The Government has been accused of double standards after calling for more gender equality in politics while discriminating against young female politicians by refusing to provide them with maternity leave.

A court has heard a man who did not stop after he knocked down a Kildare County Councillor was found hiding in his friend’s wardrobe.

A former Sinn Fein councillor and his father who appeared today at the Special Criminal Court have been charged with the intent to commit false imprisonment.

By David Raleigh

A Limerick councillor threatened to cut a water charge protester's throat in a Facebook message which has been shared on social media.

Sinn Féin has said it will be reorganising structures in the Cork East constituency, after the mass resignation of members in two major cumanns.

Former Fianna Fáil Cork City Councillor Gary O'Flynn has appeared in court today charged with fraud offences.

A community leader has raised concerns about plans for a supermarket on a publicly owned landbank which is earmarked for sale on the southside of Cork City.