Fianna Fáil

Ivana Bacik says election of Catherine Connolly as President brought together Irish left and her party is willing to work to align policies

Policy needs to tilt in favour of those needing a home and away from people who already have one

Department of Public Expenditure has been criticised over hurdles large projects have had to clear

Taoiseach and party leader Micheál Martin is deemed vulnerable by insiders after the Jim Gavin debacle, but there is a sense that any potential heave is on hold

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Taoiseach has cautioned Dáil previously that tracking services may ‘just not implementable’

Former Dublin GAA manager says people need ‘resilience’ to cope with challenges and the most important thing is ‘what you do next’

Micheál Martin rejects suggestion that review into Jim Gavin’s candidacy has been delayed

Minister for Housing James Browne ‘will not accept a lack of ambition’ to ensure progress; time will tell

New housing plan has promised the building of tens of thousands of homes

Micheál Martin is understood to have told party meeting he had a duty to lead the country and fulfil mandate

State has offered political and non-lethal military support since Russian invasion

Michael McGrath says initiative aims to safeguard fairness of elections and counter foreign information manipulation

Michael McGrath defends Fianna Fáil leader who is facing continued pressure over failed Jim Gavin presidency campaign

Simon Harris walked Catherine C up the aisle in Dublin Castle before giving her away to the people of Ireland

Pundit and media trainer says he was relying on his ‘personal integrity’ rather than disclosing work for party

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The Social Democrats leader said she would rather lose her seat than adopt a more popular position on the nitrates derogation

Against the background of the Fianna Fáil media coaching controversy, a leading political communications trainer puts our reporter through his paces

Protests took place last year over plan to develop tented accommodation on site to rear of existing direct provision centre

Joseph O’Donovan returned to the woman’s place of work multiple times after being asked to leave and said he ‘could not help it’

Move follows controversy over former minister Ivan Yates providing coaching to Jim Gavin while broadcasting on political matters

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It’s time the media C-suite removed the mote from its own eye

I cannot help but bristle at those who take solace in boring politicians, as evidence of a stable system

At Fine Gael meeting, Simon Harris tells colleagues emergency legislation can be used for critical infrastructure

Prof John Sweeney: Cop30 summit will struggle to make progress

There is a wealth illusion, and poorer households are particularly vulnerable to the policies that flow from it

Men such as Yates are indulged because they get to play the bombastic, slightly shocking counterpoint to their snowflake partner

In the News podcast: Hugh Linehan on how the Yates controversy could impact public trust in the media

‘Air travel is absurdly underpriced because its environmental costs are shouldered by no one – except the planet’

With the Taoiseach abroad, Chambers and the Yates connection take centre stage at Leinster House

Minister says matter for broadcaster to declare conflict of interest, not for him as party’s director of elections

The Yates affair touches raw nerves on both sides

Tánaiste stands by comments that number of migrants coming into Ireland is ‘too high’

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

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Ireland’s media and political elites remain too entangled, which can erode trust

Party acknowledges work done by former FG minister for failed Áras candidate which has sparked Government row

Tánaiste accuses people ‘particularly on the left’ trying to ‘shut down the debate’ on migration