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

Former Finance Minister, Michael Noonan, was sharply opposed to the idea of putting water meters outside every home in the State but was overruled by then-Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, a new book reveals.

The hard-hitting report from the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council was written as economics but should be read as morality: “The pace of annual spending growth has risen from 4.5% in 2015 to 6.7% in 2018.”

Labour leader Brendan Howlin has accused rival left-wing parties and Independents of acting like they are part of "the United Nations" instead of trying to help their communities on local councils.

Michael D mastered the speech of protest the better to deliver it from the palace balcony, writes Gerard Howlin

Raising expectation ahead of delivery, and way ahead of what should be delivered at all, is taking a toll, writes Gerard Howlin.

I joined the Labour Party as an ordinary member in my early 20s, and I’ve been a member now for not far short of half a century.

The minister for health, Simon Harris, published a strategy document — a 10-year plan to reform the health service — last week. 

President Michael D Higgins was among the mourners at the funeral Mass for former Ceann Comhairle and 46-year veteran of the Dáil Seamus Pattison who was buried in his native Kilkenny this afternoon.

The taxpayer paid out close to €20m last year in pensions, lump sums, and other retirement benefits to former politicians.

Former taoiseach Enda Kenny has ruled out any possibility of running for the presidency and said it is entirely a matter for Michael D Higgins if he wants to remain at Áras an Uachtaráin.

The real divide in Irish politics is the artificial one, writes Michael Clifford.

Any future decision on water will be a political one and nothing to do with good sound public policy, writes Political Editor Daniel McConnell

A result where holy Catholic Ireland has elected a gay prime minister would make international news, writes Alison O’Connor.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today

Former Labour leader Eamon Gilmore has said he expects to be involved in any likely campaign to change Ireland’s abortion laws and also remain active in the party.

Ireland faces a situation as potentially dangerous as the economic crash of 2008, following Brexit, yet Fine Gael is engaged in internal warfare and the Dáil is the most dysfunctional it has ever been.

A peace agreement has been signed to bring an end to a long-running conflict in Colombia which has claimed more than 200,000 lives.

Wexford TD and former minister Brendan Howlin has been elected unchallenged as the 12th leader of the Labour Party.

Former environment minister and deputy party leader Alan Kelly has emerged as the overwhelming favourite to replace Joan Burton, after the Labour leader formally announced her resignation yesterday.

Somewhere in south Dublin yesterday afternoon, a grey-haired retired politician was having a strange feeling of déjà vu.

Joan Burton has announced her resignation as leader of the Labour Party.

The race to replace ex-tánaiste Joan Burton as Labour leader began today after almost three months of a phoney war between the main potential successors.

More than 500,000 political leaflets, newsletters and calendars, printed at the state’s expense, have been binned after TDs and senators failed to collect them from the Oireachtas printing facility.

More than 500,000 political leaflets, newsletters and calendars, printed at the state’s expense, have been binned after TDs and senators failed to collect them from the Oireachtas printing facility.

Our political masters have been keen to point out to us that the country’s recovery is fragile. But not as fragile as the Labour Party’s road back from oblivion.

There must be a general election in the air…..as TDs’ attendance for votes in the Dáil has dropped significantly in recent months.

Political Correspondent Juno McEnroe sees the writing on the wall for Labour as the party fights for its survival in the upcoming election    

Former Labour leader Eamon Gilmore has warned the electorate not to “sleepwalk” into voting for a Fine Gael single-party government.

In the eyes of the European Commission, Ireland is both star performer and naughty boy. But its warnings ought to be heeded, says Kyran Fitzgerald