The Boiler House has been rediscovered. It is now a rediscovery centre, in the heart of Ballymun on the northside of Dublin.
Wed, 05 Feb, 2020
A proposed citizen’s assembly to consider a United Ireland will need the involvement of unionists, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said.
Fri, 27 Dec, 2019
Sinn Féin’s Westminster abstentionist policy, the lack of an Assembly in the North, and absence from 2016 government formation talks have created a bad smell, writes Daniel McConnell
Sat, 16 Nov, 2019
It's the saga that has sparked a thousand memes and has had people chattering in pubs, golf clubs, office canteens, and taxi cabs.
Thu, 31 Oct, 2019
Swing-gate TD Maria Bailey is facing a Halloween nightmare after her party’s local branch said it will meet tomorrow to decide whether to potentially call for her removal as a general election candidate.
Wed, 30 Oct, 2019
It would be the first December British election in 100 years and there would be a five-week campaign by parties up to polling day.
Tue, 29 Oct, 2019
President Michael D Higgins has rowed into the asylum seekers debate claiming some people have "abused" the facts about people coming to Ireland.
Wed, 25 Sep, 2019
Fine Gael is only aiming to win one out of the four upcoming by-election seats.
Thu, 12 Sep, 2019
Addressing his party colleagues in Cork the Taoiseach said May would be the best time for the country to go to the polls.
Four by-elections to fill Dáil seats left empty as a result of the European elections could take place on the same day in a "Super Friday" style election day as soon as the first half of November.
Mon, 09 Sep, 2019
Greta’s urgency is about the survival of our species and is informed by hard scientific research carried out on behalf of the common good. Boris’s urgency is driven by ego and the egg on his and his party’s face, writes Joyce Fegan.
Sat, 31 Aug, 2019
Richard Braine has been elected as the new leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP).
Sat, 10 Aug, 2019
The Green party hierarchy has set its sights on running European elections candidate, Saoirse McHugh, in a Seanad by-election to replace newly-elected party MEP Grace O'Sullivan in the upper house.
Fri, 12 Jul, 2019
The defining characteristic of humanity is how we face and survive constant change; how we deal with the reality that nothing stays the same forever, or even for very long.
Wed, 19 Jun, 2019
Fine Gael TDs have privately raised fears the party could be dumped out of office by a Fianna Fáil-led minority government unless it tackles a worrying poll slump before the next election.
Tue, 18 Jun, 2019
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said he cannot commit to publishing the awaited report into the Maria Bailey 'swing-gate' controversy.
Wed, 12 Jun, 2019
So that’s nearly Monday wrapped up. Here’s some of the stories we published on irishexaminer.com today which we hope will help you make sense of it all this evening.
Mon, 10 Jun, 2019
Many associate the murky world of ‘dark money’ with the US political system, but its influence has reached far closer to home, including European elections and Ireland’s anti-abortion movement, says Joyce Fegan
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald and senior party officials from both sides of the border will meet in private tomorrow in a bid to explain their disastrous local and European election results.
Fri, 07 Jun, 2019
Bonjour. This column comes to you from Paris, France, as the Americans might say, in case you mix it up with Paris, Texas or any other Paris.
Sat, 01 Jun, 2019
Italy’s deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini has told his party he wants to keep its fractious coalition government going, but is ready to see it collapse if he cannot push through his flat tax plans and other priority measures.
Fri, 31 May, 2019
The Defence Forces are carrying out an investigation into claims that a number of its personnel were denied their constitutional right to vote in the local or European elections, because they didn't receive postal votes in time.
Thu, 30 May, 2019
Leo Varadkar has told a private meeting of Fine Gael TDs that an internal review to “establish the facts” in the Maria Bailey saga will take two weeks.
More than 200m of the 400m people entitled to vote in last week’s European elections did so. This marks a substantial
Wed, 29 May, 2019
So that’s Friday nearly wrapped up. Here’s some of the stories we published on irishexaminer.com today which we hope will help you make sense of it all this evening.
Tue, 28 May, 2019
Micheál Martin has lashed out at Fine Gael's John Paul Phelan for interfering with the electoral process over the two 'cold storage' EU seats.
The Green Party has urged the government to go back to the drawing board on proposals for directly-elected mayors in Cork and Waterford and engage people through a Citizens Assembly process.
The European elections in England were a triumph for Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party, which took 32% of the vote. There was real success for the Liberal Democrats and Greens as well, deep disappointment for Labour and the new Change UK party and disaster for the Conservatives.
Independent Clare Daly has insisted she will fight for a seat in Dublin amid suggestions a row over transfers in the European elections could go to the courts.
A row over the transfer of votes and the so-called 'cold storage' Brexit seat has brought a halt to counting in the European elections in Dublin.
The monopoly of power has been broken. Europe has found itself at a crossroads as the far right and Greens make substantial gains in European elections, writes Lorne Cook.
More than 25,000 of the spoiled votes in the Ireland South ballot were left entirely blank.
Mon, 27 May, 2019
Business group Ibec has said a transition to a low-carbon economy is a “no-regrets opportunity” after the local and European elections signalled a public shift towards greener policies.
The Green Party’s European candidate in Ireland South has hit out at other political parties for attempting to ‘bluff’ their way through environmental issues during the local and European campaign.
Fine Gael has become the first government party in two decades to make gains in mid-term elections, according to Taoiseach Leo Varadkar.
Ciarán Cuffe’s was on the verge of a landmark win for the Green Party in the European elections in Dublin last night after topping the poll on the first count.
Fine Gael European election candidate Maria Walsh has joked that her Polly Pocket and Tamagotchi toys from the 1990s are "doing quite fine" after being heavily criticised for a nostalgia "90s kid" online video in the final hours of the European elections race.
Sun, 26 May, 2019
Green Party candidate Saoirse McHugh says she is not sure how she will travel to Brussels if she is elected in the Midlands North West constituency.
Director of environmental group Friends of the Earth Oisin Coghlan outlines five tests for the new all-of-government climate plan.
Counting is under way in the European elections where the Greens could pick up as many as three seats.
Fine Gael TD Maria Bailey is reportedly dropping her legal "swing" case against a Dublin hotel after a week of deepening controversy surrounding the legal action.
Sat, 25 May, 2019
The Taoiseach has congratulated the Green Party on a significant election win but has admitted Fine Gael will not see the gains they had hoped for.
Since the RTE/TG4 exit poll dropped at 10 pm on Friday evening, most of the talk about the local and European elections has been about the so-called 'Green Wave'.
Culture Minister Josepha Madigan has refused to say if she played any role in advising Fine Gael TD Maria Bailey to take her swing compensation case to court, despite her family law firm representing the TD.
The chances of a snap general election being called this summer in the aftermath of the European elections appear to have dissipated after Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil both slumped in a detailed voter exit poll.
Hundreds of secondary school students in Cork walked out of classes to send a clear message to the Government that action is needed on climate change.
Fri, 24 May, 2019
Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe has warned that the risks of a no-deal Brexit are growing.
Thu, 23 May, 2019
The Tánaiste has warned of dangerous times for the European Union and urged the electorate to counter the rise of the Brexit party by voting for pro-European candidates in tomorrow's European elections.
Minister Paschal Donohoe says the threat of the UK crashing out of the EU without a deal is growing.
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