Politics

Final Countdown

"€178 per year" .... Ministers are zeroing in on the final figure for water charges

16 Nov 2014

22.5k

171

Water protests

That was NOT a peaceful protest --- Burton

16 Nov 2014

48.3k

331

Saturday

15 Nov 2014

Water Protest

Two arrested over protest that trapped Joan Burton in her car for hours

15 Nov 2014

117k

603

house of cards

'I will not leave the House': Here are the winners and losers from the political week

15 Nov 2014

19.7k

take it or leave it

Jan O'Sullivan says she's not budging an inch

15 Nov 2014

12.4k

sit in

Gerry Adams thinks the Ceann Comhairle is "unfair and petulant"

15 Nov 2014

11.9k

188

tuam babies

Should the mother-and-baby homes inquiry include orphanages?

15 Nov 2014

5.2k

ISAF

Irish troops in Afghanistan are coming home

15 Nov 2014

13.0k

at large

Here's how many prisoners were given temporary release since 2009 ... and never came back

15 Nov 2014

16.7k

Turf accountants

Fancy a late flutter? Betting shops could be open until 10pm by Christmas

15 Nov 2014

12.6k

Friday

14 Nov 2014

Criticism

INM Chief believes Gerry Adams' 'gunpoint' comments were a 'veiled threat'

14 Nov 2014

17.2k

Donegal

Another council has voted in favour of abolishing water charges

14 Nov 2014

23.1k

115

pointergate

This mayor says she wasn’t throwing gang signs with a convicted felon

14 Nov 2014

13.3k

help us out

The Banking Inquiry has started contacting potential witnesses, but who?

14 Nov 2014

6.2k

Sponsored

'You're looking for that extra percentage': Behind the scenes at Ireland's training camp

just the tonic

Good news: 400 jobs for west Dublin in giant pharma investment

14 Nov 2014

13.1k

love me tender

Night buses for Dublin on the table as part of 'D-Day' for privatised bus routes

14 Nov 2014

14.4k

Your Say

Poll: What do you make of Mary Lou McDonald's sit-in?

14 Nov 2014

56.8k

336

Protest

Analysis: Why it looks like Sinn Féin's Dáil sit-in was nothing more than a political stunt

14 Nov 2014

20.5k

307

Privatisation

'We don't want to privatise Irish Water but no-one believes politicians when we say that'

14 Nov 2014

9.7k

Thursday

13 Nov 2014

mean girls of leinster house

This wasn't the first time a TD refused to leave the Dáil...

13 Nov 2014

29.5k

goodbye mary lou

Dáil adjourned until Tuesday after Mary Lou stages four-hour sit-in

13 Nov 2014

102k

686

This Charming Man

What does Leo make of being described as 'tall and good-looking with a certain exotic feel'?

13 Nov 2014

33.8k

horse bolted etc

Juncker now wants to end tax loopholes his country rubber-stamped for years

13 Nov 2014

11.7k

Sponsored

Can you guess this one surprising fact about Irish roads?

salt glorious salt

Remember this? The NRA has 211,000 tonnes of salt ready to go this winter

13 Nov 2014

11.3k

tuam babies

"It's so important to get this inquiry right"

13 Nov 2014

6.5k

Forza Italia

Mick Wallace is wearing an Italy soccer jersey in the Dáil this morning

13 Nov 2014

27.9k

131

abuse claims

"I smile easily" - Mary Lou denies "smirking" at Mairia Cahill during abuse debate

13 Nov 2014

14.7k

Criticism

Leo: Gerry Adams has quite an opinion of himself

13 Nov 2014

11.6k

189

Dáil talk

State of the Nation: Can Enda escape the Irish Water protesters?

13 Nov 2014

9.3k

Opinion

Irish abroad should have the right to vote back home. Here's why...

Dominic Hannigan

13 Nov 2014

432

1916 rising

Protester removed from 1916 event after she called Enda Kenny the C-word

13 Nov 2014

60.5k

343

Wednesday

12 Nov 2014

abuse claims

TD will give gardaí names of eight sex abusers that IRA allegedly moved to Republic

12 Nov 2014

29.9k

abuse claims

In full: Enda Kenny's speech accusing Sinn Féin of moving sex abusers to the South

12 Nov 2014

11.3k

pawns

Relatives boycott launch of 1916 commemorations, calling it a 'political stunt'

12 Nov 2014

22.2k

116

cover up claims

Mary Lou says she 'would walk through the hot coals of hell to protect children'

12 Nov 2014

10.1k