Dublin North-West: Dessie Ellis (SF)
Sinn Féin veteran is one of party’s longest-serving Dublin representatives
Dessie Ellis
Dublin North-West constituency candidates list: Dessie Ellis vote may drop but it’s hard to see seat in danger
Election 2024: Rory Hearne of the Social Democrats hopes to hold Róisín Shortall seat as parachute candidate
A Broad Church: Lifting the lid on the Provisional IRA in the South
Gearóid Ó Faoleán makes a compelling case that public support was wider than often acknowledged
Miriam Lord’s Week: Hallucinatory scenes give way to realpolitik in the Dáil
Drug talk and a pirate appearance soon overtaken by Soc Dems co-leaders’ exit announcement
Cocaine now seen everywhere, ‘even in Dáil Éireann’, says Sinn Féin TD
Dublin North-West TD Dessie Ellis speaking as statements were being heard on the Citizens’ Assembly on Drug Use
Dublin North-West results: Shortall wins for Soc Dems as Dessie Ellis tops poll
Shortall says party ‘will be speaking to everybody over the coming days’
Why are Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil refusing to go into coalition with Sinn Féin?
Explainer: Recent opinion polls show three parties are closely bunched together
Boris Johnson visit: Small protest takes place outside Leinster House
‘Ireland will not be collateral damage. We are not going to be dragged out of the EU’
Bruised Sinn Féin looks inward as it takes a dive in the May elections
Some believe SF must not only point to Government's failings but also to solutions
How will votes in the local elections influence next Dáil?
Parties will pore over results in the coming weeks to discern trends for the next general election
The life and crimes of Dessie O’Hare, Border Fox
‘Dessie O’Hare's reputation alone would be enough to terrify most people’
Calls for decriminalisation of personal drug use
By treating drug addiction as a health issue, crime would be reduced, say supporters
DUP leader attacks Sinn Féin reaction to John Downey arrest
Downey facing possible extradition to face charges in relation to the killings of two UDR soldiers in IRA bombing
Miriam Lord: Scrappy anniversary for Leo’s first year in office
No cakewalk for Taoiseach at Leaders’ Questions as TDs queue to burst his balloon
Tánaiste pledges ‘very extensive investigation’ of hotel fire
Coveney thanks emergency services, praises ‘professionalism that resulted in no loss of life’
Sinn Féin members told to stop airing their grievances in public
SF chair warns representatives they will face disciplinary action if they continue to do so
Alan Farrell did not abuse Dáil privilege, committee finds
Fine Gael TD cleared over naming of Sinn Féin TDs in relation to Brian Stack’s murder
Legal question over Farrell’s naming of Sinn Féin TDs in Stack query
FG TD asked Dessie Ellis and Martin Ferris for statements about killing of Brian Stack
Dublin council urged to explain €6.6m loan to building company
Authority gave interest-free loan to firm to fund Ballymun project and litigation
Murdered prison officer’s family urge questioning of Gerry Adams
Taoiseach and Tánaiste tell Brian Stack’s family nothing would hamper investigation
Decision on complaint against FG TD from two Sinn Féin TDs due in new year
Alan Farrell called on Dessie Ellis and Martin Ferris to make statement on Stack murder
Brian Stack: Committee to audit complaints over Alan Farrell
Fine Gael TD told Dáil two Sinn Féin TDs had details on 1983 murder of prison officer
TDs knew details of Gerry Adams’s email on Stack case
Several Deputies knew Sinn Féin TDs had been named in connection with IRA murder
Adams: I found out in 2013 that IRA killed Brian Stack
Sinn Féin leader under pressure of killing of prison officer in 1983
What is in dispute between Adams and the Stack family?
Sides agree the murder should never have happened, there was a meeting with an IRA man and there was a confidentiality agreement
Party rallies around Gerry Adams but controversies taking their toll
Sinn Féin knows legacy issues will continue to dog party
Son of Brian Stack confronts Gerry Adams over murder
Austin Stack says Sinn Féin leader has lied about his knowledge over his father’s death
Who was Brian Stack and why is his killing back in the news again?
Gerry Adams at odds with Stack family about names
Enda Kenny: The Taoiseach who goes on . . . and on
Inside Politics: Irish Times poll shows Fine Gael leader’s rating at highest in four years
Five things you need to know today
‘Irish Times’ latest poll; Cork shooting of Real IRA man; SF TDs reject link to Stack murder
Two Sinn Féin TDs face suspension over hare coursing Bill
Jonathan O’Brien and Dessie Ellis understood to have been reprimanded by party whip
Hundreds march in Dublin to protest housing crisis
Demonstrators want the Government to declare a national housing emergency
Dublin North-West results: Fine Gael’s Noel Rock has been elected after ninth count
Labour TD John Lyons is eliminated on the eighth count
One of Dublin’s most deprived areas has its say, or refuses to
‘It only helps the higher echelons. Tax credits and new benefits don’t help the working class’
Election 2016: FF hoping to build on signs of forgiveness
Unlike five years ago, Fianna Fáil canvassers getting polite reception in Dublin
Dáil Sketch: Party political broadcasts mark Dáil’s dying days
Long weekend for TDs as they await Enda Kenny’s visit to the Park
Revenue letter to Longboat Quay residents was wrong, says Noonan
Property tax based on 2013 values, with no changes despite fire-safety construction flaws
Concern over plans to reduce apartment sizes
Minister for the Environment Alan Kelly is expected to publish the guidelines today
Fianna Fáil calls for West Link toll cut to combat gridlock
Minister for Transport says measures to deal with traffic include new junctions on M50
Convicted Colombia Three member honoured with ‘night of celebration’
Jim Monaghan given 17-year sentence for training Farc guerrillas in 2004
President Higgins to be asked to fast-track rent law
Move is to ensure landlords cannot increase rents before freeze takes effect
Government rejects Bill on passport-free Ryanair travel
Renua TD proposed new rules for common travel area between Ireland and Britain
Residents are paying unnecessary management bills, TD says
Social Democrat Catherine Murphy wants change to law on multi-unit developments
NCT inspections are almost 100 per cent correctly assessed, says Paschal Donohoe
Sinn Féin’S Dessie Ellis claims inspector refused to test car because of dog hairs
Labour Minister and TD absent for vote on Traveller ethnicity
Aodháin Ó Ríordáin and Ciara Conway absent as the Government rejects a Sinn Féin motion calling for the State to grant ethnic minority status to Travellers
150 prefab houses to be built for homeless, says Enda Kenny
Bad planning, governance has led to horrendous situation for thousands – Dessie Ellis
Parties huff and puff over housing crisis as election bickering begins
Meath FG TD Ray Butler made it local: ‘Fianna Fáil only built nine social houses in Trim’
Dáil Sketch: Selling silver not enough to tarnish prospect of a week off
Labour’s Michael McNamara votes against Government motion on Aer Lingus sale
Aer Lingus sale will create jobs, Minister for Transport tells Dáil
Opposition sharply critical of move to sell 25.1% State stake in airline
Aer Lingus sale will be good for job creation, Dáil hears
Sinn Féin claims deal is wrong for Ireland and Labour knows it
Ó Snodaigh says council giving homeless sleeping bags instead of accommodation
Minister ‘determined to see a very significant increase’ in social housing
Criticism of plan to hold rental deposits until water bills paid
Minister James Reilly insists measures will have ‘minimal impact on landlords’
Dáil sketch: Fianna Fáil and Government challenge Sinn Fein on rape allegations
Mary Lou McDonald under pressure in bitter and heated exchanges
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