“I saw a dead baby today/While I was sitting on the toilet/When a colleague sees me later and asks how I am/I’ll tell her fine, and I’ll smile. ” The poem posted to Instagram by the writer Elena M.

At 2. 45am on Tuesday morning, the printers in the Department of Finance were whirring away, the staff manning it in for the long-haul, publishing the material that would make up that day's — and arguably the year's — political set-piece: Budget 2024.

The report into planning corruption allegations — which themselves date back to 2010 — is still under lock and key. It's a fine example of the sclerosis that holds up reform in Ireland

In 10 volumes of discussion, there is plenty for this and future governments to consider, writes Political Correspondent Paul Hosford

Would the Irish Government break a convention signed in its own capital to allow the US to send banned munitions to an active war zone?

Varadkar was willing to enjoy some Wexford strawberries — when in Rome, after all

The scandal around RTÉ began around the payments to one man, and is now a question about the future of public broadcasting in Ireland

"Maybe the taxpayer was defrauded.

If you are told that you can use blockades without fear of any legal repercussions, why wouldn't you do it?

Holly Cairns says Martin's sacking of Barry Cowen for refusal to answer Dáil questions had set a precedent