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Miriam Lord: Maga senator Sharon Keogan would only love to take Taoiseach’s place at shamrock jamboree

Independent senator wrote to the White House seeking a St Patrick’s Day invite

North, South and across party lines, voters are open to remaking Ireland’s institutions after reunification

Different changes draw varying levels of support and hostility, but change in general has backing

Have your say: How should Taoiseach Micheál Martin approach his US visit?

There had been calls for Mr Martin not to attend the St Patrick’s Day event given Trump’s tumultuous presidency

Charlie Haughey was framed and then he disappeared. But soon the mystery was solved

Micheál Martin was thrilled although for a while it looked like there’d been a drastic rewriting of history

‘An ugly lack of respect:’ How a row over a small group of Independent TDs has darkened the Dáil’s atmosphere

Another effort to resolve the increasingly bitter Dáil speaking rights controversy ended in disarray this week. Where to now?

Taoiseach erupts at Sinn Féin lecturing others about doing the right thing while canonising IRA slaytriots

Ceann Comhairle tells Micheál Martin to stop carrying on like a child following goading by Pearse Doherty over Michael Lowry

Can Jim O’Callaghan live up to his brand as the law and order politician?

In Justice, political ambition quickly collides with political reality

Speaking rights row set to reignite as opposition insists those who support Government must not speak on their Dáil time

Government Chief Whip Mary Butler set a deadline of Wednesday for submissions from political parties about Dáil reform and speaking rights

Fianna Fáil’s John McGuinness is new Leas-Cheann Comhairle

The TD wins Dáil vote by 96 to 66 against Sinn Féin nominee Aengus Ó Snodaigh

Fianna Fáil interventions on housing prompt puzzlement in Fine Gael

Mood ahead of first Cabinet housing subcommittee more taut than might have been expected, following interventions by Taoiseach Micheál Martin

Taoiseach leads tributes to Fianna Fáil junior minister Dan Wallace (82)

Former minister of state, who twice served as Lord Mayor of Cork, died on Monday

Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil divided over proposed tax breaks for developers to boost supply of homes

Simon Harris warns over failed policies of the past, but Micheál Martin’s party wants drastic action to meet housing targets

Micheál Martin is still the adult in the room, but now with added barbs and an air of impatience

There’s a sense that this is probably the last extended act in a long political career and that time is short

Department of Transport strongly backs Dublin Airport expansion and easing of passenger gap

Transport docs

Greens to lose €850,000 a year, Social Democrats and Aontú to gain in new funding allocation

Exchequer funding given to nine parties obtaining at least 2 per cent of first preferences

Legislation to increase number of Ministers rushed through Dáil, passing by 92 votes to 72

Labour finance spokesman Ged Nash describes the legislation as a ‘jobs for the boys Bill’ and says the new posts will cost State €7.5 million over five years

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald writes to Ceann Comhairle following Dáil row with Taoiseach

Government response to housing debate ‘could have been written by ChatGPT’, Labour claims

New senators set out stalls as Mark Daly of FF elected unopposed as Cathaoirleach

Almost all 60 senators spoke on first day of new Seanad as Irish unity, disability and housing among platforms for future debate

Tax breaks for developers back on table as pressure grows over housing goals

Housing, crime and public spending are set to feature in political exchanges as the Taoiseach talks AI in Paris

When your chance of owning a home depends on whether your parents do, the system is rigged

A third of first-time buyers receive help from their home-owning parents, so it feels like the system perpetuates privilege

Southerners and northern nationalists dislike Commonwealth more than Nato

North’s Protestants strongly favour membership of the Europe-North America military alliance in event of Irish unity

Jim O’Callaghan and the new ministers out to make a good first impression

Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan

Coalition confident shock 2020 defeat of its candidate for leas-cheann comhairle will not be repeated

John McGuinness expected to be elected, but secret ballot injects uncertainty

Just how big is the Government’s majority? TDs from Lowry group muddy the waters

Coalition may be about to find out there are limits to the usefulness of ambiguity

Coalition leaders ‘very annoyed’ at letters from TDs in Lowry group pledging ‘case-by-case’ support

Three TDs assumed to support the coalition after talks to fill ministerial roles write to Ceann Comhairle on their voting plans

Greater gender balance expected to feature in Taoiseach’s 11 nominees to Seanad

Former broadcasters Alison Comyn and Gráinne Seoige tipped as possible nominees

Danny Healy-Rae a lonely figure as Roaring Independents split

Danny Healy-Rae goes solo on Opposition benches after the old band breaks up, and watches his brother Michael hurry around the Government benches

Will Dáil speaking rights row explode again?

Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy sought to end impasse but Michael Lowry is not ready to let matter rest

The public may not care who gets to speak in the Dáil, but they do care about being taken for fools

Problem ultimately wasn’t about low-stakes speaking time or terrible political nous: it was over a proposal that utterly failed to pass the bulls**t test

Trump agrees to pause Canada and Mexico tariffs as shares tumble over trade war fears

Mexico agrees to send 10,000 members of its national guard ‘to prevent drug trafficking from Mexico to the US, in particular of fentanyl’, says Mexico’s president Claudia Sheinbaum

Seanad election finishes with 20 women among 49 winners

Focus on Taoiseach’s 11 nominations for more female representation

Ceann Comhairle rules Regional Independents cannot be viewed as members of the Opposition

Ruling appears to present a path to resolving the conflict about speaking time and allowing the Dáil to proceed this week

Death of Shane O’Farrell: Government MEP calls for public inquiry into killing of cyclist

Regina Doherty writes to Jim O’Callaghan, reminding him of Dáil motion he brought calling for full inquiry into cyclist’s killing

Marathon five-day Seanad count ends with women taking 20 of 49 seats

Full list of elected members includes 20 women before Taoiseach’s nominees are added

Dáil speaking rights for Michael Lowry group not ‘black and white issue’, Martin says

Taoiseach Micheál Martin points to precedent and possible future cases in call for compromise

Long wait for Sinn Féin poll topper to secure Seanad seat

Former TDs Alan Farrell (FG) and Matt Shanahan (Ind) fail in bids to win seats

Taoiseach dismisses suggestions Mattie McGrath could rejoin Fianna Fáil

Micheál Martin understood to have met Tipperary South TD to ask for his support for the Government

It normally takes a government a bit longer than this to look so out of touch

Preparing for the inevitable consequences of a heating world is an urgent task for governments everywhere. Ours hasn’t given it remotely enough attention

Seanad election: Aontú and Social Democrats win first seats in Seanad, Labour loses by tenth of a vote

Social Democrats set to win first Seanad seat; Fine Gael gains a seat as Fianna Fáil down two

‘Not worth dying in ditch for’: Government losing patience with Michael Lowry over speaking time row

Talks between Government and Opposition parties to defuse row break up amid recriminations

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