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guerin

How has Alan Shatter gone from Department of Justice to High Court?

30 Jul 2014

13.2k

total recall

'A right pain in the bum': Most senators are coming back tomorrow... but some are on holidays

30 Jul 2014

14.3k

the more the merrier

Here's how Richard Bruton plans to create 7,000 jobs a year in multinational companies

30 Jul 2014

8.9k

Talks

Flanagan to meet Northern Irish leaders today

30 Jul 2014

4.0k

mo laethanta saoire

New Gaeltacht minister now "thinking in Irish" after summer cramming classes

29 Jul 2014

11.7k

CSO

There is a massive gender divide in the civil service

29 Jul 2014

13.9k

Ivor Callely

'If he'd been a kid from a disadvantaged area stealing €4k he might have got a different sentence'

29 Jul 2014

26.8k

173

Reassigned

'The public will have a problem with Brian Purcell keeping his €200,000 salary'

29 Jul 2014

26.5k

107

Irish

Opinion: The new Gaeltacht Minister has hit the ground running – despite not being fluent

Seán Mag Leannáin

29 Jul 2014

185

closed and secretive

Secrecy has become part of Justice Dept's DNA, damning report concludes

28 Jul 2014

17.0k

Expenses

Ivor Callely sentenced to five months in prison

28 Jul 2014

36.2k

144

dept of home affairs

Could Justice be split in two? The people who wrote today's damning report reckon so...

28 Jul 2014

8.9k

independent review

After refusing to back him for 80 days, Frances Fitzgerald now needs a new secretary general

28 Jul 2014

12.9k

total recall

The Seanad is coming back on Thursday to discuss Gaza and Ukraine

28 Jul 2014

8.9k

Reaction

Willie O'Dea: What Ivor Callely did was wrong and the man has to take his punishment

28 Jul 2014

10.7k

Profile

The Callely Controversies: From Fianna Fáil favourite to five months in prison

28 Jul 2014

14.3k

Sorry

Fidelma Healy Eames 'vindicated' by Irish Daily Mail apology

28 Jul 2014

13.5k

direct provision

'The way we treat asylum seekers says a lot about us as a country' - Ó Ríordáin

28 Jul 2014

8.8k

Attacked

Sinn Féin office in Derry targeted in suspected arson attack

28 Jul 2014

4.0k

so metal

There's a petition to get Joan Burton to apologise to metal fans

28 Jul 2014

28.5k

Brian Purcell

80 days in and we still don't know if Frances Fitzgerald has confidence in her top civil servant

28 Jul 2014

6.0k

operation cooperation

The government wants to cut the red tape and get more people to set up cooperatives

28 Jul 2014

5.3k

Human Rights

Atheists not hopeful of 'blasphemy' referendum, in spite of UN pressure

27 Jul 2014

9.5k

house of cards

'Leo the lion': 5 winners and 5 losers from the political week

26 Jul 2014

10.9k

Nope Nope Nope

Angela Merkel's 'Dr No' makes Ireland's search for a bank debt deal much harder

26 Jul 2014

11.8k

MacGill

Here are 9 things we learned from the Electric Picnic of politics

26 Jul 2014

6.6k

Diplomatic Relations

Israeli attack on UN school an "atrocity" --- Charlie Flanagan

25 Jul 2014

9.1k

dail recall

Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil want to call TDs back from their holidays to talk about Gaza

25 Jul 2014

13.1k

160

Democracy

Opinion: Voter turnout isn’t a problem, so let’s stop all the hand-wringing

Eoin O'Malley

25 Jul 2014

299

Corporation Tax

'Only America can solve tax issues for multinationals'

25 Jul 2014

6.6k

Nope Nope Nope

Merkel ally: I told Enda Kenny that Ireland has no chance of a bank debt deal

25 Jul 2014

16.0k

105

Under fire

"We didn’t think it was appropriate."- Charlie Flanagan defends Ireland's abstention on Gaza vote

25 Jul 2014

14.7k

165

Human Rights

Fitzgerald says UN report will be examined but Ireland has its own constitutional position

24 Jul 2014

10.3k

Under fire

Some Labour TDs are not happy with Charlie Flanagan

24 Jul 2014

16.3k

no referendum

No plans to revisit abortion laws, in spite of severe criticism from UN

24 Jul 2014

6.8k

143

Apathy and Empathy

Opinion: Young people are not 'apathetic' - we prioritise the collective good

Gary Gannon

24 Jul 2014

1.6k

up 25 per cent

Taoiseach on Dublin house prices: "I don't accept there's a bubble"

24 Jul 2014

14.7k

117

Human Rights

UN: Ireland must take action to decriminalise abortion

24 Jul 2014

11.7k

128

MacGill

'I was offered class A drugs, but I was never offered the chance to volunteer'

24 Jul 2014

17.6k

MacGill

Top civil servant: Public sector workers who don't perform should 'of course' be sacked

24 Jul 2014

9.6k

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