Dublin South-Central constituency candidates list: Sinn Féin’s reversal of fortunes has put paid to a second seat for them
Election 2024: Sinn Féin's Aengus Ó Snodaigh was just shy of two quotas in 2020
Patrick Costello
Go big or no home: Conor McGregor’s plans for Kildare house are repelled by county council
Pete Taylor’s latest legal battle; Irish tech titan spashes out; and Ceann Comhairle says no to Armenian genocide tree
More than 40 Garda members convicted or given probation over last decade
Minister for Justice Helen McEntee sayas ‘vast majority’ of the 14,000 members of An Garda Síochána ‘uphold the values of the organisation and serve the State with integrity each and every day’
More than 1,500 Defence Forces personnel bought their way out of service since 2019
Recruitment and retention crisis continues
Green Party TDs and Senators urge ministers to use ‘soft power’ for Gaza on St Patrick’s Day
Backbenchers write to Government asking it to use ‘powerful voice’ to help achieve ceasefire
Garda Commissioner not taking recent arson attacks seriously, Costello tells Dáil
TD says ‘there is a systemic issue here’ following recent incidents at properties earmarked for housing asylum seekers
Greens in power: How the party has quietly become the most effective member of Coalition
Harry McGee looks at the party's performance in Government ahead of the party's annual conference in Cork
Drink-driving checks by Garda have halved since pre-pandemic levels
Number of drivers detected using mobile phones sharply declines while speeding detections were higher during pandemic, when traffic volume plummeted
What is the Green Party doing for under-35s?
Party claims it has helped introduce cost rental housing, more rural bus routes, cheaper public transport and improved cycling infrastructure
The true cost of extreme wealth - a Letter to the Editor by economists, artists and politicians calls for new taxes on the rich
Economists and politicians, including Joe O’Brien and Neasa Hourigan, call on G20 member states to enact new tax regimes
Staffing at care units for highly vulnerable children running at less than half required level
Just under 105 of the 221 posts in the country’s three centres are filled
More than double the number leaving Defence Forces as are being recruited
Discharges and inductions for 2022 indicate more than 890 departures and less than 440 joined up
Pat Leahy: A new united Ireland will have to be a bit more British than the current Republic
The North is learning to manage its sectarian demons. But getting Stormont back will be more difficult
If Patrick Costello had his way, we’d be on a grand day off to celebrate King Billy
The Orange Order has never acknowledged responsibility for up to 10 deaths and hundreds of injuries at Drumcree alone. Does that really chime with a jolly holiday?
Only 1% of vacant site levies collected in 2021
A total of 12 councils do not have a vacant sites register and have never imposed a fine on any landowner
Oireachtas committee wants to scrutinise use of facial recognition technology by gardaí
Minister for Justice Simon Harris has indicated he will introduce technology by amending existing body cameras Bill
Green TDs to discuss plan for imminent Sinn Féin eviction ban motion
Leo Varadkar this week defended Government’s decision to let moratorium lapse at the end of March
Miriam Lord: Can China understand a word that Mattie McGrath says?
Chinese-manufactured surveillance cameras come sharply into focus in the Leinster House of Flying Daggers
Green TDs concerned about law giving Garda access to facial-recognition technology
Junior Coalition members accept need for body cameras but feel facial recognition flawed on age, gender and race
‘We can have trade without investor courts’: Greens’ anti-Ceta faction are not for turning
Party members urged to pressure leader Eamon Ryan over ‘damascene conversion’ to trade deal
Suspended Green TD indicates he would vote against Coalition over Ceta trade deal
Patrick Costello lost party whip earlier this year over a different Dáil vote, with suspension due to end on Friday
TD’s case over Ceta shines a light on contentious investor courts system
System set up by former European colonial powers favours the wealthy, say critics
Michael McDowell: Fine Gael should bow its head in shame over EU-Canada trade deal
There is nothing as close-minded and arrogant as Fine Gael Euro-federalists with the bit between their teeth
Ceta ruling: Green Party support for Costello’s victory subdued in public
Joy among colleagues concentrated in left wing while most of party left cold on question of EU-Canada trade deal
Ceta appeal may be among ‘most important’ in Supreme Court’s history, judge says
Appeal raised issues of profound significance for democracy and sovereignty
Ireland’s proposed ratification of EU-Canada trade deal unconstitutional as Irish law stands, Supreme Court rules
Majority court indicates government could ‘cure’ the unconstitutionality via legislation
Supreme Court to hear final arguments in Ceta trade deal appeal
Green Party TD fears ratification could affect environmental regulation in Republic
The Irish Times view on the aftermath of the maternity hospital vote: a shrinking majority
The breach with Hourigan and Costello comes as tensions within the Green party over the ratification of the Canada-EU trade deal may be about to reignite
Green Party TD and locals oppose build-to-rent plan for Rialto
Apartment scheme would include 137 units over six blocks
Politicians from main parties on both sides of Border reject plans for ‘amnesty’
‘Investigations, prosecutions, inquests and civil actions cannot be abolished, and due process must take place’
Department suspended Extern’s funding over abuse controversy
Charity working with vulnerable young people receives over €20m in public funding
The Irish Times view on Green Party in government: Self-inflicted damage
If party is to avoid coalition previous fate, it needs to show unity and spend more time talking about its accomplishments
Miriam Lord: Power couples locked in a battle for control of the ecosphere
Green soap forgotten as spirit of Cromwell evoked in Dáil
Green Party leader Eamon Ryan will not vote for Hazel Chu in Seanad byelection
Ryan says he will ‘talk to my colleagues’ about Chu’s role as Green Party chairwoman
Costello ‘will consider’ Greens’ reservations about court action on Ceta
Party discusses TD’s challenge to Government plan to ratify trade agreement
Hazel Chu: ‘I would look in the mirror and wish I was different’
Parenting in my Shoes: Lord Mayor of Dublin on racism, skin colour and why she stopped speaking to her daughter in Chinese
Greens’ coalition partners: ‘Now we know not to count them into our figures’
Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil TDs glad voting indiscipline has come now and not on budget
Hazel Chu: ‘The Green Party needs new leadership and a system overhaul’
Dublin’s new Lord Mayor wants a new party leader, and to ‘make a difference’ for the city
Green Party’s Hazel Chu elected Lord Mayor of Dublin
Not enough to be ‘not racist, we must be anti-racist,’ says councillor, who speaks of her heritage
Greens’ leader in North says draft programme not the change people voted for
Ryan argues the deal is the best one available, and will enable historic progress on climate action
Green chief in North is latest to oppose programme for government
Clare Bailey MLA abstained last week in vote on blueprint agreed with FG and FF
TDs and senators back ‘best achievable’ programme for government
Crucially, Catherine Martin, the Green Party deputy leader, has supported the deal
Programme for government: Will this one fly?
They appear to have got what they asked for, but will it be enough for the Greens?
State will top up childcare workers wages, says Zappone
Minister announces new scheme will be used in conjunction with existing Revenue subsidy
Fianna Fáil's Tom Brabazon elected Lord Mayor of Dublin
Councillor apologises for controversial gender remarks
Fine Gael candidates not sitting comfortably as rivals eye their seats
Latest Irish Times/Ipsos MRBI poll suggests Taoiseach’s party could suffer casualties
Children’s hustings: ‘You are meant to be someone kids like me can look up to’
Politicians on best behaviour as they are quizzed by youngsters on a range of issues
Election 2020: Green Party pledges to extend smokey coal ban if in government
Party would increase air monitoring and ban cars in vicinity of schools
Dublin needs more hotels, says Fáilte Ireland, after vote to curb
City planner says limiting hotels under development plan would leave council open to legal action
Planners refuse 102-bed Bartra co-living plan for Rathmines
Planning official criticises room layout and says numbers using kitchen/living area was ‘objectionable’
Call for special council meeting to discuss Dublin ‘cultural crisis’
Pending closure of Bernard Shaw pub has sparked ‘great anger’
Green Party glue holding new alliances together in changed political landscape
Smaller parties are now working with Fianna Fáil in ways that should worry Fine Gael
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