:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/JKPQ2DQOZK4YVYTVLOOEDMX7B4.jpg "Mary Lou McDonald shifts on €300,000 target for average Dublin house prices")
The Sinn Féin leader, Mary Lou McDonald, has said her party would have a scheme to sell affordable homes in Dublin for €300,000, appearing to move...
:quality(70):focal(1990x854:2000x864)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/6WMIQGRKZBFQBA4B55AWROLWWA.jpg "Niall Boylan: The ‘shock jock’ aiming to produce a shock in the European elections in Dublin")
The first thing that stands out about Niall Boylan is his voice: it is deep, sandpapery and confident. He introduces himself as someone who you might...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/GX47KLMGN5E4FIU3C4EZVWJSA4.jpeg "‘Nothing has improved’: Fianna Fáil election candidates grapple with criticism in Swords")
“Is that the President?” asks a teenager to his three friends, who are standing on Main Street in Swords, Co Dublin, as Tánaiste Micheál Martin and...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/Y5CU6TIHAJBIDKSRUGIL3XKU5A.jpg "Pier-to-pier politicking as Simon Harris parades his personality along Dublin’s coast")
Another historic milestone for Taoiseach Simon Harris on Saturday when he embarked on a trip to the United Notions of Dún Laoghaire, Glasthule and Howth. It...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/2LDTB5DFNZPT3ESNJPM45H4TC4.jpg "Overheard: El Diablo’s grandson hopes to join the Haughey political dynasty at the second attempt")
Bertie Ahern is not the only grisly ghost of Fianna Fáil’s past trying to rehabilitate their reputation. Cathal Haughey, a son of Conor Haughey and grandson...
:quality(70):focal(2303x1464:2313x1474)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/ZXUWGRGLIRD7NATTST3OSYPJ7I.JPG "Ireland South constituency profile: Issues facing MEP candidates are as broad as the constituency")
Asked to sum up Ireland South, the five-seat vast constituency stretching from Bray to west Cork and from the Cliffs of Moher to Hook Head, one...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/W5S3PSQI65BYXL2DX7GZ5LUKCY.jpeg "Midlands North-West constituency profile: Battle for final seat could end with a small party making a breakthrough")
Midlands-North-West (MWN) spans 15 counties in three provinces. There are 27 candidates on the slate – 10 more than in 2019. The counting of votes in...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/UKZFESKMXHOFPEMF4QEHKUYRH4.jpg "Dublin constituency profile: With a volatile electorate and high-profile mavericks, nothing seems certain")
The conventional wisdom on the battle for Dublin’s four European Parliament seats would see Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin and Fine Gael take one each with a...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/WBLLWXT26JHXDIYDJ5ETWA5U7A.JPG "Prime Time debate: Nobody likes Von der Leyen and four other takeaways from European election special")
It was all very civilised After the periodic mayhem of the Midlands North West RTÉ debate, last night’s Ireland South election debate was relatively low key...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/MLUNNSUVGJDRXPWEMJ6GJAGMIA.jpg "Migration the one clear difference between Sinn Féin’s last two European election manifestos")
When comparing Sinn Féin’s latest European election manifesto with its 2019 offering, one clear difference stands out: migration. Party leader Mary Lou McDonald launched the 2024...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/HEHV5CDYVJFIVIFN2JRIKJMK24.jpg "‘Once you don’t vote for Ursula von very Leyen’: Sinn Féin candidate tests support in heartland")
This is not Kathleen Funchion’s first rodeo. In 2009, she contested the European election for Sinn Féin in the old East constituency. Then, she was a...