Micheál Martin

Fianna Fáil leader

Taoiseach dismisses call for mediator in criminal legal aid dispute

Micheál Martin says direct engagement is the ‘best’ way to resolve row over new €520 flat fee

Councils must spend all excess Local Property Tax cash on housing under new plan

Ministers to be briefed on issues including online child safety, Arts Council, fodder shortages and citizenship

What welcome will Trump get on his Irish visit?

There are certain diplomatic necessities that need to be observed

An obscene national exercise: Ireland tries to assuage Donald Trump’s toddler volatility

When vengeance and gold are the objectives of the world’s most powerful man, nothing and no one is safe or sacred

Vapes have been ‘the revenge of big tobacco’: Taoiseach raises prospect of ban

Martin’s comments follow earlier suggestion from TDs about restricting the number of vape shops that could open in any particular area

Stamp duty cut: Would it really help first-time buyers or drive up house prices yet again?

Will potential abolition of 1% rate be a help to prospective homeowners or lead to further property market inflation?

The Irish Times view on the ESRI report on child poverty: few signs of real progress

Progress in reducing income inequality has stalled, or even reversed

Snipers and signal jammers: Inside the ‘most complex’ security operation for Trump’s Irish Open visit

Sources say securing the US president at golf resort in remote coastal location, with tens of thousands of spectators present, ‘a nightmare'

Budget 2027: Jack Chambers plays down expectations of big tax giveaway after Harris comments

Taoiseach warns one-off cost-of-living payments can erode ability to tackle longer term issues, including childcare

Budget 2027 unlikely to see return of energy credits, says Taoiseach

With the cost of living topping agenda at Fianna Fáil’s think-in, Minister for Public Expenditure warns that tax package for workers will be ‘modest’

‘Very significant resources’ for policing Donald Trump visit, Taoiseach says

Major security operation will be in place as US president visits Dublin and attends Irish Open in Co Clare

A diplomat’s advice on how Ireland should approach Trump’s visit

There will be relief if Trump leaves Clare with the impression that ‘the Irish really like me’. In the grand scheme of things, the truth doesn’t matter

Local tragedies as worthy of commemoration as national events, Taoiseach says in Dromcollogher

Fire in Limerick cinema claimed lives of 48 people in September 1926 after a candle fell on a reel of nitrate film

Ireland set to join EU-Nigeria ‘migrant returns’ pact

Five EU states plan to send migrants to offshore centres next year

Trump expected to use Qatar-donated Air Force One for visit to Ireland

Flight on luxury aircraft would be first use for an overseas trip since questions raised about its defensive capabilities

Russian ambassador not in position to ‘lecture’ Ireland over Ukraine war stance, says Taoiseach

State accused of ‘copy-pasting EU conspiracy theories’ after Yury Filatov summoned to meeting in wake of drone attack at German airport

No access to Phoenix Park for two days next week due to Donald Trump’s visit

Dublin park to close from 11pm on Thursday before US president’s visit on Saturday morning

Apathy and ignorance south of the Border remain significant blocks to Irish unity

A Border poll was never really on the table, and that is where there is considerable Anglo-Irish agreement

Melania Trump to skip US president’s Ireland visit

People before Profit TD Paul Murphy says he has ‘every confidence’ President Catherine Connolly will challenge Trump on Palestine

Irish bus and rail fare hikes of up to 35% are confirmed

It is envisaged increases of more than 30% on some tickets will take effect from January, says National Transport Authority

Taoiseach does not rule out cutting excise on alcohol in Budget

Government cut the VAT rate for the hospitality sector as part of last year’s budget

Donald Trump to meet Catherine Connolly and Micheál Martin in Phoenix Park

Doubts over separate stop by US president to turn sod at new US embassy complex in Ballsbridge

Harris indicates income tax package could be above €1.5bn if additional revenues raised

Minister for Finance determined that people would not be penalised with higher tax bracket if in receipt of overtime pay or promotion

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Hugh, Pat, Ellen and Jack took to the stage at Electric Picnic on Saturday

Bessborough campaigners seek judicial review over plan to build apartments at Cork site

The burial place of more than 800 children who spent time at Bessborough mother and baby institution is unknown

The Irish Government is helping to usher in a new wartime economy in Europe

Europe has stumbled into a new growth paradigm with a reliance on the permanent threat of war

Further deferral of increases in fuel prices beyond November remains possible

Now-delayed restoration of excise would have added 10 cent to litre of diesel and 9 cent to petrol from Monday

Madonna should invite Micheál Martin over for dinner – they have a lot in common

After all, both performers continue to flourish despite being in the twilight of gilded careers

Planned increases to fuel excise duty from next month will not go ahead, Government says

Restoration of cuts to be kept under review while geopolitical situation remains uncertain, Minister says

E-scooter ban for under-18s deferred after AG intervention

Rossa Fanning tells Government primary legislation will be required to introduce the measure

Water rationing is probably inevitable unless people are made to pay for it

The existing system of unlimited free public water for all households is unsustainable in the long term and unfair

Details of Taoiseach’s correspondence with tech giant Apple withheld on security grounds

Some of the world’s biggest technology companies lobbied the Government on AI and online safety before Ireland’s EU presidency

Rural TDs lobby Simon Harris to stall plans to reinstate full rate of fuel excise duty

There are mixed views among Coalition backbenchers over next month’s planned increase

Child poverty fell by less than 1% last year, Government progress report shows

Rate of consistent child poverty fell to below 8% for first time but is still far from 2030 target of 3%

Protests planned for Trump’s Doonbeg visit

US president expected to arrive on September 12th and meet Taoiseach, before travelling to Doonbeg, Co Clare

Martin going ‘bananas’ over Border poll makes party members go nuts

Now is the time to at least start discussions about what a reunited Ireland might look like

Long-term storage of nuclear waste must be key consideration in debate

Nuclear waste never goes away; its forever storage is part of the cost of nuclear energy

FG TDs ask firm behind Friedreich’s ataxia drug to consider compassionate access scheme

Meeting held with representatives from Biogen, which makes drug Skyclarys

‘A very dark day in Carlow’: Sisters seriously injured in fatal M9 crash are named

Taoiseach ‘shocked and saddened at horrific road crash’

M9 crash: Minister for Justice condemns ‘outrageously dangerous criminal behaviour’

Gardaí to get pursuit training, Jim O’Callaghan says

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