What’s the point of an election if it inevitably means the same parties get back in?
The shameful and eternal truth about the Irish left is that as long as it stands apart, it falls apart
The shameful and eternal truth about the Irish left is that as long as it stands apart, it falls apart
Labour and Sinn Féin claim scheme has inflationary effect, increasing price of housing for first time buyers
Solidarity campaign chair tells protestors to ensure every politician knows territory is ‘key’ issue in lead up to polling day
Election 2024: Richard Boyd-Barrett, with a strong local and national brand, is well dug in at this stage
Opposition raise claims Government warned by US ambassador of ‘consequences’ if legislation is passed
Ireland’s Central Bank is facilitating ‘sale of war bonds by Israel’, People Before Profit leader claims
Past four months has seen a significant increase in the number of Jordanians seeking international protection in Ireland
Deputies and senators address each other as ‘comrade’ in corridors as speculation continues about Oireachtas member allegedly recruited as a Russian agent
Richard Boyd-Barrett says the money should be spent on building social housing
Cairn Homes proposals in Blackrock and Dublin 18 refused planning permission
Richard Boyd Barrett appeals for Minister to urgently intervene, citing Government pledge to give access to music to all young people and students
Seán Fleming subsequently withdrew remark in case anyone ‘felt the comments were directed at them’
Richard Boyd-Barrett tells Housing Fight Back rally current State policy is a ‘disaster’
Tánaiste acknowledges ‘truly shocking’ lack of response from successive Irish governments until the 1990s
‘Shame on you’ - Taoiseach gives Mattie McGrath an earful over his criticism of An Garda Síochána
Planning and Development Bill wording offers ‘flexibility’ in building more social housing, says Fine Gael’s Kieran O’Donnell
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
Listless Leinster House in referendums voting week shows the only votes that really interest TDs and senators are the ones where seats are up for grabs
People Before Profit TD Richard Boyd Barrett called on the Government to address the ‘grossly unfair’ situation
Ceann Comhairle suspends chamber after People Before Profit TDs, calling for a debate on Gaza, fail to resume their seats
Richard Boyd Barrett and Mick Barry refused to resume seats despite Ceann Comhairle’s appeals
Party rejects idea of ‘two-state solution’ in newly published pamphlet and call for new ‘secular, democratic Palestine’ in place of Israel
During my almost 40 years of life here, I have never hidden my Jewish identity; there have been antisemitic incidents, but they are rare. For the first time, however, I am concerned about my security
Ires and other European property stocks have rallied since late October amid hopes the ECB will cut rates at pace next year
People Before Profit calls for boycott ambassador’s reception over US refusal to back Gaza ceasefire
Health service has received ‘substantial increase’ in funding in recent years due to increased demand on hospitals, primary care spending, pension and legal costs
People Before Profit TD says he has ‘an unquestionable record of opposing anti-Semitism’ as he calls for ‘intifada’ against Israel
Social Democrats leader has tabled motion to withdraw diplomatic status of Israeli ambssador, while Government has put forward countermotion
Temperatures in the seas around Ireland and the UK were 3-5 degrees higher than normal in June - and climate change is to blame. Graphic: NOAA
‘What is happening in Palestine is another chapter in the dark history of genocide’, says Richard Boyd Barrett
Leo Varadkar says it is important to keep ‘some line of communications open’ while rejecting any suggestion that Ireland indirectly funds Hamas
If Government gave her a gig to achieve the abandonment of neutrality, they should get their money back
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald condemned the attack ‘outright’ on Monday but not before some party representatives avoided criticising the Hamas atrocity
Taoiseach tells Dáil solidarity will ‘evaporate very quickly’ if Israel does not show restraint in its response to Hamas attack
Alliance of political, trade union, student, environmental and campaigning groups joined march in Dublin
Micheál Martin tells Dáil inflation is on ‘downward trajectory’ but People Before Profit’s Richard Boyd Barrett says people are being ‘absolutely crucified’
Opposition says any tax cut for landlords will not build a single additional home
Ban would ‘stop an already bad situation getting worse,’ says Richard Boyd Barrett
Actor and trade unionist who played role in Pirates of the Caribbean says he earned less than €10,000 from acting last year and has no pension of his own
Shop-owners in the south Dublin town are tackling vacancy and dereliction by giving their shopfronts facelifts
Community responds to anti-immigration protests in Ballybrack, while NUJ calls on Iconic Media to clarify its publication of AI-generated article about refugees
Rallies are said to be a reaction to an attack on the family home of an Independent councillor and the vandalising of a building rumoured to have been approved for refugees
‘When the wheels came off the bus,’ is how the interim director general chose to describe the moment Tubsgate exploded in Montrose
Senior figures from national broadcaster subjected to hours of detailed questioning by politicians about payments to Ryan Tubridy
Historian and Irish Times columnist Prof Diarmaid Ferriter declined invitation to take part as he believed the format would not provide a sufficiently wide consultation
Event organised by Irish Neutrality League in Dublin rejects any attempt to move Ireland closer to Nato
Tánaiste said in Dáil that TDs Paul Murphy and Richard Boyd Barrett were ‘no great advocates of freedom of speech’
Minister for Social Protection Heather Humphreys has said the situation the State was facing was ‘unprecedented’, with over 100,000 people having arrived from Ukraine and elsewhere over the last year
People Before Profit TD Richard Boyd Barrett says family were ‘cruelly and ruthlessly evicted by force’ from rented south Dublin home
Opposition TDs Paul Murphy and Richard Boyd Barrett critical of State broadcaster’s plan to air four-hour ceremony
Campaigners claiming indigenous communities in Colombia have historic right to Smurfit Kappa land target agm for second year as mediation gets under way
Forums on foreign and defence policy to take place in June
Taoiseach denounces ‘dishonest politics’ after Social Democrats leader says Government blames Opposition for its own ‘abject failure’
Minister of State has denied allegations made by online site The Ditch pertaining to application
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Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices