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Politics

Last year
2023
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The Explainer: Why is there so much talk about a farmers' party in Ireland?
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Opinion: Leo Varadkar's Lidl-inspired cost-of-living leaflet is tone-deaf and out of touch
Margaret Lynch
Public tell TDs 'enough is enough' as they say they won't renew TV licences amid RTÉ controversy
Gardaí say they received more than 40 calls from public over rush on ATMs
RTÉ payments scandal: Second report confirms Tubridy's salary under-reported from 2017 to 2019
Harris criticises ‘guff’ over bank delays in passing interest increases on to savers
Paramedics and GSOC investigators among planned doubling of public sector apprenticeships
Another Trump indictment looms as grand jury hears election 2020 case
Dublin city crime: statistics indicate return to pre-pandemic incidence of assault
Six people dead after migrant boat capsizes in English Channel
Missing in action: Ireland's national security strategy has been in the works since 2019
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The Explainer: Who is Robert F Kennedy Jr and could he be the next US president?
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Taoiseach encourages public to pay TV licence fee as RTÉ funding is hit
Ecuador declares state of emergency after presidential candidate is killed at political rally
People Before Profit propose scrapping TV licence and funding RTÉ through a new 'Big Tech Tax'
Irish government dismisses suggestion of Italian-style windfall tax on bank profits
DUP's Sammy Wilson says Varadkar has 'cheek' after saying Stormont 'plan B' should be considered
Three in four farmers would vote for a new farmers’ political party, survey shows
Dept of Finance says govt can't do anything about banks paying low interest rates to savers
FactCheck: Did five garda recruits resign immediately after starting training?
Varadkar raises prospect of Stormont 'Plan B' during busy day of meetings in Belfast
Department of Local Government asks for research on limiting election posters, axing by-elections and lowering the voting age
What's happening in the plans for a directly elected mayor for Dublin?
Eoin Ó Broin says Sinn Féin would need five years to tackle housing, but what is his plan?
West African bloc says it has plans for possible Niger intervention
Govt would be interested in buying Conor Pass land, but not for €10 million, Varadkar says
Niger’s military junta says it's cutting military ties with France, its former colonial ruler
Nuclear threats, Northern Ireland and higher interest rates among top government concerns
Donald Trump seeks to spin latest indictments into 2024 campaign pitch
Government urged to extend school books grant to secondary schools
Donald Trump indicted over attempts to overturn 2020 election
Politicians back calls to stop publishing election candidates' home addresses
Sinn Féin say mortgage interest relief for homeowners ‘can’t wait until Budget’
Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi has jail term reduced by six years in partial pardon
France shuts downs accusations by Niger's junta that it plans to 'intervene militarily'
HSE to be split into six new health regions next year as part of long-awaited reforms
The National Party says Justin Barrett has been removed as leader, but Barrett claims he is still in charge
Denmark considers ban on burning of Koran and other religious texts in front of embassies
Varadkar says he isn't going anywhere and slaps down suggestions of early election next spring
Possibility of sanctions on the cards as West African leaders hold summit over Niger coup