Ireland News » Dublin News Ireland » Dublin » Politics: ‘We’re being taken for fools’: How soaring migration came back to bite Ireland’s political elite
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A sticker saying 'Ireland is full' Driving through Dublin in his taxi, Gavin Pepper gestures down a stretch of pavement. “You ...
News Ireland » Dublin » Politics: Brexit regrets for Ireland’s favourite Frenchman Michel Barnier
Former EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier says there is ‘nothing to celebrate’ 10 years after the UK voted to leave the EU ...
News Ireland » Dublin » Politics: As it happened: Catherine Connolly inaugurated as 10th President of Ireland
Catherine Connolly has become the tenth president of Ireland at Dublin Castle. Ms Connolly took the oath of office from Chief Justice Donal O'Donnell shortly, officially becoming president shortly ...
News Ireland » Dublin » Politics: Mass in Dublin for Ann Widdecombe hears Ireland 'not immune' to violence against politicians
Several politicians and TDs attended a mass today for the late Ann Widdecombe in St Teresa’s Church on Clarendon Street in Dublin city centre.
News Ireland » Dublin » Politics: Zelenskiy to arrive in Dublin as Ireland assumes EU presidency
The Taoiseach will discuss how to advance negotiations on Ukrainian membership of the EU during a meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskiy to mark the beginning of Ireland’s presidency of the Council of the ...
News Ireland » Dublin » Politics: ‘Tik Tok taoiseach’ in the spotlight as Ireland heads to the polls
Ireland’s youngest ever prime minister, Simon Harris, may have thought he had a victory in Ireland’s upcoming general election all but shored up. Touted as the TikTok taoiseach, Harris had used his ...
News Ireland » Dublin » Politics: How Ireland avoided a far-right surge and anti-incumbent backlash in recent election
Since 2020, the Irish government has consisted of a coalition between the two largest parties, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, both best classified as center-right. They have been supported by a junior ...
News Ireland » Dublin » Politics: Spoiled votes and celebrity campaigns: Ireland’s presidential election reveals exhausted state of its democracy
Ireland elected its 10th president over the weekend, the independent, left-wing candidate, Catherine Connolly. She will be inaugurated next month. The president in Ireland serves as the head of state, ...
News Ireland » Dublin » Politics: An Outlier in Irish Politics Has Become the Country’s President
Propelled by anti-establishment fervor, Catherine Connolly was elected last week with a landmark popular mandate. By Mark Landler Reporting from London She has said Ireland’s policy of neutrality is ...
News Ireland » Dublin » Politics: Patrick McGarty: Hatchets, arson and hunger strikes – how the peaceful suffrage campaign went militant in Ireland
Since 1910, the Irish Parliamentary Party, led by John Redmond, held the balance of power in the British House of Commons and Asquith’s Liberal government committed to granting Home Rule, which ...