkable budget and disastrous presidential election campaigns, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are in a dangerous place

Independent TD is on 38%, almost double the support of Fine Gael’s Heather Humphreys

Peadar Tóibín proposed move over Tánaiste’s ‘failed promise’ in 2017 that no child would wait more than four months for scoliosis surgery

Government motion is an apparent bid to offset a disabilities debate in the final week of the presidential election campaign

Micheál Martin feeling the chill in the Dáil chamber over heating costs and housing

Micheál Martin says ongoing energy credits for households would be used by providers

Catherine Connolly and Heather Humphreys have a head-to-head debate this morning

Rory Hearne alleges measure to cost ‘billions’, but Tánaiste insists total package is ‘millions’

Garda’s Operation Tombola has carried out 1,218 seizures of fireworks over last decade

All is unlikely to be quiet on the Fianna Fáil front

Presidential candidate’s fire brigade visit would have been even more valuable two days earlier

The Government announced an extensive package on Tuesday

Fianna Fáil backbenchers preparing to take the Taoiseach to task over the presidential campaign

Postmortem on misguided presidential campaign will pause while Government reveals spending plans

Jim Gavin posters will be down off lamp-posts quicker than the unauthorised tricolours above them

People now receive budget news as a series of personalised bullet points delivered through whatever channel they prefer

Office of Public Works insists new structures are now in place to protect against overspending but critics are not so sure

‘I feel optimistic because all we have is to hope,’ Palestinian mother tells crowd

Presidential candidate concerned how information became public and ‘for what purpose’

Your essential end-of-week politics catch up

Organisers name 15 Irish on boats likely intercepted by Israeli forces during attempt to deliver aid to enclave

Summit hears talk of a ‘drone wall’ to secure EU’s eastern frontier against Russian incursions

The run up to the budget this year has been unusually quiet. Except within the merciless confines of the Mixed Ministerial Arts octagon in Government Buildings

Social Democrats claim Government is denying family reunification for Palestinians, citing case of mother of four

Sinn Féin accuses Government of ‘utter incompetence’ over public funds as Minister says contracts renegotiated

There is growing fear among EU countries that Moscow is stepping up its hostilities

This was one anniversary Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald wasn’t going to miss