Mary Lou McDonald

Jack Chambers of Commerce stands tall in the Dáil for Big Jim as legal aid row rumbles on

There was a miserable turnout for Leaders’ Questions amid the desperate crawl to the summer recess

United Ireland is ‘the big idea for our future’ says Sinn Féin leader

Taoiseach rejects Bill as approach that 'has failed repeatedly over past 100 years’

What happens to Northern Ireland after unity? Answers are starting to emerge

Would it remain Northern Ireland, though under the ultimate jurisdiction of Dublin, rather than London? Or would it be subsumed into a united Ireland?

Jeffrey Donaldson’s victims finding ‘media frenzy’ since verdict difficult, PSNI chief says

Jon Boutcher warns against ‘wild speculation’ regarding former DUP leader, who will be sentenced for sex offences in September

Party van steals show at Leinster House as Taoiseach prepares to be Emperor of Europe

Dáil proceedings have summer holiday feel as Micheál Martin gets set to lean on his three pillars of EU council presidency

Sinn Féin’s compliance with new financial disclosure rules queried by Irish academic

Non-inclusion of US fundraising body in party’s annual accounts ‘difficult to understand’, says DCU professor

Why did economists get the impact of Brexit on Ireland so wrong?

The consequences are still playing out in the UK, as it prepares for its seventh prime minister in ten years. Yet Ireland is thriving

‘Celtic’ parliaments should face London together, says Welsh first minister

Rhun ap Iorwerth said Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland shared ‘core asks’ for ‘equality of treatment’

Sinn Féin’s US fundraising and lobbying arm sent €41,000 to party in Belfast

Latest filing by Friends of Sinn Féin shows it raised almost €100,000 in the US in six months

Some of those who added the three-day wait to Irish abortion law look set to abandon it

Little explanation of Coalition support for Opposition’s bid to remove key clause from draft law Harris said ‘has to count for something’

Taoiseach, Tánaiste, Minister for Health to back SF Bill ending mandatory three-day abortion wait

Micheál Martin says Bill should go to committee stage; Government TDs will have free vote as a ‘matter of conscience’

US-Iran peace deal raises hopes of lower Irish fuel prices

Inside Politics: Fuel prices, public pay and derelict sites all feature on a busy political agenda

Government to insist it has no role in sports fixtures in response to calls to stop Ireland-Israel games

Taoiseach rejects calls for intervention in upcoming matches

‘Sinn Féin were never left’: Inside the political splits that threaten the Catherine Connolly coalition

Fianna Fáil, the largest political party, bombed in the byelections but divisions among the left-wing parties drew most attention

All quiet on the Fianna Fáil front for now, but growing ructions on the left

Inside Politics: Galway West and Dublin Central byelection results raise questions over a future left-wing government

Are Sinn Féin drifting away from an uneasy left-wing alliance?

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Sinn Féin’s struggles suggest uneasy left-wing alliance may be crumbling

Plus: New TDs in the House; and ghost estates return to the news

Leader of the left or left behind? Sinn Féin scepticism grows among progressive parties

Social Democrats, Labour and People Before Profit raising concerns about party’s direction

Left-wing parties round on Sinn Féin over policy direction

Differences fracturing progressive alliance formed during Catherine Connolly’s presidential campaign

Soul-searching for Sinn Féin and Mary Lou McDonald after party falls short in byelections

Donald Trump misses son’s wedding amid fresh hopes of compromise with Iran

Martin and McDonald’s leadership not under threat after poor byelection results, say TDs

Fianna Fáil’s defeat in Dublin was its worst byelection performance; Sinn Féin failed to secure a seat in either byelection

Sinn Féin caught between anti-establishment right and soft left in crucial transfers game

Strength of transfers between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael is a growing phenomenon of Irish elections

Fine Gael and Social Democrats land morale-boosting byelection wins

Fine Gael’s Seán Kyne clinches Galway West contest after Social Democrats’ Daniel Ennis takes Dublin Central seat

Mary Lou McDonald says she is under ‘no pressure whatsoever’ after Sinn Féin defeats

Party leader dismisses questions over her leadership after candidate fails to win seat in McDonald’s own constituency of Dublin Central

Winners and losers clear after Dublin Central and Galway West byelections

There are two party leaders with much to ponder following the Dublin Central and Galway West byelections

Social Democrats set for comfortable Dublin Central win – leaving Sinn Féin with hard questions

Fine Gael’s Seán Kyne appears best placed to take Galway West seat while Fianna Fáil gets one of its worst ever byelection results in capital

Ennis and Kyne in poll position on a bad day for big parties

Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan

Taoiseach called ‘slíbhín’ for defence of changes to rental system amid record rent hikes

Micheál Martin accuses Mary Lou McDonald of ‘empty rhetoric, no solutions’ during testy exchanges and heckling in Dáil

RTÉ plunged into crisis again – it’s like the world cliff diving championships in Montrose

If crisis were a sea, the national broadcaster would never be out of it

Dublin Central and Galway West byelections: Four things to watch in the last week of campaigning

Expect a frantic final few days in the constituencies as the campaigns enter the home stretch

President’s sister among Irish people detained by Israel after Gaza aid boats intercepted

Irish detainees preparing to go on hunger strike, says activist shortly before capture

Dublin Central byelection: poll shows multiple contenders for Donohoe’s seat

Dublin Central byelection: with four candidates in front, race may come down to transfers

Janice Boylan leads Dublin Central byelection race with Gerry Hutch in third, poll shows

Daniel Ennis of Social Democrats strongly positioned to benefit from transfers in later counts

Micheál Martin under pressure over response to striking ambulance workers

Inside Politics: Spending ‘diktats’ from Jack Chambers are ‘going down like a lead balloon’, according to one Minister

‘It’s not Paschal’s seat’: Left-wing candidates on trail in Dublin Central byelection

Janet Horner (Green Party), Ruth O’Dea (Labour) and Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin (PBP) among those seeking to fill seat vacated by former FG minister

What the Dublin and Galway byelections could tell us about the future of Irish politics

A greater degree of left unity and/or a sizeable alternative to the right of Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil would be a new and unpredictable dynamic

The Irish Times view on the Galway West byelection: a close contest ahead

This week’s poll suggests three candidates could be in contention

‘Look at gas, electricity, food’: Living costs weigh on elderly voters in Dublin Central

Little apparent support for Government parties as electors turn to Independents and Opposition candidates

PrepayPower first to hike energy prices due to Iran war, others expected to follow suit

Average household’s annual electricity bill will rise by €168 and gas by €171

‘Danger for party leaders’ in Dublin Central and Galway West byelections: seven things to watch

With three weeks to go, who are the hot tips and the no-hopers – and what will the results mean for the Government and Opposition?

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