Mary Fitzpatrick smiles down in splendid isolation from the ESB poles of Main Street, Swords. She is alone among Euro election candidates in occupying high vantage on the thoroughfare. All the other posters are for the locals, candidates of a lesser political god, but perhaps one that has far more relevance to the lives of the voters.

Anti-water tax campaigners have warned the Government it faces a wave of nationwide blockades after water meter protests spread yesterday.

Justice Minister Alan Shatter has rebuffed the Garda Ombudsman’s request for a copy of Garda reports into the two Roma cases last month.

An emergency law giving the minister for finance power to spend “possibly limitless” sums of public money supporting financial institutions via promissory notes was so general it could mean the minister intended to “save a village credit union or Anglo”, the High Court has heard.

The school principal whose criticisms of Dublin TD Derek Keating prompted a Fine Gael aide to remove and dump thousands of copies of a local newspaper has denied his actions were politically motivated.

The school principal whose criticisms of Dublin TD Derek Keating prompted a Fine Gael aide to remove and dump thousands of copies of a local newspaper has denied his actions were politically motivated.

A new opinion poll out tomorrow reinforces the findings of a poll published last week which showed that Fianna Fáil are now the most popular party in the country.

Spain’s new government has begun the gigantic task of lifting the country out of its worst economic crisis in decades, following an overwhelming general election victory.

Given that MEPs spend much of their time working in Brussels and Strasbourg, they don't always make the headlines at home.

The armed Basque terror group Eta unilaterally declared a ceasefire in Spain’s north-eastern region of Catalonia today.

Tens of thousands of protesters denouncing the United States-led war in Iraq today marched to Spanish military bases used by the US to refuel planes and help care for wounded soldiers.

THE Basque separatist group Eta has defended a car bombing that killed two people, including a six-year-old girl.