Micheál Martin

Doherty was best known for his written works on Michael Collins, Terence McSwiney and the Irish Civil War

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

Three-week long run-in to November 29th polling day begins with party policy launches and poster placing

Taoiseach Simon Harris says the three Coalition parties had governed well together and passed five progressive budgets

Retiring TDs clear out their offices as Micheál Martin and Bríd Smith get into head-to-head over alternative government and both their fathers being ‘busmen’

Tánaiste accuses Sinn Féin of ‘trying to manufacture’ election issue over pouches

The number of seats has risen from 160 to 174, and the only certainty is that there will be plenty of skirmishes and subplots in the electoral battle

Tánaiste says it is ‘reprehensible’ for Social Democrats to accuse Government of being ‘complicit in genocide’

Election 2024: Micheál Martin's stomping ground has long been seen as a bellwether reflecting national trends

In the next couple of weeks, the gloves may well and truly come off between the Coalition partners

Future trade between the US and EU could be affected by the imposition of tariffs imposed by the new US regime

If Ireland delivers a credible food/health/climate strategy for the 2025 conferences it should open longer-term possibilities

Simon Harris said he intended to ask President Michael D Higgins to dissolve the Dáil this Friday upon his return from an informal meeting of the European Council in Budapest

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

Jilan Wahba Abdalmajid to become full envoy after carrying out role of ‘ambassador — head of mission’

Coalition partners say it was premature for Minister of the Environment to earmark money to specific areas without consultation

Green Party leader Roderic O’Gorman earlier said victory for Donald Trump would be ‘disaster’

Taoiseach confirms intention to to seek the dissolution of the Dáil this week

Opposition raise claims Government warned by US ambassador of ‘consequences’ if legislation is passed

Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan

Party’s election manifesto to propose new body called the Asylum and Integration Agency which would bring together functions carried out by existing agencies

Weekend exchanges come as politicians prepare to return to Leinster House this week for what is widely expected to be the final days of the current Dáil

Micheál Martin due to address Oireachtas Foreign Affairs Committee this week to outline need for extensive amendments to the proposed legislation

Soldiers serving in Tibnin with UN mission had supported facility with donations, education and maintenance projects since 1970s

‘It is quite amusing on one level but I would say to people to cop on a bit’, says Micheál Martin

Plus: Love/Hate duo making a fact-based Dublin crime film; secrecy around Micheál Martin’s meeting with Apple; and Robert Troy’s support for Michael O’Leary’s slurry

A campaign dominated by Simon Harris and Micheál Martin would suit Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael. I don’t think it’s going to happen

Builders, frustrated by the wait and by politicians failure to fully understand demand for housing, say the absence of new targets has real consequences

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

Unifil outposts remain on effective lockdown amid tensions on Israel border

Election 2024 countdown to begin as Ministers are expected to greenlight measures

Tánaiste Micheál Martin and GNI break ground on a planned €32m plant

Strategies, slogans and manifestos are being finalised behind the scenes as polling day looms

So we know we’re going to the polls this year, possibly on a Friday. The big question is, will the election clash with the Late Late Toy Show?

Israel must be ‘held accountable for bombing civilian populations’, Tánaiste said at Beirut aid conference in Paris

Access to the inner circle of government is often a lesser prize for Russia than the opportunity to shift public opinion and policies, and Irish defences against such infiltration are weak

Motion says that House will takes note of document which made 38 recommendations as some TDs oppose legislation

Proposals recommend allowing assisted dying in restricted circumstances

Bill banning trade with illegal Israeli settlements in Palestine to be referred to Oireachtas committee in signal of intent

As with an extra 1,000 gardaí proposed by the Dublin City Taskforce, many solutions offered for the capital are in the realm of magical thinking