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Senior officers have no plans to apply to replace Drew Harris due to concerns about pension tax liability of an estimated €500,000

Your essential end-of-week politics catch up: Is Eoin Hayes a Social Democrats TD, or is he not?

Substantial fall in number of people seeking international protection this year

Dublin Bay North TD Barry Heneghan issues statement on welcoming a €240 million investment in the HSE capital plan on projects in his constituency

Dáil hears of women waiting nine years for diagnosis, forced to go abroad for specialised surgical treatment

It’s a real turn-off for voters when critical issues such as housing crisis and looming trade war have been overshadowed by aggressive and chaotic Dáil scenes

Fianna Fáil TD Malcolm Byrne has pushed for dedicated committee and legislation

As the seriousness of the situation becomes clear, it would be hard to overstate the fear around Government about the US tariffs’ implications

Proposals follow Storm Éowyn, which left 760,000 homes without power and some customers waiting weeks for restoration

Quite the occasion for Christine Lagarde, as Paschal Donohoe reacts to Trump’s tough tariffs wondering ‘what we can do that can unite us’

Planning under way for Tánaiste Simon Harris to travel to Washington to meet US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick

Some survivors want Government to seize assets of religious orders who refuse to pay

New role will head up the Strategic Housing Activation Office, which is being established in the Department of the Taoiseach in the coming weeks

Head of world’s largest asset manager says Trump administration’s push to cut government costs and red tape will deliver growth over longer term

Government is guaranteed a minimum price of €6.26 a share but they have been trading as low as €5.78

Any attempt to force payment from church orders would be fraught with legal difficulty, expert says

Government’s AI advisory committee recommends increased protections as technology advances

Prof Maria Leptin rejects view ‘this is a big opportunity to snatch back our colleagues’

Government negotiator Sheila Nunan has submitted a final report with conclusions from talks with seven Catholic bodies and the Church of Ireland

Either we spend a lot more on public transport, especially in regional cities and on rail lines serving new commuter belts, or the framework will be meaningless

Cabinet to be briefed on potential impact of US tariffs on the EU

We’ve been lucky so far but ‘only a matter of time before a 3m storm surge’ hits Ireland

Your essential end-of-week politics catch up

Roundtower head says just choosing a name can take authorities up to nine months

Irish political leaders and officials facing busy 2025 in optimising influence and shaping opinion

Opposition stops short of tabling motion of no confidence in Ceann Comhairle following her decision to push through vote on controversial changes

Two-digit TD for Tipperary gloated dismissively as Opposition raged over Ceann Comhairle’s decision to bring Dáil confrontation over speaking rights to abrupt end

Ireland ‘cannot move forward’ on meeting housing targets without revised framework, expert says

It may be that the decision to stop locating accommodation centres in parts of the country takes the heat out of anti-migrant protests. But given the victory they have just been handed, I wouldn’t bet on it

Economics professor Alan Ahearne had previously served as adviser to Micheál Martin

Israel acts with impunity in Gaza, and the other stories of the week

Banking and Payments Federation Ireland cites inefficiencies in critical infrastructure

Just 50 per cent of clothes donated to charity shops are fit for resale - the bulk of the remainder go abroad

Martin says McDonald's 'feigned outrage' ignores his comments about housing being Ireland’s number-one issue

‘If we do not put structures and resources in place, communities will be increasingly exposed,’ Climate Change Advisory Council chair says

Taoiseach to chair group comprising Cabinet Ministers, Garda and Defence Forces chiefs and senior officials

Mass and marching in the morning: a hard business warning from the Tánaiste in the afternoon

Housing crisis: Paschal Donohoe warns against return similar tax incentives of Celtic Tiger years

High-value habitats can be avoided if identified but it is the less obvious impacts that are so far known to cause the biggest effects

Case for improved incentives based on big shortfall in delivering retrofits, district heating and heat pumps