Matt Carthy

Bord Bia chair to address Agriculture Committee over Brazilian beef row

Simon Harris rejects Sinn Féin call to remove Larry Murrin, says ‘you’ve come for a head and you’re not getting one’

Taoiseach and McDonald clash over claims up to 20 new gardaí cannot start work for lack of Garda vetting

Row erupts over Minister for Justice’s remarks to committee about issues with vetting process

Sinn Fein’s Matt Carthy defends party attendance at Maduro inauguration in Venezuela

Trip by former party senator and general secretary in 2019 has attracted renewed criticism in recent days

‘We were heartbroken when they left’: Removal of asylum seekers from Wicklow village raises questions

Tynte House in Dunlavin, Co Wicklow, is one of 22 contracts for international protection accommodation centres that ended in 2025

Oireachtas committee recommends opting out of ‘majority’ of EU migration and asylum pact

Bill to give effect to pact is seen as most radical overhaul of migration policy in a generation

How the hardening of the UK’s immigration laws will affect Ireland

Northern Ireland’s post-Brexit deal may scupper Westminster’s plans

TDs back Bill to appoint 21 additional judges

Figures show recruitment of 24 extra members of judiciary by previous government brought significant rise in court sittings

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

Investigating historic schools abuse a ‘major pull’ on Garda resources, authority warns

Fewer offences of possession of child sexual abuse material due to resource issues at online child exploitation unit

Three times more IPAS centres closed in last seven months than all of 2024

Department of Justice says 490 beds have been removed from the system due to closures so far this year

College fees: Students and parents feel ‘betrayed’ by prospect of contribution charge rising

TD says parents cannot wait for budget in four months to find out what fees they must pay

Dáil passes Defamation Bill by 83 votes to 61

Retailers should fight defamation claims ‘and not take easy route’, says Minister

Minister denies Sinn Féin’s claim anti-terrorism Bill contains a ‘Kneecap’ clause

Jim O’Callaghan says UK charge against ‘Mo Chara’ could not occur in Ireland

Sinn Féin proposes orders to protect victims of sexual violence after offenders released

Judges would be able to issue civil protection orders to apply after offenders released under proposed Bill

Carlow gunman disclosure set to lead to scrutiny of An Garda Síochána

The case of Evan Fitzgerald has been referred to Fiosrú, the police ombudsman

Minister not willing to ‘recommend’ candidate without policing experience for Garda Commissioner job

Advert for position states applications welcomed from candidates ‘of an appropriate calibre from policing, security or civilian backgrounds’

More than €10m of Irish State funds invested in Israeli companies with links to occupied territories

Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe discloses that direct investment by the State in business with direct links to illegal settlements has fallen to €1.25 million

Plans for stronger ‘stop-and-search’ powers for gardaí despite department report casting doubt on effectiveness

Report commissioned by Department of Justice found such powers had ‘huge potential’ to create public resentment

Deportation orders triple as Ireland enforces a ‘firmer approach to migration’

Substantial fall in number of people seeking international protection this year

Asylum system overhaul: What is changing beyond all the talk of reform?

Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan has signalled a new Bill will be the most significant reform of the asylum system in the State’s history

Women protesting outside Leinster House strip-searched, one subjected to cavity search, Dáil hears

TDs protest at Garda treatment, Taoiseach did not understand ‘necessity for any strip-searching’

Opposition calls for gardaí to stop buying Israeli-made decryption technology

The Garda’s use of Cellebrite products was raised in the Central Criminal Court on Monday

Sinn Féin’s Gerry Adams and Pearse Doherty among mourners at funeral of former senior IRA member

Brendan ‘Bik’ McFarlane led a mass break-out in September 1983

Proposals to change triple lock potentially ‘very dangerous’ – Sinn Féin

Government insists plans will not infringe on Ireland’s military neutrality

International Protection accommodation bill tops €1 billion for first time

Daily average spend of €2.75m per day revealed in new figures released by department

Family of student killed in hit-and-run want sentencing law changed

Joe Drennan’s family seeking change in law to ensure concurrent sentences cannot be imposed in cases involving a death

Scenes of chaos and bullying in Dáil will have done nothing for the reputation of politicians

Nobody in the political world emerged untarnished from the spectacle

Verona Murphy’s turbulent first day: ‘She should have got the metre stick out’

Surprise that Murphy, a robust contributor who rarely took a backwards step in her days as an Independent TD, did not nip Dáil conflict in the bud

Should Ireland pass the Occupied Territories Bill? Sinn Féin’s Matt Carthy and former ambassador Daniel Mulhall debate

Contentious proposed law would ban trade with Israeli firms operating in occupied Palestinian territory

Provisions of new hate crime law come into effect today

Harsher sentencing will be imposed if the demonstration of hatred towards a protected group is proven

Cavan-Monaghan constituency candidates list: Loss of Heather Humphreys a major blow to Fine Gael with question mark over Fianna Fáil prospects

Election 2024: Sinn Féin's confidence in Cavan-Monaghan may have been dented by recent showing in opinion polls

Ukrainian embassy criticises Sinn Féin manifesto call for end to arms supply

Party said ‘all sides must cease the current unlimited supply of weapons’ into Ukraine, which was invaded in 2022 by Russia

Journalists’ union expresses ‘grave concern’ over Sinn Féin plan to review RTÉ objectivity on Gaza

Séamus Dooley said he would write to Mary Lou McDonald over ‘implied criticism’ of broadcaster

Aircraft carrying weapons possibly violated Irish sovereign airspace while trying ‘to save fuel’, Tánaiste suggests

Sinn Féin’s Matt Carthy accuses Government of not regarding overflights by aircraft holding munitions ‘to be a serious matter’

Occupied Territories Bill: Coalition Ministers note ICJ opinion on illegal Israeli settlements

Proposed law, advanced in 2018, aims at banning imports from Israeli settlements on Palestinian land

Growing unease in Sinn Féin over Mary Lou McDonald’s leadership after poor election results

Sinn Féin members are openly questioning the party’s leader and the strategy pursued in the local elections as support collapsed

How did Ireland’s MEPs perform in Europe over the last five years?

Coalition-building across political groups more important in European Parliament than in the Oireachtas

Dáil passes motion for fourth time seeking British files on Dublin-Monaghan bombings

Tánaiste acknowledges ‘truly shocking’ lack of response from successive Irish governments until the 1990s

Ireland’s only arms contract with Israel is €295,000 a year for drone maintenance - Martin

SF TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh says State should never have purchased equipment from Israel

Sinn Féin motion calling on Government to join South African ICJ case against Israel defeated in Dáil

Countermotion by Government passed by 71 votes to 62

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