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Missing documents claim
Micheál Martin asks Enda Kenny to withdraw a 'partisan slur', Taoiseach declines
Your questions answered
VIDEO: Joan Burton on how austerity affects her and Sinn Féin being an 'intensely populist party'
A very pleasant woman
'A very nice meeting' - Martin McGuinness had a private audience with the Queen last night
Did not inhale
Joan Burton: I favour legalising cannabis for medical use (and no, I've never smoked it)
Shinnernomics
Sinn Féin may be getting ready for government, but is it ready for questions about policy?
healing the wound
'Pinning the flesh back together is painful' - Eamon Gilmore's, um, graphic take on austerity
house of cards
'I’m going to hit you between the eyes': 5 winners and 5 losers from the political week
Coalition headache
The government doesn't have a majority in the Seanad and has to change the law to get it back
let's be diplomatic
We spent €35k last year monitoring elections in Tajikistan, Armenia and Azerbaijan
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