People Before Profit TDs defend decision not to clap for Zelenskiy Oireachtas address
TDs Paul Murphy, Richard Boyd Barrett, Gino Kenny and Bríd Smith did not applaud
Bacik embraces optimistic view of a possible Labour renaissance
The party’s 14th leader has an immense task ahead with aggravation behind the scenes
Miriam Lord’s 2021 Awards: Coalition had to Sinn and bear it in the year of Mary Lou
Danny Healy-Rae left to his own device as Zapponegate saw Government rocked by a role
Miriam Lord: Joe Duffy sleeps in oxygen tent to prepare for reaction to free contraceptives
Outbreak of civility as Ministers unveil Budget 2022, with even SF toning it down
Simon Coveney survives motion of no confidence in Dáil over botched Zappone appointment
Dáil hears claim Simon Harris was Cabinet member who leaked proposed appointment
O’Malley ‘a great loss’ to Ireland in opposing Sinn Féin and IRA, says slain garda’s widow
Garda Jerry McCabe grew close to Des O’Malley as his bodyguard in Limerick
Miriam Lord: Sinn Féin condemned to linguistic knots over Jerry McCabe
Party leader Mary Lou McDonald and TD Martin Browne were singing different songs
Basic schoolboy error in changes to vaccine and quarantine programmes
Inside Politics: Recent moves in government make refloating of jammed ship on Suez Canal look ordinary
Jennifer O’Connell: Who wants a Taoiseach who acts as a passive observer?
Micheál Martin’s real test of leadership comes now as cases plateau at about the 500 mark
FF TDs would not exclude Sinn Féin coalition after next election
A year after the general election, Martin indicates a sea-change in FF stance
Don’t tell me now that you never liked Woody Allen or Phil Spector’s work
If you hate everything now and you will escape future accusations of hypocrisy
2021 will be the most important year since 1921 for Northern Ireland
The North will mark its centenary at a time when nationalists sense the union is doomed
Brexit talks continue but at this stage prayers may be more useful
Inside Politics: Taoiseach misses point when it comes to student nurses and well-off public servants
O’Neill NI quarantine suggestion a ‘political landmine’, says DUP MP
No new Covid-19 deaths in region for eight day in a row, Department of Health reports
Stockholm Syndrome kicks in for the Chuckle Sisters
What is behind rapprochement between Arlene Foster and Michelle O’Neill?
Newton Emerson: Unionists surprisingly interested in a ‘united island’
FF-FG ambivalence makes prospect of meaningful regional autonomy possible
State childcare part of FG-FF framework plan for coalition
Two main parties seek to entice smaller parties to help them achieve Dáil majority
Martin faces down parliamentary party critics of his strategy
Fianna Fáil leader to continue efforts to form a coalition with Fine Gael
Calls from within Fianna Fáil for Martin to enter talks with Sinn Féin
Criticism of party’s performance on social media raised at parliamentary party meeting
Newton Emerson: Under what conditions would FF or FG share power with SF?
The Republic has perhaps one more electoral cycle to normalise Mary Lou McDonald’s party
The Irish Times view on Election 2020: A coalition of the willing?
We know Sinn Féin is able to compromise when it serves its strategic interests
Election 2020 fact check: Do carbon taxes reduce emissions?
Mary Lou McDonald made series of claims about measure in RTÉ leaders’ debate
General Election 2020: FG turn their guns on FF in final frantic days
Inside Politics: Howlin wants to build ‘progressive alliance’ before coalition talks
Election 2020 fact check: Do banks in Ireland pay no tax?
Mary Lou McDonald claimed in debate that zero corporate tax paid on profits of €2.5bn
McDonald not competing to be taoiseach despite Sinn Féin surge
Party would need all but one of its candidates elected if it is to be dominant force in coalition
The Irish Times view on the Ipsos MRBI poll: on course for a cliffhanger
Leo Varadkar will have to put up an impressive performance in the TV debates if he is to have any chance of returning as Taoiseach
Miriam Lord: Air Miles Murphy's EU efforts fall back to Earth
This week saw high-spirited dispatches from Gerry Adams and another twist in swing-gate
Coveney rejects Sinn Féin call for Border poll within five years
Unity vote would be a mistake due to divided peoples and Brexit impasse, says Tánaiste
The Sinn Féin election post-mortem could be pretty brutal
Some hard thinking and hard choices await Mary Lou McDonald
Elections 2019: Green wave sees tide go out for Varadkar and Sinn Féin
Analysis: FG and FF have been spinning furiously but there’s no spinning out of this
McDonald’s tricky first year underlines Sinn Féin’s central problem
Party sources say it is after the ‘angry vote’, raising questions about longer-term strategy
Casey phenomenon no harbinger of new form of populist politics
Late surge in support tapped into segment of Irish electorate prepared to rebel regularly
The Irish Times view on Sinn Féin and the past: competing memories
The party needs to show it is willing to give a greater measure of respect to unionists
Dara Calleary: FF split on abortion has not damaged party
Mayo TD believes the public saw Eighth Amendment as a hugely personal issue
Fancy officially celebrating the Fourth of July? No, say McGrath, Halligan, Howlin
A number of politicians have declined invitations to a US embassy event in protest over Trump administration policies
Martin’s reputation burnished, but fears mount Fianna Fáil has lost touch
‘When the country went 70-30 in one way, the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party went 80-20 in the opposite direction’
Newly-elected Senator could vote against Brexit ‘backstop’
Former Ulster Farmers Union president elected as Sinn Féin backs Fine Gael candidate
Anti-Brexit unionist wins Seanad seat with Sinn Féin support
Sinn Féin also backs Fine Gael candidate ‘because of Micheál Martin’s attacks’
Fine Gael succeeds by keeping distance between economy and abortion
Fianna Fáil’s conservative stance on referendum question risks alienating younger voters
Mary Lou McDonald: a Dubliner with deep republican roots
A constant at Gerry Adams’ side, McDonald was widely accepted as successor from 2016
Varadkar now most popular taoiseach since Ahern
Inside Politics: Fianna Fáil’s failure to secure any political bounce is a worry for the party
Pearse Doherty will not seek deputy leadership of Sinn Féin
Donegal TD said he was happy as party’s finance spokesman and treasurer
Northern Ireland: Bradley faces an uphill task
Bradley’s decision to come to Belfast so quickly after her appointment demonstrates a seriousness of purpose
Miriam Lord: A day that called for protective ear muffs
Boyd Barrett manages to out-shout Mary Lou as he ratchets it up on homelessness
Kenny got it wrong on Sinn Féin but right on Trump
US president inadvertently rescues Taoiseach from embarrassing political faux pas
Gerry Adams criticises ‘petulant’ Ceann Comhairle
Sinn Féin leader defends Mary Lou McDonald’s Dáil sit-in and calls for political reform
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