Transport Minister Eamon Ryan has been branded "a disgrace" by furious members of Cork County Council after they were told the minister's "diary is too full" to meet with councillors to discuss decisions made on road redevelopments in the area.

Taoiseach responds to criticism from the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council

Ministers Michael McGrath and Paschal Donohoe may be working together on an overall package of €6.4bn, but this year both men will be acutely aware that they must set themselves apart

Mary Lou McDonald’s party has published a decidedly centre-ground list of spending and tax options, that bar a few exceptions, Micheál Martin could easily stomach

In stepping into the teacher-training fray, Martin has shown the difference between political clout and ministerial inexperience

Businesses need certainty about the costs involved in the Government’s auto-enrolment pension scheme, Fianna Fáil TD Barry Cowen has said.

Ireland will provide at least €284m this year in support for food, agriculture, and nutrition programmes around the world, the Tánaiste has announced.

Fianna Fáil members have said that not even his closest confidantes know what exactly Micheál Martin's plan is, but even the agitators are now accepting that he will be around for the foreseeable future.

Tánaiste Micheál Martin said that Sinn Féin has been "particularly two-faced" when it comes to climate change.

The Oireachtas is to spend almost €400,000 over the next three years on the upkeep of its smartphone app. An app for the Oireachtas has been in existence since 2014.

The committee is meeting in private on Tuesday afternoon following the publication of the report last week

Regardless of whether the growing rumblings come from a place of concern, cynicism, sexism, or even jealousy, any undercurrent has the potential to destabilise a minster

BEING a broadcaster is a lot like running a pub — absolutely everyone you meet thinks they can do your job and they’re not shy about telling you.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said “there’s a very good chance” that the current coalition Government will be re-elected. The leader of Fine Gael took his party into a historic coalition with Fianna Fáil and the Green Party in 2020.

Would the Irish Government break a convention signed in its own capital to allow the US to send banned munitions to an active war zone?

Imposed during the economic crash in the last decade, the USC has been earmarked by Fianna Fáil as a way to cut taxes for lower-paid workers 

Ms Chambers said her decision would depend on the upcoming boundary review, which is due to be announced in August

Former Minister Barry Cowen and three current Fianna Fáil senators are being linked with moves to Europe ahead of next year’s elections.

Regarding Stephen Donnelly’s comments in relation to Beaumont nursing home — ‘Donnelly accuses nursing home firm of cynical tactics over Fair Deal’ (Irish Examiner, June 19), CareChoice is not the issue here Minister Donnelly, Fair Deal inequality ...

Those who do not come down strongly on either side — or who have yet to form a view — fear being cancelled if they speak up and ask questions

The Tánaiste said the controversial merger between the PGA Tour and the Saudi-backed Liv Golf is a reminder to him that sports should remain independent

Cork TD James O’Connor sought a meeting with his party leader after a heated exchange between them at last week’s parliamentary party meeting 

Seven out of 10 voters unhappy with the Universal Social Charge but all major parties want to keep the tax

There is room for some modest tax changes, but there are far more important issues than that around

Fine Gael is increasingly worried that Fianna Fáil will 'out-run' and 'out-manoeuvre' the party on tax measures in the next budget

Take me back to those days of endless sunshine and leisure. In 2002, when we allegedly never had it so good, and five years later when the sun still shone but dark clouds crept above the horizon, two general elections took place.

Minister Mary Butler responded by Bodywhys in which it expressed 'shock' that 'services will receive no funding in 2023'. 

“I don't think there was an intention to upset anyone. It was an opinion piece. Three junior ministers were outlining again, a policy which I support"

Web Summit boss takes to Twitter to vent about 'corruption' in Irish politics 

Murphy was one of six charged with falsely imprisoning former tánaiste Joan Burton and her adviser during a protest in 2014

Senior officials at Cork County Council have apologised for breaching legislation by not producing complete Irish language versions of the latest draft County Development Plan (CDP).

The controversy over the sale of a piece of land to Fianna Fáil TD Niall Collins' wife centres on a number of dates going back to 2006.

Recently appointed chair of the RTÉ board, Siún Ní Raghallaigh said RTÉ must “build up trust again,” following the leak which was labelled as “unfair”

"If the Government plan on housing works, we will turn it around," said a Fine Gael source after a new poll put the party on its lowest-ever level of support.

Fianna Fáil commemoration marks 25 years of the Good Friday Agreement

Strong local opposition in Union Hall to any proposals restricting access to the pier

Barry Cowen's sweets for children comparison was such a reach, it took a moment to sink in on the opposition benches

The latest poll puts Ms Carins' approval rating at 45% — two points higher than both Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald and Tánaiste Micheál Martin

A Personal Insolvency Arrangement has been approved by the High Court which allows a former Fianna Fáil councillor and general election candidate to write off over €4. 4m in debt.

Mr Ahern resigned from the party in 2012 before Mr Martin moved to expel him following the publication of the Mahon Tribunal report

Currently, a garda sergeant based in Macroom, around 20 minutes drive away, is helping to cover the area

Right now, this country has never been more receptive to the idea of a left-wing government that doesn’t include Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael — but can the left in Irish politics get its act together to form a cohesive government?

In the hours and days after a major humanitarian emergency, speed is critical.

More than 640 homes in unfinished estates in North Cork are to come under the control of Cork County Council for future infrastructural maintenance.