Party leader Mary Lou McDonald and the party's Ard Chomhairle met over the weekend and agreed on seven candidates who have been backed ahead of voting opening for the race later this month.

With the Oscars taking place on Sunday, tomorrow is good timing for the release of Parasite, the South Korean film that’s been nominated in six categories

Even a crash-out Brexit will be a children’s birthday party compared with what has been, and is being, suffered by the Palestinian people, writes Victoria White.

Independent Alliance Ministers were convinced to abstain on a Dail vote today relating to the purchase of goods from the occupied territories amid protests from Israel, it can be revealed.

Your morning bulletin.

As a senator, Frances Black has recently been battling against Israeli settlements, but she is also looking forward to gigging again with her old friends, writes Ellie O’Byrne.

Fiachra Ó Cionnaith breaks down the potential list of candidates for the Presidential race.

The Israeli Defence Minister has called for the "immediate" closure of its Dublin embassy days after a bill was passed by the Seanad banning the importation of goods originating from Israeli settlements in Palestine.

Tánaiste Simon Coveney says Ireland will “fan the flames” of conflict in the Middle East if Opposition senators drive through plans to ban the sale of goods from illegal Israeli settlements here.

Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters has urged support for a Seanad motion to ban the sale of goods in Ireland produced from Israeli-occupied territories.

This is one not to be missed.

The Government did not cave in to the powerful drinks lobby in changes to the alcohol health bill, Health Minister Simon Harris says.

There will be a national day of action on homelessness on Saturday, April 7, which will see wide-scale protests to highlight the crisis.

A homeless protest concert is being organised on the streets outside the Dáil this week.

They must be worried, says Daniel McConnell. The booze companies I mean

"I wasn't aware that it was alcohol that was making me feel darker, that was making things worse."

More than 60% of the clients who attended an addiction treatment centre last year are holding down full-time jobs.

Many children whose parents are heavy drinkers grow up worrying about their siblings’ health and safety, while others report being unable to sleep at night because of parents’ partying or recount being verbally and physically abused by drunk parents, according to the Irish Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children (ISPCC).

The seats said ‘Mr and Mr’ and were indicated on Cupid’s arrows when the fashion designer, Don O’Neill, married fiancé Pascal Guellermie in front of Ballyheigue Castle, Co Kerry, on the edge of the Atlantic this weekend.

Singer Frances Black is to run for the Seanad.

My biggest challenge has been believing in myself.

The Public Health (Alcohol) Bill is a crucial response to one of our most significant public health problems. Alcohol misuse claims three lives every day in Ireland and we all know someone who has been affected in a harmful way by alcohol use — it is all too common.

Irish people have always had a love hate relationship with alcohol and none less than our artists. As a new book is written about Bridie Gallagher, Suzanne Harrington examines why hugely talented women take refuge in drink.

St Patrick’s Day, inextricably linked with excessive drinking and anti-social behaviour, is undergoing something of a rebranding. 

Rachel Pilkington makes plea to Irish Government.

Over 271 of the biggest names in Irish film, television and music have called on Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney to ban fur farming in Ireland.

Paddy Casey is torn. The chart-topping singer-songwriter has written his next album and is ready to go to the studio. However, his former record label, Sony, plans to release a Casey ‘Best Of’. Should he put out the new record and potentially be in competition with himself? It’s a tough one.

I’m a problem solver and I love information.

The country’s longest-running agricultural show will host a major food and music festival as part of the event next month.

The head of TV3 has called on the Government to end the “failed dual-funding mechanism” which allows RTÉ to earn revenue from both advertising and the TV licence fee.

THE Temple Bar TradFest begins in Dublin this week. Promoted by the Temple Bar Company (an association of traders in the city centre), the acclaimed festival of traditional and folk music will begin on Tuesday and run until Sunday next.

DES BISHOP is moving to the other side of the world.

MUSIC NEWS: Thom Yorke of Radiohead has unveiled some tracks from his Atoms For Peace project during a DJ set in the US.

ALMOST 7,000 “hugely traumatised” adults and 581 children who have been bereaved by one or more suicides attended specialist counselling services in the first six months of this year.

IRELAND should discuss rejoining the Commonwealth, Gay Mitchell has said.

THE planned development of an addiction treatment centre on a remote part of the rugged Rathlin Island, off the coast of Co Antrim, will be a case of bringing it all back home to her father’s birthplace for one of Ireland’s top performers.

U2, Snow Patrol and Christy Moore are just some of the entertainers helping to launch a new support organisation for people affected by addiction.

People will take to the streets of Dublin today to protest against the country’s austerity Budget.

THE 2010 Social Entrepreneurs Ireland Award Winners were announced at a reception in Dublin yesterday.

FARMERS and young men are more likely to hide mental health problems while there is a general prejudice in the workplace against those with mental health issues, a survey shows.

LIVES lost through suicide were remembered by around 1,500 people who attended a special candlelit service in Maynooth, Co Kildare, yesterday.

ONE of Ireland’s best-loved singer-songwriters died yesterday from an illness believed to be linked to his years working on Britain’s building sites.

The Kerry-born singer-songwriter Christie Hennessy has died this morning following a battle with cancer.

A taskforce and more specially trained gardaí are needed to tackle domestic violence in homes across Ireland, it was claimed today.

SINGER Frances Black, who has battled multiple addictions over many years, yesterday described addiction as “soul sickness”.

PUCK Fair may be one of the country’s oldest festivals, but it still draws the crowds and is worth an estimated €6 million to Killorglin, Co Kerry.