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13:30 Pope Francis’s funeral: who is attending and how it will be marked in Ireland

World leaders to gather in Rome on Saturday but arrangements at home are more muted

22/04 CMO Mary Horgan: ‘People often forget how bad infections were; our memories sometimes are short’

Chief medical officer Mary Horgan on Covid-19, alcohol warning labels, and the goals for her time in office

21/04 Pope Francis ‘a voice for humanity and justice’, says President Higgins

Late pontiff advocated on behalf of the poor, marginalised and those affected by war and conflict – Taoiseach

21/04 Trump tariffs bring furrowed brows to Ireland’s Botox town

Westport makes the world’s entire supply of the anti-wrinkle drug — now the feat is that production could move to the US

21/04 Mary Hanafin ‘open to conversation’ with Fianna Fáil on presidential run

Former minister for education and Dún Laoghaire TD says the decision will ultimately be up to Taoiseach Micheál Martin

20/04 Daughter of Easter Rising participant ‘proud’ to attend GPO commemorative event

President Michael D Higgins led a commemoration ceremony outside the GPO to mark the 1916 Easter Rising

19/04 Policing short-term lets to become a legal nightmare

Plan suggested for deciding penalties on errant platforms seems promote bureaucracy over efficiency

19/04 Irish and British futures are codependent and entangled

Worldview: Running through contemporary debates is a battle between those who say reconciliation should come before constitutional change and those who argue for the reverse

19/04 Miriam Lord’s Easter awards: Best Varadkar tribute act, Jemser balance respected and outstanding Dáil dust-up

From the Burke family to Mattie McGrath and Michael Lowry, here are the winners of Miriam Lord's Easter awards

18/04 Urgent action needed to ‘clear fog’ and progress transition to clean energy 

The Nesc findings would be used to inform ongoing work of Government to deliver the transition

18/04 Pat Leahy: Poll shows voters are already grumpy with the Government

Fears over Donald Trump and impatience on housing highlighted by new survey

18/04 Rory McIlroy’s wish to be identified as Northern Irish is typical of his generation

Support for Sinn Féin is growing in the North, but support for a united Ireland isn’t. This is not as strange as it might seem

18/04 Fears over Donald Trump and impatience on housing: Poll shows voters are already grumpy with the Government

Fears over Donald Trump and impatience on housing highlighted by new survey

17/04 Leave pharma out of any European Union tariff retaliation, Government told

Pharmaceutical industry asks Coalition to use EU influence to push ‘competitiveness’ agenda

17/04 Why are Trump and his fellow architects of chaos so obsessed with Ireland?

Perhaps the answer is simply entertainment: Conor McGregor in the White House makes for much better TV than Micheál Martin

17/04 Simon Harris boom well and truly bust in latest poll findings

Only on one previous occasion, in February 1994, did Fine Gael go as low as 16 per cent in an Irish Times/Ipsos B&A poll

14/04 Luas Cork: Preferred route for €2bn project unveiled

Proposed line from Ballincollig to Mahon would feature 25 stops and connect key destinations along the route

14/04 Battlegroup troops test out new technology for wider Defence Forces

New equipment, which includes night vision technology, body armour and weapons, was issued to the 172 Irish soldiers assigned to the rapid reaction force

12/04 Pat Leahy: A Barry Heneghan brag and a brazen wheeze by the Soc Dems reveal a lot about Irish politics

Never mind the PR: the Social Democrats are just as likely to pull a political stroke as anyone else in Leinster House

12/04 Miriam Lord’s Week: Plot twists and U-turns at a crunch meeting in Washington

While Simon Harris waited for the US commerce secretary, Donald Trump was announcing a pause on tariffs

12/04 Taoiseach would put Irish boots on the ground in Ukraine peacekeeping force

Martin critical of some local authorities for failing to build enough – or any – social houses

12/04 State resistant to European Union tax on US tech firms, says Taoiseach

Martin cites damage to ‘significant sector’ in Republic if union should impose levies as retaliation

10/04 Ireland and UK increasingly seen as global ‘safe zones’ for investors, Taoiseach says

Two governments provide stability that is appealing for investment, Micheál Martin says

09/04 Teenager forced to use walker, wheelchair because of endometriosis pain

Dáil hears of women waiting nine years for diagnosis, forced to go abroad for specialised surgical treatment

09/04 Siobhán Fenton: Rambunctious roars of speaking rights row giving way to realisation that voters don’t care

It’s a real turn-off for voters when critical issues such as housing crisis and looming trade war have been overshadowed by aggressive and chaotic Dáil scenes

09/04 More departures from Children’s Health Ireland expected after Hiqa report finds use of springs in surgery ‘wrong’

CHI chief Lucy Nugent seeks to assure families of ‘commitment to ensuring that something like this never happens again in our organisation’

07/04 Three key tasks the Irish Government faces in Trump tariffs crisis

As the seriousness of the situation becomes clear, it would be hard to overstate the fear around Government about the US tariffs’ implications

05/04 Charm offensive: The close personal encounters with charmers that leave us uneasy

We know charm is routinely weaponised in politics, business and personal relationships. Still, we’re not always immune to charming people, and maybe we don’t want to be

05/04 Miriam Lord: Shades of an Oasis love-in as Lucinda rolls with Fine Gael’s Gallagher brothers

Quite the occasion for Christine Lagarde, as Paschal Donohoe reacts to Trump’s tough tariffs wondering ‘what we can do that can unite us’

05/04 Trump tariffs: Coalition to push back on requests for business supports

Planning under way for Tánaiste Simon Harris to travel to Washington to meet US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick

04/04 Nama chief is Government’s preferred option for ‘housing tsar’

New role will head up the Strategic Housing Activation Office, which is being established in the Department of the Taoiseach in the coming weeks

04/04 The Irish Times view on tariffs fallout: shockwaves around the world

Donald Trump is transforming geopolitics and the global economic order. It would be naïve to think things will ever be the same again

04/04 Micheál Martin has never stayed overnight in official Taoiseach residence

Leo Varadkar stayed at Steward’s Lodge in the Phoenix Park 119 times during his time in office

03/04 Ireland urges caution as EU prepares response to Trump’s tariffs on imports into US

Government has been privately urging the bloc not to escalate the brewing trade war

03/04 Mick O’Dwyer tributes: ‘He set the standard for all of us and we’re only trotting after him’

President leads tributes to Mick O’Dwyer as the worlds of sport and politics remember the Kerry great

03/04 Trump tariffs: EU prepared to respond with countermeasures if talks fail, von der Leyen says

‘No justification’ for 20% tariffs, Taoiseach says; Pharmaceutical products not be included for now, says White House

03/04 Miriam Lord: The drama of the Opposition’s walkout lost its potency when government backbenchers also bailed

A few Government buckeroos squawked their disapproval as Mary Lou and her boys made for the double doors to the right of Verona

03/04 Donald Trump goes after ‘dirty’ countries with savage tariffs that could cripple vulnerable economies

Donald Trump’s long-awaited plan to impose hefty tariffs on America’s trade partners has arrived and some of the world’s most vulnerable economies have been harshly punished.

02/04 Trump tariffs: US to charge 20% tariffs on all EU imports

Live updates: Trump dubs this ‘Liberation Day’ and announces US will impose 10% tariff on imports from the UK

02/04 Government must ‘flex legal muscle’ to force religious orders to contribute to redress schemes

Congregations ‘operated as criminal networks in mother and baby homes’, Social Democrats acting leader tells Dáil

02/04 Trump tariffs: US president promises ‘Liberation Day’ as Ireland and EU brace for measures

White House says it could be ‘one of the most important days in modern American history’ with Trump set to speak at 9pm Irish time

01/04 Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy bears ‘no ill will’ after winning confidence motion

Taoiseach accused Opposition of ‘mob politics’, while Sinn Féin leader said Verona Murphy’s role was ‘delivered’ by Michael Lowry

01/04 Women protesting outside Leinster House strip-searched, one subjected to cavity search

TDs protest at Garda treatment, Taoiseach did not understand ‘necessity for any strip-searching’

01/04 Analysis: Just as politics gets angrier, governing is going to get harder

The motion of confidence in Verona Murphy was not without its repercussions

01/04 Verona Murphy confidence motion: Ceann Comhairle expected to survive Dáil vote

Opposition no confidence motion in Wexford TD has become a Goverment confidence motion

01/04 Irish pharma exports to US projected to halve over five years in event of trade war

Cabinet to be briefed on potential impact of US tariffs on the EU

31/03 Legislation being examined as way to deal with Dublin Airport cap ‘once and for all’

Potential for EU-US trade war has added to need for action on passenger cap

31/03 Woman taking Melania’s place

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30/03 Wednesday could see the start of a US-EU trade war – how would Ireland be affected?

With Washington expected to unveil tariffs on the EU and Trump setting his sights on Irish pharma, April 2nd is being viewed with dread in boardrooms and Government Buildings

29/03 Speaking rights for Michael Lowry would not be on my list of issues critical to our democracy

Row is yet more evidence of politicians’ preoccupation with trivia as storm clouds gather abroad and housing crisis worsens at home

28/03 Verona Murphy will survive vote of confidence as Ceann Comhairle but at what cost to her standing?

Row over speaking rights has put all other Dáil business in abeyance for two months

28/03 Dublin Airport cap at risk of being dragged into US trade tensions

American carrier group Airlines for America to meet Government officials to discuss contentious limit

27/03 Office of DPP has played ‘pivotal role’ in criminal justice system for 50 years - Taoiseach

Independence of service is embedded in society, but is not a shield from scrutiny, says Director of Public Prosecutions

27/03 European leaders united in opposition to lifting sanctions on Russia as condition of ceasefire in Ukraine

Europe’s ‘reassurance force’ could guarantee Ukrainian security following peace, says French president

26/03 The Irish Times view on Verona Murphy: confidence ebbs in a house divided

In their eagerness to copperfasten an impregnable majority, Government parties unwittingly set a booby trap for themselves

26/03 Michael Lowry gives masterclass in smug ingratitude amid Dáil chaos over speaking time

Two-digit TD for Tipperary gloated dismissively as Opposition raged over Ceann Comhairle’s decision to bring Dáil confrontation over speaking rights to abrupt end

25/03 ‘Shame, shame, shame’: Opposition leaders accuse Coalition of giving ‘two fingers’ to democracy in row over speaking rights

Combined Opposition leaders have accused the Coalition of giving “two fingers” to democracy

25/03 ‘Shame, shame, shame’: Dáil adjourned for the day after row over speaking rights

Opposition TDs and Government clash as Ceann Comhairle said change to standing orders was carried in electronic vote

25/03 Taoiseach hits out at ‘politically manufactured’ row over Dáil speaking rights

Opposition will carry out ‘dignified disruption’ if Government pushes through proposals

25/03 The Irish Times view on the National Planning Framework: inertia is inexcusable

This Government is staring at the vista of its own abject failure to deliver on its single biggest promise

22/03 Pat Leahy: Taoiseach was cock-a-hoop after his meeting with Trump, but a quick reality check followed

I have never seen such obvious stress as I saw on the faces of Irish officials sitting on the Oval Office couch praying for the ordeal to end. I have never seen such relief afterwards

22/03 ‘The thinking has shifted’: Trump’s trade war spells economic pain for Ireland as Dublin plans for damage limitation

The working assumption had been that Trump would use the threat of tariffs to get people around the table, but that has changed

22/03 Rosie O’Donnell apologises to Micheál Martin for being dragged into her feud with Donald Trump

Taoiseach was questioned about actor and comedian, who now lives in Howth, during visit to the White House

22/03 Taoiseach taps ESRI’s McQuinn as economic adviser

Economics professor Alan Ahearne had previously served as adviser to Micheál Martin

21/03 Trump’s tariffs approach risks dividing EU on response, Taoiseach warns

Sector-by-sector attack could lead to block being ‘sucked in’ to similar retaliation, Martin says

20/03 Irish Bill not going to impact immediate decisions of Israeli government, says Taoiseach

EU leaders meet in Brussels over Middle East, Ukraine and potential US trade war

20/03 Taoiseach rejects claim of stalling over Oireachtas committees to protect Michael Lowry group

Sinn Féin leader says Dáil in ‘cold storage’ and that Government’s priority is ‘money for junior Ministers’

20/03 Inside Politics: EU leaders to discuss biggest programme of rearmament since 1930s

Dáil rows revolve around housing while speaking rights dispute rumbles on

20/03 Finn McRedmond: Michael D Higgins’s grandiose statements about military spending won’t raise Ireland’s stock

The universe where Ireland can bask in our peacenik status is gone

19/03 Taoiseach ‘sniggered’ about housing in Oval Office in action of ‘obsequious coward’, claims Sinn Féin leader

Martin says McDonald's 'feigned outrage' ignores his comments about housing being Ireland’s number-one issue

19/03 Inside Politics: Taoiseach to face Dáil criticism over Trump meeting

Senator Frances Black says she is open to running for president

19/03 Government to establish National Security Council

Taoiseach to chair group comprising Cabinet Ministers, Garda and Defence Forces chiefs and senior officials

18/03 Netanyahu defiant following Israeli air strikes that killed more than 400

Israeli prime minister says he ordered strikes because Hamas rejected proposals to secure extension to first phase of ceasefire deal that began in January

18/03 Taoiseach pledges to continue support for inner-city schemes set up after Hutch-Kinahan feud

Sporting and educational initiatives are among those helping to drive change in deprived area in capital

18/03 The Irish Times view on the Trump backlash: how not to make friends or influence people

Who would have guessed contempt for allies and crude attempts to interfere in their domestic politics would elicit such a negative response?

18/03 Frances Black says she is open to running for President

Independent senator concerned Occupied Territories Bill will be ‘watered down’ following Donald Trump’s election

18/03 Former Cork hurler Ger Fitzgerald dies at 60

Micheál Martin joins tributes to two-times All-Ireland champion

18/03 Amazon.ie opens for business as a dedicated website for Irish shoppers

Company is also launching ‘brands of Ireland’ section to help promote retailers

18/03 Conor McGregor comments on immigration in White House criticised as ‘wrong’ and ‘outrageous’

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre says reports of fighter’s meeting with US president ‘shocking’ given recent civil judgment in Nikita Hand case

17/03 Flight of the Trumpugees: The wealthy Americans fleeing the US for Europe

Rosie O'Donnell is not the only American fleeing the Trump administration

17/03 From ready meals to air defence radar: How Irish aid to Ukraine has evolved

Government policy is that only non-lethal aid is provided, but the type of assistance has changed since the war began

17/03 Ireland ‘incredibly important’ to Apple, Tim Cook tells Taoiseach

Letter from tech giant’s chief executive to Micheál Martin came against backdrop of concerns raised with in recent months about infrastructure

16/03 Trump tips and hand knits at the St Patrick’s Day parade in London

Olympic boxer Kellie Harrington and London mayor Sadiq Khan were among those at the head of the parade winding through the West End

16/03 Ireland isn’t a tax haven but it is perceived to be one

State hasn’t shaken off the Cayman Islands smear and the €14 billion Apple tax money has only reinforced the perception that we’re eating everyone else’s lunch

16/03 Burke family pays Facebook to promote its video of their Washington DC protest

Family member Josiah Burke has spent more than €45,000 since April 2019 promoting family campaigns on Facebook, data shows

16/03 Micheál Martin chuckling about the lack of housing was a stark reminder of Ireland’s identity crisis

We sometimes seem to be clutching Irish identity in a pinched fist. We struggle to reconcile our long history of migration with a generation locked out of Ireland over housing and growing unease about immigration

16/03 Overheard: Facebook whistleblower finds mischievous party animal Enda Kenny ‘almost charming’

Plus: James Dyson could be in for a land in Waterford; the Irish master of plaster; and the NCH’s bonus buyout

16/03 St Patrick: 13 facts you need to know about Ireland’s patron saint

What do we really know about our national apostle and what is merely myth?

16/03 How does a Buddhist respond in a world where might is right?

Rite & Reason: To sit down and meditate or kneel down and pray is possibly the most radical option we have. Finding silence and stillness reminds us that compassion is the only reasonable response

15/03 There was no Oval Office ambush, but that doesn’t mean the danger for Ireland has passed

Conservative commentator Michael Brendan Dougherty and Trinity College professor Daniel Geary debate what might happen next in US-Irish relations

15/03 Micheál Martin’s week in Washington: Meek Taoiseach and the Trump bomb that never went off

Hard to overstate level of trepidation in Taoiseach’s party before Wednesday’s meetings

15/03 David McWilliams: We witnessed in the White House the ‘Doonbegisation’ of Irish foreign policy

We know it’s a fantasy but let’s take it and move on, because the battles ahead will change our world in ways we have not yet contemplated

14/03 Gerard Howlin: Ireland is not anti-Semitic but it’s no wonder Jewish people here feel uncomfortable

There is no space left here for either a broader perspective or nuance. There is an increasingly automatic overlapping of Jewish people with Israel

14/03 Diarmaid Ferriter: Nobody should be mocked or lampooned for decrying the consequences of the new arms race

The Irish approach to foreign policy should not be to exaggerate our purity or indulge dictators, but neither should we parrot criticisms of our neutrality from miliary aligned states

14/03 Ireland intensifies preparations for transatlantic trade war amid US tariff threats

Harris to gather trade forum next week

14/03 Claire Byrne’s inner klaxons sound when a former Trump ambassador raises Enoch Burke’s imprisonment

Radio: Michaél Martin’s White House visit gives a dispiriting glimpse of the prism through which the Maga movement sees Ireland

13/03 Philosopher Richard Kearney and healthcare pioneer Michael Dowling awarded St Patrick’s Day Medals

Taoiseach pays tribute to ‘exceptional work being carried out by the Irish research diaspora across the US’

13/03 ‘A childish, criminal act’: Greens dug up and Palestinian flags planted at Trump’s Doonbeg golf course

Gardaí investigating after small group damaged course in apparent act of protest

13/03 Rosie O’Donnell calls Trump a ‘cheater’ and ‘Russian asset’ after Oval Office insult

Donald Trump renewed feud with comedian and actor after her move to Ireland

13/03 US media reaction to Trump-Martin visit: it could have been a lot worse

Media coverage in United States notes Taoiseach was mostly silent during the meeting

13/03 Micheál Martin sat smiling, struggling to interject, but there was no mistaking it: this was the Donald’s show

Taoiseach avoided Oval Office mauling as Trump railed against EU foes and heaped backhanded praise on Ireland

13/03 Museum to honour Irish people’s contributions to the United States is proposed for Washington

Visitors would be able to learn about Irish-American culture and history, say Friends of Ireland caucus in US Congress

13/03 Taoiseach is accused of ‘plámásing’ Trump at White House as critics scorn housing ‘joke’

Sinn Féin’s Eoin Ó Broin said joking about homes crisis was never ‘a good answer’

13/03 Micheál Martin hails ‘positive’ meeting with Trump as leaders exchange compliments during St Patrick’s Day events

Donald Trump expresses affection for Ireland but criticises the EU during White House meeting

12/03 ‘Ireland has our pharma companies’: Trump wants US drugs to be made at home

US president said that if he had been in the Oval Office when pharma companies first set up in Ireland, he would have imposed 200% tariffs on their return to the United States

12/03 ‘One of the great alliances’: Taoiseach underlines Irish-American relationship at JD Vance breakfast meeting

US vice-president, who has played the role of antagonist during recent summits, was generous in his assessment of Ireland

12/03 Trump may be in no mood for a deal with EU on tariffs

EU tariffs will try to bring Trump to negotiating table by hitting exports from Republican states

12/03 Martin-Trump meeting live updates: When does Taoiseach meet US president and who else will he talk to?

Fianna Fáil leader going to White House at a key time with tariffs coming into force and Ukraine ceasefire deal on table

12/03 John McManus: The more Trump talks of tariffs the better it is for Ireland

As long as they are front of mind they prevent a more thoughtful approach being adopted to the Irish trade surplus

11/03 Opposition parties united in one key issue Micheál Martin needs to raise with Trump

Consensus among Opposition that Gaza is most pressing issue the Taoiseach should highlight

11/03 Micheál Martin tight lipped ahead of Oval Office meeting with Trump, as Burke family travel to Washington

With Capitol Hill focused on budget and market concerns, fears that the Taoiseach might be walking into an ambush seem unlikely

11/03 ‘Hold your nerve’: Taoiseach enjoys good vibes in Texas ahead of Oval Office visit

Martin focuses in on his key message for Donald Trump - trade is a two-way street that has worked sweetly for Ireland and the US

10/03 US software company Tricentis to create 50 new jobs in Cork

Group chief executive Kevin Thompson said Ireland plays a ‘crucial role’ in the company’s ambition to drive revenue over $1bn

10/03 Micheál Martin ‘very conscious’ of thousands of jobs relying on US-Ireland relationship, he says in Texas

Taoiseach begins high-stakes US trip which includes Trump meeting on Wednesday

10/03 How Micheál Martin should approach his White House meeting with Trump

The Oval Office 2025 has become a fascinating and volatile court, so the Taoiseach might expect one or two curveballs coming his way

10/03 Taoiseach to meet Jewish leaders during US visit in move to repair Irish-Israeli relations

Meeting arranged to ‘discuss rise of global anti-Semitism and actions by Ireland to combat anti-Semitism’

09/03 Mark O'Connell: St Patrick’s Day is a celebration of the bits of our culture that are not worth celebrating

Even if this year’s White House visit goes well, Trump could still accept the shamrock bowl then promptly announce 25 per cent tariffs on Irish imports

08/03 Miriam Lord: Maga senator Sharon Keogan would only love to take Taoiseach’s place at shamrock jamboree

Independent senator wrote to the White House seeking a St Patrick’s Day invite

08/03 Micheál Martin goes into the lion’s den as he heads for Trump’s Oval Office

Government officials are nervous about Micheál Martin’s visit to Washington but they don’t expect the Zelenskiy treatment

07/03 The Irish Times view on Micheál Martin’s trip to Washington: a tricky assignment

It has been an unedifying spectacle to watch a string of international leaders pay homage to the new president,

07/03 Trump administration points to US-EU ‘trade imbalances’ ahead of Taoiseach’s visit

Proclamation signed by president on Thursday notes work being done to ‘correct’ gap

07/03 ‘Pat his little hand’ and 31 other tips for Taoiseach’s trip to the White House

Have a fanfare sound as you unfurl some paper decorated with squiggles. Tell him it is an invitation written in ancient Ogham from the Little People inviting him to visit the land of the leprechauns

07/03 Warm winds of co-operation blow through British-Irish relations

The two governments on message as joint initiatives on everything from wind energy, to security abound at convivial UK-Ireland summit

06/03 Keir Starmer hails ‘new era’ in British-Irish relations as governments meet to discuss security and economy

Taoiseach Micheal Martin says it is the ‘most extensive summit in a generation’ with the UK

06/03 Ireland and UK announce deal connecting offshore windfarms to energy networks

Martin and Starmer agree closer collaboration on subsea energy infrastructure

05/03 All criminal suspects ‘can’t be interned’, says Taoiseach, responding to ‘shocking’ bail figures

Mary Lou McDonald says bail situation ‘cannot continue’ as 40,348 suspects were on bail last year

05/03 Taoiseach insists Ireland will raise Ukraine and Gaza during Oval Office talks

Martin says he will make point ‘very strongly’ on consolidating Middle East ceasefire

05/03 Rubio raises US-Ireland ‘trade imbalance’ in phone call with Harris

US secretary of state’s comments may indicate Trump will raise issue with Martin during St Patrick’s Day visit

05/03 Taoiseach and Starmer meet; Trump’s 99-minute speech

As President ̉Zelenskiy succumbs to offer a minerals deal to US, President Trump' State of the Union address is a triumphant roll call of his achievements and a taunting of his enemies

05/03 Offshore renewables and solar panels are climate ‘game-changer’, says Taoiseach

Micheál Martin rejects claims Government is in ‘climate denial’

05/03 State-led offshore LNG facility will only be used following supply disruptions, says Minister

Opposition accuses Government of failing to consider independent analysis of zero-carbon energy backup options

04/03 Q&A: How the new gambling regulator will affect Irish punters

After 17 years of planning, almost no corner of the industry will be untouched by the new regime

04/03 Have your say: How should Taoiseach Micheál Martin approach his US visit?

There had been calls for Mr Martin not to attend the St Patrick’s Day event given Trump’s tumultuous presidency

04/03 Taoiseach faces political tightrope in meeting Trump

Cabinet decisions today largely reflect responses to changing global political environment

03/03 ‘They can’t defend themselves, let alone anybody else’: DUP leader says Ireland has relied on UK for defence for too long

Gavin Robinson calls on Ireland to 'step up to the plate' and invest more in defence

03/03 Neutrality fight beckons over proposal to modify ‘triple lock’ on overseas troop deployments

Tánaiste wants to scrap need for UN approval before Irish military can be sent abroad on peacekeeping missions

02/03 Ireland likely to commit to hundreds of millions in aid to Ukraine at emergency EU summit

EU leaders expected to agree on €20bn Ukraine package this week amid concerns over US support

02/03 ‘Better prepared’ businessman Peter Casey to run for president again after Higgins departure

Former Dragons’ Den panellist pledges distance from Europe and more pardons if elected

02/03 Draft legislation to change triple lock on Irish troop deployment to be brought to Cabinet

Simon Harris will also bring proposal to provide €100m in aid for Ukraine to Ministers

02/03 Pat Leahy: Government’s speaking-rights stroke is hardly an existential threat to democracy

The world is a changed place and Ireland must figure out how to deal with those changes. Would it not be an idea to have some debate about this in the national parliament?

02/03 Overheard: Daily Mail owner Lord Rothermere in a spot of bother with his Dublin tenants

Plus: Marc MacSharry will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree; Sammy Wilson’s silence; and Henry Kelly’s political allegiance

01/03 Miriam Lord’s Week: Charlie Haughey was framed and then he disappeared. But soon the mystery was solved

Micheál Martin was thrilled although for a while it looked like there’d been a drastic rewriting of history

01/03 Trump-Zelenskiy clash ‘very unsettling’, says Taoiseach ahead of White House trip

Micheál Martin says he was ‘looking forward’ to meeting US president, stressing ‘two-way relationship’ between Ireland and America

28/02 Bobby McDonagh: Micheál Martin should follow Macron’s playbook for handling Trump

The French president recognised the need to stroke Trump’s ego even as he confidently reasserted Europe’s position on several issues

28/02 Homelessness hits new high as 100 more children enter emergency shelter

Figures come as Minister rows back on Government commitment to end homelessness by 2030

28/02 Top finance official warns of fallout for Ireland from Israeli goods ban

Proposed law could affect relations with multinational companies employing hundreds of thousands of workers here

27/02 Miriam Lord: Taoiseach erupts at Sinn Féin lecturing others about doing the right thing while canonising IRA slaytriots

Ceann Comhairle tells Micheál Martin to stop carrying on like a child following goading by Pearse Doherty over Michael Lowry

27/02 Climate experts warn Government against move to import LNG from US

Letter to Taoiseach follows his assertion Ireland ‘will have to have an LNG facility of some kind’

27/02 Horses being left to ‘rot and die in city estates’, Limerick TD tells Dáil

Micheál Martin says ‘agencies need to get stronger and be more effective’ on animal welfare

27/02 Dáil speaking rights: FF/FG use committee majority to push through change

Opposition describe talks as a ‘sham’ as row is set to return to Dáil for vote

26/02 Ceann Comhairle tells Micheál Martin to ‘stop behaving like a child’

Verona Murphy calls on TDs to show respect as she describes Dáil being like a ‘playground’

26/02 Michael Lowry’s actions ‘pale into insignificance’ against IRA, says Martin

Tipperary TD seeking to make personal statement to Dáil, Verona Murphy says

26/02 Ukraine peace deal could come in phases following a pause in fighting, EU leaders told

Security guarantees could follow on from ceasefire, conference in wake of Macron-Trump summit heard

26/02 Quinlan family rejects Jadotville bravery medal while other soldiers are not recognised

The medal is being kept in the Military Archives for if the family’s position changes

25/02 The Irish Times view on the Dáil speaking time row: time to get back to work

the time has now come for both sides to devise an equitable solution that is proportionate to the scale of the problem

25/02 US sides with Russia to vote against UN resolution supporting Ukraine in extraordinary move

France’s Macron says a truce ‘could be done in the weeks to come’

24/02 Taoiseach expected to invite Trump to Ireland during St Patrick’s Day White House visit

Invitation for Trump will be extended as a normal courtesy, says Government sources

24/02 Ireland to donate air defence systems to Ukraine as war enters fourth year

Continued support for Ukraine ‘a necessity and not a choice’, Simon Harris to tell EU foreign ministers

24/02 Ireland to donate air defence systems to Ukraine as war enters third year

Continued support for Ukraine ‘a necessity and not a choice’, Tánaiste Simon Harris to tell EU foreign ministers

22/02 Taoiseach signals intention to expand private sector role in home building

‘We have to simply work on attracting private sector investment into house building at an appreciable scale that will make the difference’

22/02 Miriam Lord’s Week: Verona Murphy needs help understanding Micheál Martin, but does he know what he said himself?

The latest wheeze to appease Regional Independent TDs has further riled Opposition, and mystery surrounds a mooted Linda Martin presidency

21/02 Government to invest more than €6bn in public housing this year, says Taoiseach

Micheál Martin defends plan to exempt back-garden log cabins from planning permission, saying ‘solution mode’ needed

21/02 Justine McCarthy: Micheál Martin should go to Washington and remind Trump what Ireland stands for

Merrion Street’s promised “charm offensive” will have as much traction as water on a duck’s back in the madness of the court of King Trump

20/02 Paschal Donohoe says any reduction in EU-US trade would result in job losses and higher global prices

Donohoe claims US president’s comments have ‘consequences’, and he profoundly disagrees with Trump’s analysis of recent events in Europe

19/02 Social Protection rises or cost-of-living measures along lines of recent years ‘will not be needed in future’

Gap between state pension and inflation has narrowed, but the purchasing power of the payment to pensioners has weakened, officials told senior politicians

19/02 Conservative pundit Sean Hannity hosted Musk and Trump on Fox News just as Bernie Sanders was on CNN warning of the march to autocracy

Switching from one channel to the other and back is to glimpse the seismic drift between competing ideologies for America’s hearts and minds

19/02 Occupied Territories Bill not ready before summer at earliest - Taoiseach

Micheál Martin says most Bills on order paper are drafted and ‘ready to go’

18/02 US sees ‘incredible opportunities’ to work with Russia if its war on Ukraine ends

Kyiv warns against ‘ultimatums’ as US and Russia relaunch contacts with talks in Saudi Arabia

18/02 Taoiseach said he accused Sinn Féin leader of telling ‘untruths’ not ‘lies’ in Irish during housing debate

Michéal Martin said SF leader ‘ag insint bréaga’ in Dáil

18/02 Taoiseach accused of drinking too much ‘big tech Kool-Aid’

To shut door on data centres would send signal Ireland does not want to be part of ‘most profound economic revolution’, Micheál Martin says

18/02 Sinn Féin still awaiting clarification on whether Taoiseach will withdraw ‘telling lies’ comment

Michéal Martin said SF leader ‘ag insint bréaga’ in Dáil

18/02 Trump bids to end Ukraine war

Here in Ireland, the government is expected to propose €50m in non-lethal aid for Ukraine

18/02 Fianna Fáil interventions on housing prompt puzzlement in Fine Gael

Mood ahead of first Cabinet housing subcommittee more taut than might have been expected, following interventions by Taoiseach Micheál Martin

17/02 Taoiseach leads tributes to Fianna Fáil junior minister Dan Wallace (82)

Former minister of state, who twice served as Lord Mayor of Cork, died on Monday

16/02 Chinese foreign minister to meet Martin and Harris

Wang Yi will travel to Dublin after telling summit European countries must have role in Ukraine talks

16/02 How using a Deutsche Bank projection landed the Government in hot water on housing completions

The only 40,000 estimate for completions last year, which was often quoted in the general election campaign, came from Deutsche Bank

16/02 Pat Leahy: Micheál Martin is still the adult in the room, but now with added barbs and an air of impatience

There’s a sense that this is probably the last extended act in a long political career and that time is short

15/02 Taoiseach rejects Zelenskiy call for ‘armed forces of Europe’

Micheál Martin says Ireland continues to stand with Ukraine but ‘a European army isn’t on the agenda’

15/02 Department of Transport strongly backs Dublin Airport expansion and easing of passenger gap

Transport docs

15/02 Social housing firm may scale up Irish business again on hope of policy U-turn

Low-profile firm entered the market a decade ago and had 800 units at its peak across Dublin and other cities

15/02 Housing: Back to the drawing board for the Government or more of the same?

Ministers expected on Monday to discuss creation of ‘clearing office’ with aim to clear blockages in system and co-ordinate homebuilding and servicing of zoned lands

15/02 Miriam Lord’s Week: Harsh to blame Verona Murphy after Micheál Martin ignites slow-burning brouhaha

Call for elite squad of Ministers to be taught to watch their tongues before targetting Donald Trump in Operation Blarney

14/02 Scrapping rent controls and offering tax breaks under review, but no guarantee they will solve housing crisis

Micheál Martin looks to encourage private investors to return as housebuilding and apartment completions slow down

14/02 Justine McCarthy: When the institutions of the land imply women are inferior, it’s hard not to doubt yourself

It is a fundamental paradox of women’s second-class status that, amid all the talk of toxic masculinity, nobody ever mentions the toxic femininity that gives it life support

13/02 ‘My parents are proud’: Students from under-represented backgrounds receive funding for Stem study

Taoiseach said talent in science, technology, engineering and maths is ‘paramount’ for sustainable future and economy

13/02 Ireland’s climate and energy security must not be sacrificed to appease Trump with LNG deal - Friends of the Earth

‘Government must not lock Ireland into long-term gas addiction in short-term effort to distract US president’

13/02 Newton Emerson: Moral panic about build-to-rent apartments overlooks the obvious advantages

Extra supply at the top relieves pressure on the whole market. This is one form of trickle-down economics that works

12/02 Taoiseach and Sinn Féin leader in Dáil row over ‘telling lies’ on housing

Government response to housing debate ‘could have been written by ChatGPT’, Labour claims

12/02 ‘Finder fee’ for new landlords entering State rental scheme proposed

Government report also recommends increasing payments to landlords in rental accommodation scheme

12/02 Simon Harris says Government should not ‘make policy on the hoof’ as he defends rent controls

Tánaiste’s comments come after Taoiseach Micheál Martin trailed possibility of replacing RPZs

12/02 Kathy Sheridan: What we need now is a Tony Holohan for housing

Where are the greedy fossils desperate to keep house prices soaring? We just want the truth

12/02 Heavy focus on US as Cabinet set to sign off on St Patrick’s Day travel plans

Emphasis on building trade links to Republican-leaning ‘red states'

11/02 Housing RPZs: What will a new rental regulation system mean for renters in Ireland?

Q&A: The Government wants to attract more private landlords, but how will that affect rents?

11/02 Hundreds of billions pledged for AI development in Europe

US Vice-President JD Vance criticises threat of ‘excessive regulation’ of artificial intelligence at Paris summit

11/02 Rent regulations could change to ‘reference rent’ system under proposals being reviewed

New form of rent control under consideration for entire country

11/02 Tax breaks for investment in homebuilding to be considered by Ministers

Proposal likely to meet resistance in Department of Finance after experience of crash

10/02 Ires Reit shares hit eight-month high on talk of rent caps being lifted

Shares in Ireland’s biggest private landlord rose more than 4% on Monday morning

10/02 JD Vance is right about this: Liberals and conservatives do not love the same way

Unthinkable: Ireland should talk more about Jesus – and I say that as an atheist

10/02 Taoiseach signals major policy shift on housing with possible end to rent pressure zones and more reliance on private sector

Micheál Martin has said the State needs to ‘pivot’ to encourage more private investment in the housing market

10/02 EU urged to cut regulation to catch up in artificial intelligence race

Taoiseach Micheál Martin among world leaders travelling to Paris for AI summit

09/02 Taoiseach signals possible end to Rent Pressure Zones by end of year

Micheál Martin argues that private investment needs a stable environment to increase housing numbers

08/02 Panic in Africa and concern in Dublin after Trump takes aim at US aid agency

Accounts for Irish aid agency Goal show it received €103 million in funding from USAID in 2023

07/02 Ireland must ‘get serious’ about defence and military security, says Taoiseach

Defence Forces below target strength and lacking several capabilities common in European countries of a similar size

07/02 Former RTÉ broadcaster Evanne Ní Chuilinn named as a Fine Gael senator

Sports broadcaster Evanne Ní Chuilinn is one of Fine Gael’s five nominees

07/02 Government expects more than ‘case by case’ support from Independent backbenchers - Taoiseach

Micheál Martin says it is his ‘understanding’ that TDs would contribute to ‘significant majority’

07/02 Government criticises ‘provocative’ Israeli comments on Irish ‘obligation’ to Gaza refugees

Controversy comes as figures show the number of Palestinians seeking asylum in Ireland has increased more than eightfold

06/02 Inside Politics: Trump’s Gaza announcement puts Patrick’s Day pressure on Micheál Martin

Defamation Bill among key pieces of legislation revived by Coalition

06/02 Danny Healy-Rae a lonely figure as Roaring Independents split

Danny Healy-Rae goes solo on Opposition benches after the old band breaks up, and watches his brother Michael hurry around the Government benches

06/02 Greater gender balance expected to feature in Taoiseach’s 11 nominees to Seanad

Former broadcasters Alison Comyn and Gráinne Seoige tipped as possible nominees

05/02 Defamation Bill among planned laws to be revived in new Dáil

Taoiseach briefs Cabinet on plans to restore 11 proposed laws to Dáil order paper

05/02 Elderly man died after medical equipment failed during Storm Éowyn, Dáil told

Father had died in front of his family, says Sinn Féin’s Rose Conway-Walsh, adding ‘That is the tragedy of it. That is how urgent this is’

05/02 Government housing figures ‘a load of bull’ says SF leader

Taoiseach insists ‘no attempt to deceive’ but ‘extremely disappointed’ completions less than official 33,000 target

05/02 Trump’s Gaza comments are ‘very concerning’, Simon Harris says

St Patrick’s Day visit should be cancelled if US president remains on ‘trajectory towards ethnic cleansing’, Social Democrats say

04/02 Speaking time row: Chief Whip to hold further talks with Regional Independents

Ceann Comhairle rules Independent TDs convened by Michael Lowry cannot be viewed as members of the Opposition

04/02 Concerns over impact of Trump plans on Irish foreign aid efforts

Shutting down USAID could affect Irish programmes in Africa

04/02 Is Ireland anti-Semitic, an outlier of tolerance or in the middle ground?

Critics decry Michael D Higgins speech for Holocaust Memorial Day, politicians’ stance on Gaza and the Occupied Territories Bill

04/02 Irish diplomats in Washington aim to banish anxiety and build ties with new Trump administration

Irish influence in the US may be moving to a different phase rather than declining

04/02 Trump agrees to pause Canada and Mexico tariffs as shares tumble over trade war fears

Mexico agrees to send 10,000 members of its national guard ‘to prevent drug trafficking from Mexico to the US, in particular of fentanyl’, says Mexico’s president Claudia Sheinbaum

04/02 Fintan O’Toole: Does Micheál Martin understand his own brand?

In allowing himself to appear as the creature of Michael Lowry, the Taoiseach seems oblivious to the damage he is doing to his own character

03/02 Ceann Comhairle rules Regional Independents cannot form Dáil technical group

Ruling appears to present a path to resolving the conflict about speaking time and allowing the Dáil to proceed this week

03/02 Ceann Comhairle rules Regional Independents cannot form Dáil technical group

Taoiseach Micheál Martin says he is not going to be ‘browbeaten’ into ‘upending’ long-standing principles around speaking rights for Dáil technical groups

03/02 Dáil speaking rights for Michael Lowry group not ‘black and white issue’, Martin says

Taoiseach points to precedent and possible future cases in call for compromise

03/02 Europe needs to ‘act as one’ when dealing with Trump tariff threats – Martin

Ireland will not ‘stand in the way’ of other EU states finding ways to free up funds for defence

02/02 Taoiseach dismisses suggestions Mattie McGrath could rejoin Fianna Fáil

Micheál Martin understood to have met Tipperary South TD to ask for his support for the Government

02/02 Overheard: Irish civil servants pore over a US right-wing roadmap so radical even Trump seems wary

Plus: Stripe lets fluffy ducks break the bad news to 300 sacked staff; domicile levy fails to sweat Ireland’s richest; and An Post chief shows Royal Mail who’s boss

01/02 Ireland and the EU need to forge a relationship with the Global South

Worldview: We need to forge a a rational, interest-based response to America First

01/02 Ireland’s planned ban on certain Israeli goods complicated by recent events

Ceasefire in Gaza and election of pro-Israel US president Donald Trump likely to feed into deliberations on Occupied Territories Bill

01/02 Officials query feasibility of Ireland’s plan to ban certain Israeli goods

Occupied Territories Bill ‘might pose problems’ for multinationals and other businesses in Ireland, Department of Enterprise briefing note states

31/01 Regional independents entitled to speak as members of Opposition, Fianna Fáil legal advice states

Bitter row over speaking rights continues to disrupt Dáil business

31/01 Ireland’s neutrality under attack: shifting geopolitics bring pressure to change

A policy of neutrality is increasingly being questioned by EU members

31/01 GE Healthcare to invest €132m in Cork site expansion

Carrigtwohill plant makes contrast media that enhances internal organs, blood vessels and tissues during medical imaging

30/01 ‘Another stroke’: Fresh plan to give Michael Lowry’s group Dáil speaking time criticised by Opposition

Government plan is ‘total arrogance’ on the back of a ‘grubby deal’, Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald says

29/01 Roscommon woman’s comments to Taoiseach were based ‘on frustration’

Rachel Connolly says she rebuked Micheál Martin for ‘lack of preparedness and response’

29/01 Government gender balance hands Opposition low-hanging fruit

It is the less predictable events that will present the biggest problems for the Coalition

29/01 Omagh bombing inquiry: Woman hopes ‘no other family has to suffer as we did’ after members of three generations killed

Victim’s sister questions whether process will uncover the full truth

29/01 Storm Éowyn: More than 140,000 customers still without electricity, ESB says

Thousands could be without power into next week while 16,000 remain without water

28/01 Former Fianna Fáil minister ‘disappointed’ at number of women in Cabinet

Mary Hanafin hoping ‘at least two’ women TDs from party are appointed as ministers of State on Wednesday

28/01 Fintan O'Toole: An unfortunate incident of photobombing at the Áras highlights a big problem for our democracy

It’s hard to see how super juniors bringing “their own memos” to cabinet meetings for decision by Government can be lawful

27/01 Opposition calls on Government to ‘cut ties’ with Michael Lowry

Row over speaking rights in Dáil continues with Regional Independent Group claiming TD involved in programme for government can speak for Opposition

27/01 Storm Éowyn: Crews brought from EU countries to help ESB restore power

Up to 100,000 customers likely to be without power for the rest of the week

27/01 Storm Éowyn: Dáil will not be recalled as up to 100,000 customers likely to be without power for the rest of the week

Uisce Éireann is moving electricity generators to the northern half of the country to help accelerate efforts to reconnect water supplies

27/01 Northern Ireland, Storm Éowyn, Ukraine and Gaza discussed by Martin and Starmer

Two leaders have first phone call with each other since Martin was elected Taoiseach

27/01 Storm Éowyn: Up to 100,000 will be without power for rest of week

Storm Éowyn: Some people will remain cut off from the grid until the end of next week, ESB Networks warns

27/01 Dr Muiris Houston: Should the Government move to label alcohol as a cancer-causing substance?

Dr Muiris Houston: Implementing a labelling regime could help make people aware of the potential cancer risks of alcohol consumption

26/01 Ireland weather: Some 100,000 people to remain without power until February as Met Éireann issues new wind and rain warnings

ESB Networks restore power to 430,000 homes as Ireland now feels the effects of Storm Herminia

26/01 Ireland weather: Met Éireann issue new wind and rain warnings as 300,000 properties remain without power

ESB Networks restore power to 430,000 homes as Ireland now feels the effects of Storm Herminia

25/01 Focus now moves to appointment of 23 Junior Ministers

Under the agreement between the two parties Fianna Fáil will have 10 Junior Ministers and Fine Gael will have eight

25/01 Pat Leahy: Angry scenes were partly the result of Sinn Féin’s determination to be a more aggressive Opposition

What we witnessed was the end of a consensus in which the big parties all agreed that parliament had to work. The feelings that erupted won’t dissipate quickly

25/01 Miriam Lord: The Michael Lowry issue is still unresolved and may escalate. GUBU’s the word for it

‘Unprecedented’ is overused, but even veterans were hard-pressed to find another way on Wednesday to describe the chaotic scenes in the Dáil

25/01 ‘This whole day is because of you’: how Michael Lowry and the Opposition clashed to create a day of Dáil chaos

Late-night wrangling produced a compromise over the Regional Independents - but whether it holds remains to be seen