Trying to sell themselves as very different parties to voters, while at the same time remaining respectful due to the possibility of forming a successor government, will be a difficult task for Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael

Palestinian women and girls have been subjected to sexual assault, rape, and naked strip searches while detained by Israeli authorities in both Gaza and the West Bank

Quiet messaging by the Greens, if you can even call it messaging, is at odds with all other political parties and Independents, who as the general election draws nearer will be battling to drown each other out

The Westmeath man is now one of the most significant threats to Simon Harris’s leadership, writes Elaine Loughlin 

As health minister, Harris had to admit that Government and taxpayer were 'extremely badly let down' by the 'elasticity of the cost' of the National Children's Hospital and its completion should now be a priority

It was one of those times politics should have been set aside but Labour, Sinn Féin, the Social Democrats, and People Before Profit could barely articulate a proper farewell to the departing Taoiseach

Corralled by a group of advisers who did their best to keep both the media and the general public away from their man, the Taoiseach managed to avoid much of the usual pressing of the flesh during his St Patrick’s trip.

An ambassador’s life is often perceived as highly privileged, but what exactly do they do day to day? Elaine Loughlin travelled to Madrid to find out

On the frantic St Patrick’s Day circuit of breakfast briefings, lunch events and evening receptions, both leaders appeared to be reading off a single transferable speech honed and altered for a US audience

A minister speaking to an empty chamber is an apt metaphor: Instead of generic woman-themed speeches, politicians should use IWD to progress laws that make real differences to the lives of women