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budget 2015

€500m needed to tackle homelessness as 'ten children a week lose their home'

5 Oct 2014

10.1k

direct provision

'There’s a growing sense across the country that something is seriously wrong'

5 Oct 2014

28.1k

251

DrinkAware.ie

'Conflict of interest' in RTÉ board nomination of alcohol group boss

5 Oct 2014

13.1k

Political nostalgia

'Plain ... but not horsefaced' - the ideal 1960s female Garda

5 Oct 2014

31.6k

Dublin South West

Paul Murphy accepts Sinn Féin apology for sharing fake Facebook post

5 Oct 2014

17.8k

McNulty-gate

Minister: It would be a 'cop out' to reveal Fine Gael official

5 Oct 2014

7.7k

Dublin South West

'A few kisses from Cáit Keane': Water, water, everywhere as we hit the campaign trail in DSW

5 Oct 2014

13.8k

budget 2015

Opinion: 4 things that can be implemented in the Budget to promote economic growth

Ian Talbot

5 Oct 2014

197

street dealing

Plans to clampdown on abuse of anti-anxiety drugs ready 'within months'

5 Oct 2014

13.3k

knickersforchoice

Taoiseach confronted by 'knicker-brandishing' protesters during Fine Gael dinner

4 Oct 2014

37.3k

111

house of cards

"I hope you won’t get into trouble...": Here are the winners and losers from the political week

4 Oct 2014

14.4k

Something about Joanie

A lot of people in the Labour Party are feeling the 'The Burton Bounce' right now

4 Oct 2014

10.0k

Leo

Anyone with a reinstated discretionary medical card 'need not worry'

3 Oct 2014

12.8k

killjoys

The official jobs and economic outlooks are better than expected, but don't get too excited...

3 Oct 2014

13.0k

Blasphemy

Removal of the Dáil prayer would be "out of step with modern practice"

3 Oct 2014

13.0k

103

Protest

Sinn Féin's Dáil favourite: I'm not paying my water charges

3 Oct 2014

14.9k

147

direct provision

Gerry Adams wasn't allowed tweet from a direct provision centre today - here's why

3 Oct 2014

16.7k

Support

A Garda whistleblower is backing MEP's legal battle with Phil Hogan

3 Oct 2014

12.1k

some men just want to watch the world burn

'Nothing republican about it' - Martin McGuinness leads outrage over Orange Hall burning

3 Oct 2014

10.8k

102

the mcnulty saga

Tánaiste won't say who she's voting for in the Seanad election

3 Oct 2014

5.9k

inbox me

The Briefcase: No-go hollier zones, pre-budget chat and the value of reading the fine print

3 Oct 2014

7.0k

direct provision

"We will be judged on how we treat those who present at our borders" - President Higgins

3 Oct 2014

7.6k

307

Air Strikes

Australia is joining the fight against Islamic State in Iraq

3 Oct 2014

7.0k

Dáil talk

State of the Nation: The Omnishambles that just won't go away

3 Oct 2014

8.4k

Seanad

McNulty thanks supporters as it emerges he might take seat if elected

3 Oct 2014

9.1k

good hearing

Laughter and applause for Phil Hogan, as Sinn Féin challenge falls flat

2 Oct 2014

49.2k

236

Shannonwatch

TDs and Senators visited Shannon Airport today - to see if the US military should still be there

2 Oct 2014

13.4k

112

PAC

Garda whistleblower: The way I was treated destroyed me, my career, and my family

2 Oct 2014

21.9k

Exchequer Returns

With 12 days until the Budget, here's how the numbers are shaping up

2 Oct 2014

15.9k

costly

Here's what PAC discovered about how public money was wasted

2 Oct 2014

11.9k

Hey Big Spender

The ECB will start its shopping spree within weeks to get the eurozone going

2 Oct 2014

9.2k

baptism of fire

Heather Humphreys had another bad afternoon answering questions on 'McNulty-gate'

2 Oct 2014

10.6k

Question Time

Joan Burton told: 'The country wants Enda's head on a plate and you can deliver it'

2 Oct 2014

15.3k

No offence

It's official: We'll have a referendum to remove blasphemy from the Constitution

2 Oct 2014

17.2k

160

It turns out 'an awful lot of people' have already voted for John McNulty

2 Oct 2014

8.1k

Talking tax

Enda Kenny: The 'Double Irish' tax loophole isn't our fault and we don't promote it

2 Oct 2014

13.1k

if you don't build it...

New social housing plan would force developers to 'use it or lose it'

2 Oct 2014

9.6k

bust a cap

We should cap how much people can borrow or risk another property bubble

2 Oct 2014

6.9k

stubbed out

Ireland is one step closer to a ban on smoking near children in cars

2 Oct 2014

5.8k

Dáil talk

State of the Nation: Noonan to the rescue

2 Oct 2014

5.8k

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