Peadar Tóibín

Internal briefing warns of ‘severe demands’ put on Tusla service for child asylum seekers

Simon Harris leaps to defence of Helen McEntee after Peader Tóibín decries ‘cynical nonsense’

Mary Lou McDonald says inner-city communities ‘sick and tired’ of sense of ‘threat and dread’, lack of support and services

Agreement is standardised immigration control system across member states including tougher borders and holding centres for migrants

The only certainty is uncertainty, but here are the key bellwethers and battlegrounds in the European and local elections

Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan

Peader Tóibín says candidates will be ‘competitive’ in 24 local electoral areas

Not everyone is promising Aontú a first preference but the European candidate is changing the minds of some traditional voters

Live debate on RTE Upfront features Peter Casey, Barry Cowen, Luke Ming Flanagan, Saoirse McHugh, Chris MacManus, Pauline O’Reilly. Peadar Tóibín and Maria Walsh

Candidates face a battle where party running mates could be their most dangerous rivals transfers will in many cases be decisive

Names on European candidates’ replacement lists matter more than usual with a general election on the horizon

Aontú's Peadar Tóibín tells Dáil ‘the Minister for Justice does not know what’s happening in the Department’ in light of immigration crisis

Party leader Peadar Tóibín says a new ‘international city’ should be built in Ireland at ardfheis in Maynooth

Party leader Peadar Tóibín calls at ardfheis for Irish Sea border which would impose passport controls on asylum seekers arriving into Northern Ireland

The conservative one-TD party is riding high after being the only party to call for no-no votes in the family and care referendums so disastrously lost by the Government parties in March

Playing the law-and-order card may be a savvy political gambit, but hard facts stand up the argument

Mary Lou McDonald ‘wrong-footed’ on major issues as party seeks centre ground to secure majority, Tóibín tells podcast

Most children are rejected from the programme, meaning they must face court proceedings

Opposition parties demand early general election as Taoiseach shocks country by announcing he would resign as Fine Gael leader immediately and step down as the head of Government in early April

Your essential end-of-week politics catch up: Ministers’ relief to go wheels-up for St Patrick’s Day

Lack of independent scrutiny raises questions about spending of public money in family and care referendums

Spoils of victory have been picked up by those individuals and groups who urged the public to mark X in their No columns

How the Government lost - and the No side won - the care and family referendums

Just 25% of electorate had cast a ballot in Dublin city as of last night

Yes and No sides hold final press conferences ahead of Friday’s voting on the amendments on family and care

Party leader Peadar Tóibín appeals for ‘No-No’ vote in Friday’s referendums

Referendum countdown: Here is how many of the most prominent organisations recommend you vote - and why

Wearing odd shoes an ‘occupational hazard’ for Tánaiste; Peadar Tóibín and Heather Humphreys lock horns over rural regeneration; and a Tardis replica excites Paschal Donohoe

National Screening Service says accreditation issues of cervical cancer screening lab have been resolved

Peadar Tóibín tells party’s ardfheis that Helen McEntee is focused on hate speech legislation rather than crime and policing

Taoiseach accused of adopting a ‘let-them-eat-cake’ approach to childcare providers who warn they may have to close due to inadequate funding, excessive regulation and heavy-handed bureaucracy

Figures show social workers sent more than 700 cases of suspected abuse to the Garda in one month

More than 550 deaths in 2022 were associated with such incidents in trend linked by HSE to increased reporting but described as ‘jaw dropping’ by TD

Irrespective of whether the Bill makes it into law, individuals and organisations in Irish society must a find a way of being kind while robustly defending free speech

The Co Meath town’s population has exploded over the past 20 years, and many locals say the proposed 2036 completion date for a new rail service will be far too late

Some 10,038 healthcare-related claims were received by the State Claims Agency between 2018 and 2022

Five of those who died were under the age of 30, in data released to Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín

Immediate priority must be to expand availability of termination in hospitals and tackling ‘uneven geographic spread’ of GPs providing services, Tánaiste says

Report recommends three-day ‘pause period’ for women seeking abortion services be no longer mandatory

Oireachtas committee members were ‘shocked’ after a fractious session with Department of Health secretary general Robert Watt