Tori Towey speaking to the media after arriving home to Dublin Airport on Thursday (David Young/PA) A human rights lawyer who helped free Tori Towey has...
:quality(70):focal(2691x1959:2701x1969)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/U2J32POA4RV563PXV34JYIK6UA.JPG "People Before Profit seeking formal left-wing voting pact with Sinn Féin ahead of next election")
People Before Profit (PBP) is seeking a formal voting pact with Sinn Féin modelled on the French New Popular Front but says Mary Lou McDonald’s party...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/QUA2KZRHY5OS7MLKIIAIYSXZOE.jpg "Miriam Lord: Fascinating turnabout as Mary Lou McDonald scoffs at Fine Gael’s claim to be party of law and order")
Not one, but two sessions in Dáil Éireann on Wednesday devoted to discussing domestic, sexual and gender-based violence. Half the morning and then half the afternoon...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/ZETK4GQOUGZ4RREED2IDK6KR2Y.JPG "Dublin city centre ‘scourged with anti-social behaviour, drug-dealing, gang intimidation’")
Dublin city centre is “scourged with antisocial behaviour, drug dealing, drug consumption and by gangs who create a daily atmosphere of fear and intimidation”, Sinn Féin...
Severely ill patients left to suffer as bed shortage increases pressure on system Cara, her mother Tonya, sister Fiadh and father Colin. Cara suffers from spina...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/SBBDTDQRVNDZTFJ2UW7TQUEXSI.jpg "Nine music festivals cancelled this year, more affected next year without State intervention, Dáil hears")
Events like this weekend’s Taylor Swift concerts in Dublin, and associated “Swiftmania” and “Swifties”, give the false impression that Ireland’s music scene is booming, but nine...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/5RTQC63CTZBZ7BOYHG6NHMWN6U.jpg "Dublin city ‘affordable’ homes in Coolock priced at up to €475,000")
Buyers of some of Dublin city’s first “affordable” homes will have to pay up to €475,000 for a three-bed house, almost €170,000 more than when city...
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald said her party will “dust ourselves off” after it failed to reach its electoral ambitions in the recent local and...
Soc Dems, Sinn Féin, People Before Profit and independents form alliance on Dublin City Council TheJournal.ie ‘Progressive alliance’ to provide a stronger left-wing voice on Dublin City...
:quality(70):focal(2613x741:2623x751)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/FPUDXWFPWZS2ZWII6QLFR2GZDM.jpg "Northern nationalists see Sinn Féin setback as ‘bump in the road’ as they look ahead to united Ireland")
In Belfast’s SSE Arena, symbolism pulsed through the air on Saturday. “From the dark end of the street to the bright side of the road,” sang...
:quality(70):focal(2620x1349:2630x1359)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/YVXIUIBHWVFXTN62ZFDXV4BKCY.JPG "Business relief at Sinn Féin’s election woes")
Many senior figures in Irish business breathed a sigh of relief at Sinn Féin’s poor showing in the local elections last week, after four years of...
:quality(70):focal(1248x557:1258x567)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/WINL2IWDNRBWPFR6XJYEGYM2R4.jpg "‘Their opponents painted them as a bunch of flip-floppers’: What next for Mary Lou McDonald and Sinn Féin?")
It was a scene that played out in count centres around the country. A grim-faced tallyman at a ballot box. A tap on the shoulder and...