Catherine Connolly (born 1957) only became involved in active politics in 1999. Michael D. Higgins, the outgoing president of Ireland (2011-2025), ...

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Almost everybody agrees Micheál Martin’s heir apparent is Jim O’Callaghan. The latter’s declaration last year that he was ...

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At just 26 years old Anna Cassidy saw her creations hanging on lampposts in every corner of the country. The Meath woman ...

The rioting in Citywest, Dublin, should give us pause for thought at the direction our country is going. Those involved in ...

Former ceann comhairle Seán Ó Fearghaíl has said the country has “hog-tied ourselves to bureaucracy”, questioning whether the ...

On reader writes in to say there is doubt that a large proportion of this will be spent on weapons, and that means that the ...

Educational exchanges, sports diplomacy and tourism collaboration could be among the stepping stones toward genuine change in ...

Ireland stands at the edge of a new era, where a rising Left confronts the anti-immigrant elephant in the room. Can Connolly ...

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The number of spoiled votes in county Longford and the lack of support for Fine Gael presidential candidate Heather Humphreys ...