On the first of our three-day feature on the Shared Island initiative, political correspondent Aoife Moore speaks with Taoiseach Micheál Martin, a survivor of the Miami Showband Massacre and a father who lost his son in the Omagh ...

Scheme has been recommended by the World Health Organization 

The Taoiseach has been called upon to review the code of conduct for ministerial officeholders after the Tánaiste admitted leaking a confidential document.

The Dáil is being held in Dublin's Convention Centre in order to ensure Covid-19 safety guidelines

Fianna Fáil's Cork North-West TD Michael Moynihan has accused Taoiseach Micheál Martin of "disrespecting both him and his community" after being overlooked for a junior ministry.

Micheál Martin, a savvy political operator, keeps his circle small. He has curated relationships over a number of years, and takes their counsel seriously. Although most formal appointments haven’t been made yet, his pick of personal advisors will come as no surprise to those who have observed him in Leinster House for the last two decades.

An elderly woman with a suspected broken hip had to wait for three hours in the back of an ambulance outside Cork University Hospital's emergency department.

Green leader Eamon Ryan has said there is a "sense of responsibility" now on his party after 76% of members who voted backed the government deal with Fine Gael and Fianna Fail, paving the way for the new coalition.

Sinn Féin is ready for opposition and will "continue to fight for change", the party says.

As one half of the country breathes a sigh of relief, while the other prepares for the worst, Ireland’s government is set to be formed today in Dublin’s convention centre.

On May 11, talks to form a new coalition government began in the aftermath of the election on February 8, when no party received the 80 seats needed for a Dáil majority.

TDs from across the Dáil insist that they are not looking beyond this Friday for alternatives to the proposed programme for government, despite growing doubt that the Green Party membership will pass the deal.

A dissolution of the Dáil is unlikely to be permitted by President Michael D Higgins should the programme for government be rejected this weekend, according to senior sources in the main parties.

The votes needed for the historic government coalition are expected to go right down to the wire in the Green Party. Rifts between members have further come to the spotlight in the days since the Programme for Government was released, with senior party members both publicly supporting and trashing the document.

Fianna Fáil leader and Taoiseach-in-waiting Micheál Martin has faced down unrest in his party over going into power with Fine Gael and the Greens, insisting “the country needs a government now”.

The leaders of Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and the Green Party have agreed a programme for government.

Facing a global recession, the new government must also tackle housing, finance, Brexit, civil liberties, and climate, writes Political Correspondent Aoife Moore

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed TD.

Local leaders urge fight fans to shun Kinahan bout

Affordable purchase, where the land is provided at a discount by the state or local authorities even if development levies are waived, is at worst cost neutral, and can actually contribute directly to the exchequer.

Never has silence been so fitting as the one in the Dáil on Wednesday, writes Aoife Moore

Ireland may not have a mandated government until July, as party votes on the matter may hold up proceedings.

Spending billions is required to support economic recovery, but any new government will face tough choices over cuts and tax hikes if it is to meet Sláintecare and housing pledges.

The country's Chief Medical Officer insists the state acted 'significantly' and 'quickly' to tackle the spread of Covid-19 in nursing homes.

The HSE has suspended the practice of giving Covid-19 test results to employers ahead of workers, after concerns about “breaches of confidentiality”.

On a day where our public officials were supposed to shed light on the inner workings of our pandemic response, many could attest to their brain socially distancing from their body while watching it.

Ireland, and the world, was a different place on February 9.

Ireland will today take its first step back to normality after 10 weeks of lockdown as the Cabinet will approve the lifting of restrictions to personal freedoms from Monday.

The stark economic landscape for the next government has been laid bare for parties during government formation talks.

Education Minister Joe McHugh has admitted the State could be opening itself up to legal action from student's and parents over the decision taken to predict their grades to avoid students having to sit down to do their exams.

The central heating system in the Kerry direct provision centre where at least 25 people have tested positive for Covid-19 has been in disrepair since last December.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has fired the starting gun on a Fine Gael vote for a new government and told other leaders the process could take two weeks.

A 100-day journey back to normality for the country has been outlined by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar who said the lockdown is to be lifted in five three-week phases from May 18.

The country has been told must “find a new way of living” as severe restrictions on personal freedoms are to be extended beyond next Tuesday.

More than 10,000 nurses have yet to receive thousands of euro in pay and allowances due them since last March.

11 weeks, three days and one global pandemic, and Ireland is still without a mandated government.

Private firms have been paid over €1.3bn to provide direct provision accommodation, with several contractors earning more than €100m from the taxpayer.

The lucrative business of direct provision has been mired in controversy and criticised by human rights groups, Political Correspondents Aoife Moore and Paul Hosford investigate

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has admitted that it would “have been better” to have tested 60,000 nursing home patients and staff sooner for Covid-19, but said the scale of the challenge facing the country has been extraordinary.

Lyra McKee’s partner Sara Canning talks exclusively to Aoife Moore about how she is still struggling to come to terms with her death one year on.

As the country recorded its highest daily death toll from the virus, new modelling suggests that Ireland may have turned a corner in the fight against the spread of Covid-19, with the virus now close to contained.

A number of Fine Gael ministers do not believe a government can be formed and that a second general election will be needed.

Doubt has been cast over the Government’s contact tracing system as 36 Covid-19 related deaths were recorded across Ireland yesterday.

Government working around the clock to help those abroad