The media has taken over the role of opposition to the Coalition due to the country’s “bizarre crisis”, a Fine Gael TD has warned.

In a political system where dissent in the Dáil is stamped out by a dictatorial government with an overwhelming majority, the media has increasingly become the main opposition.

The North's Education Minster Caitriona Ruane said it would not be safe for her children to wear GAA jerseys in some areas.

The Catholic Church has accused the Government of trying to belittle its role in educating tens of thousands of schoolchildren over several decades.

Ireland’s education system will be discussed by cross-border government ministers and academics at the Parnell Summer School today.

The legacy of the 1916 Easter Rising will be discussed today at the Parnell Summer School in Co Wicklow.

Politicians and academics gather in Co Wicklow today for the annual five-day Parnell Summer School.

DEVELOPERS “using their inside track to Fianna Fáil” have neutered a crucial scheme to provide more social and affordable housing, Labour leader Pat Rabbitte said last night.

Policymakers should pay tribute to the memory of Michael Davitt by ensuring vulnerable people in society have access to legal advice, it was urged today.

The Government continues its tradition of holding Cabinet meetings outside Dublin when it convenes in the historic former home of Charles Stewart Parnell in Co Wicklow tomorrow.

Irish political parties are neglecting marginalised groups of society while they jockey with each other for votes, it was claimed today.

Former Ulster Unionist MP Jeffrey Donaldson today appealed to former colleagues to work with his party in the run up to next month’s crucial peace process talks.

A MAJOR rift is set to emerge between Fianna Fáil and its Progressive Democrat coalition partners over plans to tackle excessive profits being made on land speculation.

AS A farmer, I agree with junior minister Tom Parlon when he says the State should not be allowed interfere in the value of land owned by its private citizens.

SINN Féin leaders will do everything in its power to keep the peace process going and remove the guns from Irish politics, a senior member of the party vowed yesterday.

The SDLP has announced its intention to propose the establishment of a South Africa-style truth and reconciliation commission for the North.

Republicans were today accused of being responsible for almost all of the problems encountered by the Good Friday Agreement.

The North’s Finance Minister has said that progress in the North will not come about unless unionists and nationalists feel they are a part of each other’s cultures.