Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe has paid tribute to David Doyle, former Secretary-General of the Department of Finance, who has died.

Behind every good political leader stands a formidable adviser, ready to steer a party through the darkest days and to guide its members to victory during the good ones.

Seamus Mallon’s death less than two weeks ago meant his chastening analysis of the Belfast Peace Agreement as “Sunningdale for slow learners” was recalled.

It would be a little unfair to describe Micheál Martin’s disposition as cocky at Fianna Fáil’s campaign launch event. But he certainly seemed composed. Confident even.

The Universal Social Charge (USC) will not be abolished in the next five years, Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has said.

We still live with the scars of that time and those traumatic memories [of the horrendous austerity] will live on, writes Alison O'Connor.

Ten years ago, in the teeth of the great financial crisis, the then finance minister Brian Lenihan moved to cut public sector pay.

On Tuesday, Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe introduced Budget 2020. A set piece of the political year a budget is rarely radical.

There is no doubt about it — it was an omnishambles.

David Meyler has opened up about his struggles in dealing with three miscarriages suffered by his wife in the space of a year.

Sky-high expectations the ECB will sanction a large stimulus next month to help Germany and other parts of the eurozone to avoid recession sent the market costs of Irish government borrowing to a new low, as Irish bank shares were hit again.

Catch up on today's news.

Nama developers have been able to buy back billions of euro worth of loans at massive discounts because of a major flaw in the laws which set the bad bank up a decade ago.

The reassurances on Nama made by the late Brian Lenihan a decade ago were a puff of smoke, writes Political Editor, Daniel McConnell.

A major flaw in the laws prohibiting the resale of properties taken over by NAMA to the developers behind them has emerged.

Nama is 10 years old. Brian Lenihan’s brainchild to fix our collapsed banking

This is a story of a Cork schoolboy, though not the one we’ll begin with.

The National Football Exhibition teamed up with retired footballer Brian Lenihan and Pieta House for a talk on mental health in Cork.

Our Arts Editor selects his highlights of the year...

Ten years ago this month, the financial world was rocked by the collapse of a Wall Street giant.

Some 10 years ago, Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy. On September 29, 2008 the Irish Government announced a blanket guarantee of all the liabilities in the Irish banking system.

As Nama looks to the end of its original projected lifespan and its legacy will be examined, it must start being honest with itself and the public about the basic facts of its existence, writes Daniel McConnell

Former Cork City defender Brian Lenihan has revealed that the real reason he retired from football at the age of just 23 was the mental illness which led him to attempt to take his own life last year.

It is some trick, to be able to increase spending by a whopping €3.4bn in one year and still be able to claim to be prudent, writes Daniel McConnell

All you need to know this lunchtime

Hull City player Brian Lenihan has announced his retirement from football at the age of just 23.

The appointment of young Dublin West TD Jack Chambers was the sum total of change to the Fianna Fáil front bench in the reshuffle announced by Micheál Martin on Thursday, writes Daniel McConnell

An IRA group which was killed during an ambush by the SAS in the Co Armagh village of Loughgall in 1987 was responsible for up to 50 murders, secret government documents have revealed.

"This is not something I want to do but you can only suffer so much and to suffer it for something you didn't do makes the suffering intolerable."

Six wrongfully imprisoned for Birmingham pub bombings ‘offered nothing but false hope, promises’

Charles Haughey told the assembled media: “I will not be asking for the Tánaiste’s resignation from the cabinet. I will not be putting him under any pressure to resign, nor will his cabinet colleagues. It is entirely a matter for my old friend of 30 years.”

If there is any further dragging of heels by the banks, he must exercise the full range of powers at his disposal — and demand more from Donohoe if necessary, writes Daniel McConnell, Political Editor

To those who played a role and were responsible for this scandal, you are probably unmoved by my outrage, writes Daniel McConnell.

Five members of the Cabinet recount their experience of the process of Budget 2018, writes  Political Editor Daniel McConnell

During US president Franklin D Roosevelt’s 1933 inaugural address he told the American people that the only thing they had to fear was fear itself.