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Labour

Ged Nash

Consumer watchdog needs powers to 'interrogate' supermarkets over high grocery prices, TD says

27 May

8.5k

housing delivery

Fines for housing developers who miss deadlines? Wouldn't work in Ireland, say experts

We asked housing experts if the UK PM Keir Starmer’s plan to penalise developers that miss deadlines would work here.

26 May

10.1k

gambling regulation

Ireland's new gambling watchdog is up and running, but its strict laws won't apply until 2026

24 May

8.1k

UK Politics

Opinion: Starmer is delivering the conservative agenda that Tories can only dream of

Peter Flanagan

19 May

5.9k

Oireachtas Committee

‘No need’ to call Camogie Association before sporting committee over skorts (yet) says Kelly

12 May

2.7k

Oireachtas Committee

‘No need’ to call Camogie Association before sporting committee over skorts (yet) says Kelly

12 May

15.6k

On the ZeroZeros

Parents buying children 0% beer in pubs is placing an 'unfair burden' on bar staff, says TD

6 May

30.9k

Animal Cruelty

People Before Profit, Labour and the Greens back Social Democrats bill to ban hare coursing

20 Apr

11.0k

State of Play

The presidential election is a few months away — here are some names that might be running

Christina Finn

19 Apr

33.9k

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European Commission

Irish MEPs ask EU to assess legality of German plan to deport Irish Palestine activists

9 Apr

6.4k

trade war

'Welcome’ reprieve as whiskey, wine and dairy left out of planned EU counter-tariffs of up to 25%

The EU plans to hit back at Donal Trump with its own tariffs on US goods including plastics, textiles, make-up and electrical equipment.

8 Apr

17.6k

Sex for rent bill

Labour Senator to launch Bill to ban ‘sex for rent’ adverts

31 Mar

12.8k

garda vetting

Justice Minister disputes Labour claims ‘unvetted trainee gardaí are patrolling the streets’

20 Mar

9.3k

Leinster House

'Tetchy' Taoiseach 'acting like a child' as Dáil erupts over Michael Lowry and 'Bik' McFarlane

Tensions were elevated in the Dáil today after members of the opposition were not pleased with the Taoiseach’s answers.

Updated 26 Feb

38.8k

scanner in the works

'Incomprehensible' that National Gallery moved forward with purchase of unusable €120,000 x-ray

Updated 25 Feb

21.3k

Pay Day

Average weekly earnings grew 5.6% year-on-year in final quarter of 2024

25 Feb

5.7k

back to basics

Labour says drivers should have to sit another theory test to renew their licence

25 Feb

86.4k

109

Andrew gwynne

UK's Health Minister sacked by Keir Starmer over 'badly misjudged' WhatsApp messages

9 Feb

31.9k

In the dark

Politicians blast suggestion ESB customers will face higher costs because of storm Éowyn

Updated 6 Feb

25.4k

166

Bregret

UK marks five years since Brexit as polling shows majority thinks leaving EU was a mistake

31 Jan

17.2k

104

legacy act

Why has controversy erupted about Gerry Adams possibly getting compensation for internment?

16 Jan

12.6k

o'connell st

GPO ‘totally unsuitable’ for use as a soup kitchen says An Post, amid calls to open its doors

Updated 14 Jan

18.5k

Ivana Bacik

Labour 'unlikely’ to go into government with Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil, says Bacik

Updated 13 Dec 2024

10.2k

Third Leg

Harris says Independents 'very serious' about entering Government

Updated 11 Dec 2024

13.6k

Thanks but no thanks

Social Democrats reject Labour proposal to jointly enter government formation talks

Updated 6 Dec 2024

29.4k

134

no-so-united

Left in or left out? SF, Labour, the SocDems and Roderic O'Gorman have all been talking today

Updated 5 Dec 2024

22.6k

107

ge2024

Johnny Fallon on coalition formation: 'A slim majority is not the worst thing for a government'

Johnny Fallon

3 Dec 2024

7.6k

Marie Sherlock

Labour TD doubles down, saying party won't go it alone with FF/FG

2 Dec 2024

23.3k

GE2024the dance begins

McDonald has a 'hard neck' in reaching out to Soc Dems and Labour leaders, says TD

2 Dec 2024

73.9k

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GE2024elected

Gerry Hutch fails in election bid as Labour's Marie Sherlock wins nail-biting race in Dublin Central

1 Dec 2024

47.1k

GE2024Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

Labour should not go into power with FF or FG, Ó Ríordáin says - but Bacik doesn't rule it out

Updated 1 Dec 2024

14.5k

ge2024

Irish emigrants: 'There's not a single thing a government could do to lure me back home'

28 Nov 2024

33.7k

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ge2024

'Our people are suffering': Kanturk has shown the challenges faced by the disability sector

Derval McDonagh

Updated 25 Nov 2024

8.4k

your stories

If you've emigrated, what would the next government have to promise to entice you to come home?

21 Nov 2024

11.6k

119

Labour

Tony Blair leads tributes to former UK deputy prime minister John Prescott after his death aged 86

Updated 21 Nov 2024

15.6k

GE2024Working Time Directive

Labour commits to long-awaited overtime arrangements for defence forces in election manifesto

16 Nov 2024

5.6k

Niamh O'Reilly: Simon says Friday is a good day for an election. Good for whom, exactly?

Niamh O'Reilly

Updated 15 Nov 2024

9.1k

GE2024bedfellows

O'Gorman says Fine Gael would rather a less 'robust' coalition partner than the Green Party

11 Nov 2024

6.7k

Dublin

Thousands participate in Palestinian solidarity march in Dublin

9 Nov 2024

15.4k

GE2024Clare

Fianna Fáil senator Timmy Dooley among candidates with election campaign posters defaced

Updated 9 Nov 2024

35.9k

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