Every day this saga remains alive, Donohoe’s position becomes more and more precarious

Increased tetchiness and bickering among Coalition parties over the potential spoils of war

English and his boss Taoiseach Leo Varadkar will hope that his speedy resignation will help draw a line on the affair and allow the Government move on, but such hopes are fanciful, writes Daniel McConnell

The truth is this country and its health service have been held to ransom for far too long by a small group that has refused to budge from its privileged position.

McDonald and Co need to show just where a viable and stable alternative coalition can be formed

You could have scarcely believed it had you not been there. Sitting in the press gallery inside the thronged Dáil chamber, we watched as Micheál Martin brought the curtain down on his tenure as Taoiseach, the shortest of any in that office in history.

Late in 2017, then Taoiseach Leo Varadkar had just emerged from a committee room deep in the bowels of Leinster House. We said hello and began chatting about how he was getting on in the top job in Irish politics.

Fine Gael held its annual Christmas drinks for the media in Dublin on Wednesday night.

Saturday, December 17, is set to be a long day, with Varadkar reportedly warning his colleagues proceedings in the Dáil could run as late as midnight before the new Cabinet is in place

A mistake is often made about how the government in Ireland works. When we say the word government, it leads one to imagine this vast edifice of connected entities all pulling in the same direction in a coherent fashion. The truth is vastly different.