McGuinness criticises Villiers over Brexit
Martin McGuinness has criticised Theresa Villiers, the secretary of state of Northern Ireland, for campaigning for Britain the leave the...
View ArticleUSC is a dealbreaker, warn Social Democrats
The Social Democrats have ruled out joining a coalition with parties that refuse to consider maintaining the universal social charge....
View ArticlePunishing criminals’ parents ‘will not work’
Renua’s promise to punish parents for the crimes of their children would hit poor and excluded communities hardest, a leading...
View ArticleKevin Kelly strikes at death to break Tipperary hearts
The customary cracking fare when this pair meet and, unfortunately for Tipperary, the customary result too. For 71 minutes the...
View ArticleFianna Fail promises more gardai for Dublin
Fianna Fail has set out to gain the support of Dubliners with promises of 700 new gardai, new transport links...
View ArticleKieran Kingston must make Cork stronger and meaner
On the All Star trip to Texas in December, Patrick Horgan spoke about the importance of Cork getting physically stronger...
View ArticleYouthful Clare triumph over wounded Wexford
Within minutes of last week’s convincing win over Offaly, Davy Fitzgerald declared that Clare would face a wounded Wexford. And...
View ArticleBord Bia gives Gulf a taste of Irish excellence
Bord Bia is courting more partners in the Middle East at the world’s biggest food and hospitality trade show. Irish...
View ArticleNo Time to Lose
It wasn’t supposed to be like this for Fine Gael. By this point in the campaign, its juggernaut-like election machine...
View ArticleJoe Schmidt feeling the impact of losing Iain Henderson
As Iain Henderson was carted off in Ulster’s game with Edinburgh on December 4, the tide turned against Ireland’s ambitions...
View ArticleDon’t let the quick-fix brigade prevail
It has been a week of renewed hope in Irish politics. There is a feeling in the ether that we...
View ArticleUlster pay the ultimate price for poor decisions
Ulster are a talented team. Fact. But a good one? Well, that is a different question that also requires a...
View ArticleAll aboard: Dublin Bus sets off on 1916 tour
You wait 100 years for an Easter Rising-themed bus tour and eventually one arrives. Dublin Bus has launched a new...
View ArticleNumber of homeless children in Dublin doubles
The number of children living in emergency accommodation in Dublin has doubled in the past year, with high rents and...
View ArticleParties’ election promises are unaffordable, says think tank
Many political parties will find it difficult to fulfil their manifesto promises because they have overestimated the money available to...
View ArticleAnglo ‘tried to manipulate its balance sheet’
A financial dealer with Anglo Irish Bank told the fiscal regulator in October 2008 that the institution was trying to manipulate...
View ArticleAdams: not my job to solve Stack murder
Fine Gael and Fianna Fail have stepped up the pressure on Gerry Adams to investigate the IRA murder of a...
View ArticleLabour ‘could be pushed out by real left’
The Anti-Austerity Alliance-People Before Profit group has said that it could replace Labour to form a “real left” in Irish...
View ArticleMore strikes will wreck Luas, minister says
Paschal Donohoe has said that the dispute over pay demands for Luas staff could cause “huge damage” to Dublin and...
View ArticleRTE debate snub is censorship, says Donnelly
The Social Democrats have lodged a formal complaint with RTE over the party’s exclusion from the final TV leaders’ debate...
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