Ivana Bacik

‘Squeezed middle’ is real and ‘global economic environment is volatile’, Fine Gael leader says

While plans differ between some parties on housing, the cost of living and taxes, all of them agree on a few basic tenets around housing

Labour sets out six ‘key missions’ party will have if part of next government, relating to issues including housing, climate and health

Labour and Sinn Féin claim scheme has inflationary effect, increasing price of housing for first time buyers

Labour leader concerned toxic nature of presidential contest may be seen during Irish general election campaign

Three taoisigh, five budgets and a global pandemic: in unprecedented times it was a government like no other

US election: ‘Ireland will work to deepen and strengthen the historic and unbreakable bonds between our people and our nations’ - Harris

Government officials believe it is entirely unfair to compare Ireland’s handling of the pandemic to that of the UK

It’s dog eat dog for parking spaces every Tuesday at the Oireachtas

Journalist and author Lara Marlowe is joined by Yulia Mykytenko who has encountered things ‘no humans should ever witness’, event is told

Deputies and senators address each other as ‘comrade’ in corridors as speculation continues about Oireachtas member allegedly recruited as a Russian agent

Labour leader says Sinn Féin’s call for restrictions on housing scheme amount to ‘new low in political vernacular’

When under attack for the Children’s Hospital fiasco, Paschal Donohoe takes flak for Simon Harris - who is in New York - and pulls the word ‘learnings’ from the first aid box

Former Dublin footballer Philly McMahon and Dr Rhona Mahony among those contacted

Ivana Bacik emphasises need for timely redress scheme and says her party willing to work with Government to make this happen

Labour Party’s first call after election will be to Greens and Soc Dems – but it needs to secure seats for that to matter

Many parties have broadly similar policies - and none of their measures will magic away an issue leading to heightened tensions in communities

Analysis shows accommodation centres are located in areas ranging from very affluent to extremely disadvantaged

Opposition claims Government’s Housing for All plan for 33,450 new builds this year will not be delivered

Malcolm Noonan advises caution ahead of law to be passed on Thursday providing for 41-week agreements

NTA as taxi regulator needs to ‘wake up’ and review all drivers after driver who raped two women found to have had previous sexual assault convictions

Currently, offence is dealt with via emergency terrorism and criminal gang law, which must be renewed annually

Tánaiste hits out at ‘little Englander’ mentality of those aspiring to ‘some mythical purity’ in Ireland

Sinn Féin must present voters with a left-wing coalition option to stay true to its message of ‘change’

Fergus Finlay, an adviser to former Labour leader Dick Spring, said he was surprised at the ‘animosity’ to the idea of merging from the Social Democrats

With polling showing Independents on nearly a quarter of the vote, Ivana Bacik makes election pitch

Christian Aid and Labour question if Government’s position has changed following legal submission to ICJ case

Asked in Dáil by Ivana Bacik if release was ‘delayed because of the elections next month’, Harris replied it would be published this week

This week’s clearance on Dublin’s Grand Canal was evidence of a more co-ordinated approach by authorities but there is still little sign of a longer-term accommodation solution

Taoiseach puzzled by Sinn Féin election literature that claims the party is opposed to open borders

Men received transfer letters but no indication of where they will be sent on Wednesday and Thursday

Radio review: the Liveline host’s snap judgment on Simon Harris’s State apology somehow captures the wider mood

Labour leader says Taoiseach’s call for 250,000 homes ‘clear acceptance new targets needed’ but Minister of State says ‘robust evidence-based research’ required

NTMA says value of funds in six companies is under €3m and and says it will keep other investments in region ‘under review’

Delegates hopeful for up to 70 local authority members, convinced the party always does better than polls predict

Ms Bacik’s followers optimistic for a good local and European elections

Bacik says Labour would transform Land Development Agency into State construction company to build homes

Labour party working extra hard to motivate members in advance of the local and European elections

Long-standing TD and two-time minister of State ‘championed the needs of those facing inequality and disadvantage’

Ivana Bacik to outline demands for entering government as she calls for election in wake of shock Leo Varadkar resignation