Reunification? Or Reconciliation?Is the island of Ireland ready to unite?Twenty-seven years on from the Good Friday Agreement, politicians in both Northern ...

Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald has seemingly U-turned on a previous decision to rule herself out, and if she did decide to run, could very well become this country’s 10th president.With just ...

TV presenter Richard Madeley suggested this week that Northern Ireland is economically "close to being a basket case". He ...

McDonald accused the Government of preparing to throw families “under the bus” in the upcoming budget, while Mr Martin said ...

The State has a surplus of €8bn but is still proposing to throw ordinary working families when it comes to the Budget, Sinn Féin has told the Taoiseach. Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald said she ...

The left-wing Galway West representative said she did not make the decision overnight and was doubtful enough about the move, but was convinced by the correspondence she got from people asking her to ...

Thompson is not indicative of a big swing from unionism toward nationalism. Still, it does show it is possible to move some ...

Deputy first minister Emma Little Pengelly has hit out at her coalition partners for “economic illiteracy” over Sinn Féin’s position that Northern Ireland is not economically viable. Ms Pengelly said ...

The deputy First Minister says comments by Mary Lou McDonald that Northern Ireland is “not economically viable” raises ...

Mairead McGuinness has been confirmed as the nominee for Fine Gael’s presidential candidate. Her ratification as the party’s ...

Independent Galway TD Catherine Connolly is expected to announce her intention to run for the presidency on Wednesday.