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Council of State

After calling in help, President Higgins has signed 'rushed' new asylum laws

30 Dec 2015

14.3k

storm frank

Enda is visiting flood-hit areas, but not 'doing the Bertie Ahern'

30 Dec 2015

17.4k

114

Election Season

Fine Gael candidate defends putting up Christmas posters without permission

30 Dec 2015

17.0k

Anglo-Irish Agreement

'It wasn't long after the hunger strikes... mayhem on the streets and we realised that something had to be done.'

30 Dec 2015

11.4k

someone's listening

The government wanted to launch a phone-tapping bill in 1985...

30 Dec 2015

8.4k

Oliver Letwin

David Cameron adviser apologises over 'offensive' 1985 memo about black rioters

30 Dec 2015

13.9k

a just war?

An Archbishop, a Taoiseach and an angry face-off over IRA violence and 'genocide'

30 Dec 2015

23.9k

138

Apartheid

30 years ago Dunnes Stores was involved in ANOTHER workers' dispute... one that shook the world

30 Dec 2015

16.0k

Ouch

When Maggie dropped some epic shade on Garret FitzGerald...

30 Dec 2015

10.0k

nudey films

Pornography being shown in pubs had the government in a fluster 30 years ago

30 Dec 2015

26.0k

Political Animals

QUIZ: Bertie going grey and 19 other questions about the year that was

29 Dec 2015

20.0k

column

'I watched this man bleed out. He was rolling on the ground and I imagined his last moments'

Julien Mercille

29 Dec 2015

315

Supreme Court

There were some familiar faces at this morning's Council of State meeting

29 Dec 2015

24.8k

134

Looking Back

This is Enda Kenny's biggest regret

29 Dec 2015

21.8k

109

Surgery

Michael Noonan spent Christmas in hospital due to fluid on his chest

28 Dec 2015

38.2k

165

storm frank

TD calls for bogs to be flooded to 'save communities'

28 Dec 2015

29.9k

It Wasn't Me

A phantom supporter* is erecting this man's election posters for him...

28 Dec 2015

21.1k

Child Abuse

Some Ryan Report recommendations yet to be implemented due to lack of resources

28 Dec 2015

11.3k

Eighth Amendment

Enda promises action on abortion within six months of re-election

28 Dec 2015

12.9k

245

Downgraded

'I’ve gone to funerals where mourners would refuse to shake my hand'

27 Dec 2015

61.3k

159

keeping it simple

'Good', 'bad', 'stupid' - on the campaign trail, Donald Trump speaks like a nine-year-old

27 Dec 2015

14.0k

more horse sense

Joan is promising a €25 pension increase if Labour gets back into power

27 Dec 2015

14.6k

201

Voting Rights

Poll: Should Irish emigrants be allowed vote for the Irish president?

27 Dec 2015

21.4k

119

life is a rollercoaster

The many moods of Paschal Donohoe

26 Dec 2015

14.4k

justice trudeau

Canada's Prime Minister even makes cutting a birthday cake look slick

26 Dec 2015

23.6k

Only the Joanie

Enda Kenny isn't thinking about anyone else but Joan Burton

26 Dec 2015

14.1k

100

Opinion

Drugs should be a priority issue for general election candidates - here's why

Tony Duffin

26 Dec 2015

290

white house hopeful

Here are five eye-opening things Dr Ben Carson believes

26 Dec 2015

24.1k

political power

The deals they did: the up-and-down relationship of Bertie Ahern and Jackie Healy-Rae

26 Dec 2015

14.5k

outrageous fortune

How a controversy a day kept Donald Trump in the headlines (and at the top of the polls)

25 Dec 2015

13.2k

Marty's Christmas Wish

Martin McGuinness's favourite Christmas present is a little box - but what's in it?

25 Dec 2015

8.9k

taken to task

Alarm company says it met with Alan Kelly after tender had been decided

25 Dec 2015

14.1k

gubu

'Have you got the wiffy code?': The not-so-serious 2015 political awards

24 Dec 2015

15.9k

Work to do

Perry's Christmas miracle leaves Fine Gael needing at least two more women

24 Dec 2015

11.1k

Big Willie's Style

Revealed: How Willie O'Dea almost got rid of his famous 'tache

24 Dec 2015

13.2k

Lick my lolly

The truth about that picture of Alex Salmond, a young lady and a Solero

24 Dec 2015

20.6k

internal affairs

Councillor considers resignation amid 'disgust' in Longford Fianna Fáil

24 Dec 2015

17.1k

Christmas Message

Cameron says Britain's Christianity is key to its success

24 Dec 2015

10.8k

172

I love Grimby

Who said it: Donald Trump or Mayor Quimby?

23 Dec 2015

27.9k

Article 26

Michael D calls in Council of State over law that was rushed through the Dáil

23 Dec 2015

32.3k

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