Miriam Lord’s look back at 2025 and predictions for the year ahead
With a healthy majority thanks to Independents, the Coalition should have time to get a grip on the issues of most concern to voters
James O'Connor
Fianna Fáil TD
‘Jim O’Callaghan could stop all this. He hasn’t’: Inside Fianna Fáil’s post-election crisis
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
Everyone is knocking great enjoyment out of the Fianna Fáil drama that overshadowed budget day
Opposition and everyone else are knocking great enjoyment out of the presidential drama, too
Fianna Fáil TD harshly criticises leadership for ‘unceremonious dumping’ of Jim Gavin
Party strongly denies it was aware of dispute between Gavin and tenant about overpayment of €3,300 in rent
Cork East constituency candidates list: Sinn Féin fancy their chances as Labour lose retiring vote-getter
Election 2024: In the Cork East constituency Fine Gael face uphill battle to secure two seats
PR firm warned Road Safety Authority about ‘tricky’ Public Accounts Committee members
Dublin public relations agency Drury provided short biographical notes on each TD
Fianna Fáil TDs rack up the air miles after recall from China junket
Party had not cleared deputies for take-off, but James O’Connor flew straight back to Beijing after casting Dáil vote
‘Help is on the way’, Varadkar tells flood-affected Midleton traders
Midleton business owners approached Taoiseach, pleading with him to make funding available with as little bureaucracy as possible
Data provided on NCT wait times ‘complete and utter rubbish’, TD claims
Fianna Fáil’s James O’Connor says some people are reporting a wait time of up to five months
Miriam Lord’s Week: TDs and Senators eager for their close-ups in The Tubridy Show
Committee hearings into RTÉ payments controversy provided stark contrast between top performers and those who scaled soaring heights of incoherence
Fianna Fáil TD says ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ remarks made by Tánaiste Micheál Martin were ‘inappropriate’
James O’Connor will meet Mr Martin on Thursday to discuss the comments
Dáil struggling with housing crisis despite TDs experiencing issue from both sides
The Dáil includes TDs who are landlords but TDs on both sides of the House have experienced eviction
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Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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