French left agrees rare alliance deal to take on Macron

Move could threaten French president’s chances of securing National Assembly majority

Assembly election: Can those who don't vote Orange or Green transform the North?

Northern Ireland election on Thursday: Parties designated ‘other’ sense a chance to move past old divisions

North’s only ethnic minority election candidate finds region’s racism ‘scary’

Sipho Sibanda, originally from Zimbabwe, blames sectarian system for lack of diversity in politics

EU reform: End of veto among proposals to be considered

Conference on the Future of Europe’s 325 recommendations will now go to EU leaders

French in Ireland: ‘People voting for Le Pen maybe think Putin will prevent a war in France’

Sunday’s presidential election is weighing heavily on French natives in Cork

Real impact of NI Assembly elections to be on unionist morale

‘We now have a nationalism that is confident ... Sinn Féin can take Stormont’

Stormont political system ‘long overdue reform’, says North’s Green Party leader

‘Urgency of the climate crisis’ was ‘becoming more and more obvious’, warns Clare Bailey

The Irish Times view on Northern Ireland Assembly elections: Beyond the orange v green

Northern Ireland election: This could be the most important in a generation

If the polls are correct, a nationalist could head government in the North for first time

The Irish Times view on the turf sale ban: the right call

This decision was the correct one, but it underlines how important a just and careful transition is in moving to a carbon-neutral Ireland

Turf-cutting may have a romanticised image but the reality is very different

Decision to ban the commercial sale of turf is portrayed as an attack on rural Ireland and its way of life by middle-class city types

Ban on sale of turf would ‘devastate the poorest of people living alone’

In Kerry, the tradition of going to the bog is as deep as the layers of turf itself

Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s French election defeat is starting to feel like a victory

Far-left party leader relishing the role of arbiter and kingmaker

Opinion poll: Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael regain ground against Sinn Féin

Extended period of decline for FG in polls since formation of Coalition has abated

Macron and Le Pen hit campaign trail as run-off looms

President faces tricky act of wooing voters on right and left in France divided in three blocs

Taoiseach defends energy efficiency measures as part of cost of living response

Inflation forecast to hit 8.5 per cent in coming months, not encountered since 1980s

‘No impunity’ for Russia, says Coveney, as mass graves and bodies found on streets of Ukraine

Irish embassy in Moscow to be used to ‘express our outrage’ to Russia, Ryan says

Sinn Féin’s US politicking underlines issues with its approach to Irish unity

McDonald and co are presenting a united Ireland as imminent despite the evidence

Coalition gears up for next election after unprecedented challenges

Government parties remain broadly united despite a relentlessly bleak environment

Pierre Zakrzewski, my old classmate, was charismatic, selfless and loyal

Radio review: Tributes to the late Irish journalist had a personal resonance for Mick Heaney

Scrutiny tightens on Coalition as public set for more energy price hikes

Households bracing for bigger bills as utility inflation expected to extend into next year

‘Climate change pass’ would risk making Ireland’s obligations harder

Rising fuel prices amid Ukraine invasion have triggered calls for derogation on gas

DAA needs its wings clipped over plan to charge for airport drop-off

Everybody can see through authority’s spurious ‘sustainability’ rationale; it clearly will be a revenue raiser

Bill to reduce derelict buildings could deliver 11,000 homes a year, architect says

Proposed legislation would transfer task of collecting 7% levy to Revenue

The Irish Times view on post-crisis politics: jockeying for position

One notable feature of recent exchanges has been the more determined response of Fianna Fáil to the Sinn Féin onslaught

‘People’s income is able to purchase less and less; that’s politically toxic’

Government is staring down the barrel of yet another problem as inflation sets the pace

Miriam Lord: Feathers fly as Mattie McGrath rips into Coalition’s cushion

Roaring Independents blame ‘evil’ Green Party for rising fuel costs and carbon taxes

Councillors seek answers about discovery of tenant’s remains in council house

Body of Michael Whiston (S76) found as council workers cleared south Dublin house

Uncertainty clouds economic outlook for 2022

Inflation could become endemic if wage demands become entrenched

Inclusion of gas and nuclear in EU taxonomy not necessary – Eamon Ryan

Green leader predicts guidelines will be difficult to get through European Parliament

‘Unionism is more splintered now than it has been for many years’

On the Lower Newtownards Road, there’s support for the DUP, but also disillusionment

‘It’s important to have women in the room where the decisions are being made’

Women councillors on gender imbalance in local politics and why this has to change

Former lord mayor Hazel Chu launches Seanad byelection campaign

Greens councillor running as Independent for the vacant University of Dublin seat

‘Popular primary’ does nothing to mitigate shambles on French left

Poll intended to whittle down number of left and Green candidates in presidential race

McIlroy one of the few big names missing Saudi International

Dustin Johnson defends his title at the controversial Asian Tour event

Germany’s Green foreign minister thrown into deep end with Ukraine

Annalena Baerbock tells Ukrainian leaders Berlin will not make deals behind Kyiv’s back

Taoiseach says Sinn Féin is in ‘destructive opposition mode’

Micheál Martin says he will not rule out working with any party after next election

Farmers and environmentalists must get away from ‘butting heads’ on climate action

Minister for Agriculture denies any suggestion that productive farming and lowering emissions are opposite goals

Eamon Ryan opens consultation on Ireland’s use of geothermal energy

Licensing system planned for exploration and capture of heat from below Earth’s crust

Cyberthreat healthcare alert came months before HSE hit by hackers

Malicious file opened on March 18th triggered shutdown of HSE’s computer systems

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