Gary Gannon says Fine Gael, Fianna Fail and The Greens should get on with forming a government.

None of the asylum seekers arriving in Cahersiveen this week have been in the country for "less than two months".

Labour leader hopeful Alan Kelly has rubbished claims that freezing rents is unconstitutional and released previously undisclosed government advice which supported a temporary stop to landlord rate hikes.

Sinn Féin has been against the involvement of civil servants in mediating or attending some of the government formation negotiations.

Some of the country's highest-profile women TDs who lost their seat in the General Election have revealed the depth of the explicit and hurtful messages sent to them in recent weeks.

"My door is open. We will have to look at the issues that affect Cork South West."

Latest: Leo Varadkar said Jim O'Callaghan could have recused himself from representing Gerry Adams.

From public spending and tax cuts, to pension reforms and house-building, some of the proposals from parties chasing your vote do not add up, writes Jim Power

A leading west Cork fish supplier and former Fine Gael campaign manager has added his voice to criticism of the short timeline for registering for a postal vote in this general election.

The second seven-way leaders’ debate of the 2020 general election took place at Virgin Media headquarters last night in Dublin and proved to be a very loud affair indeed initially before descending into a more discursive second half.

How can election candidates secure the votes of beef farmers?

The last Sunday Times/Behaviour and Attitudes poll a month ago had both Fine Gael and Fianna Fail neck and neck on 27%

Fine Gael has launched its economic plan for the next five years which focuses heavily on Brexit and the party’s record of financial stability, but acknowledged that mistakes have been made and lessons learned in the recent past regarding the spiralling budgets of the likes of the National Children’s Hospital.

The complaint, lodged to the Oireachtas Committee on Members' Interests in the name of Louth TD Fergus O'Dowd, has been lodged following weekend media reports

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has said that there should be an orderly wind down of the current Government and a general election should not take place until after Easter.

Latest: Senator Colm Burke was eliminated in the ninth count of the Cork North-Central by-election.

Fine Gael's Colm Burke is optimistic about his chances of securing a seat in the General Election in 2020 but conceded that it is now unlikely that he will secure a seat in the by-election.

The by-election is to replace Fine Gael TD Frances Fitzgerald who was elected as an MEP in May.

A stormy meeting on the controversial Public Services Card this morning saw Minister for Social Protection Regina Doherty say her department would take their objection to accusations of illegality levelled at the card “as far as it takes to vindicate our position”.

Comfort for Chemo Kerry is working with the HSE to enhance the services.

Fianna Fail Spokesperson for Finance Michael McGrath TD has called on the KBC Group to apologise for comments on the tracker mortgage scandal.

Fianna Fail Senator Lorraine Clifford-Lee has said she would like to apologise “face to face” to the Travelling community for controversial tweets sent nine years ago.

Today marks 'Equal Pay Day' here, which aims to highlight the pay gap between women and men.

Labour has pledged to undo changes forced on people during the financial crash by first reducing the pension age and by also increasing wages and the delivery of homes.

Labour will not participate in government unless it can "radically transform the policy platform" of the state and see 'five red line' policies implemented, leader Brendan Howlin has pledged.

The Taoiseach has branded the abduction and beating of businessman Kevin Lunney as “cowardly and brutal”.

Fianna Fáil has ramped up the pressure on Social Protection Minister Regina Doherty to publish the Data Protection Commissioner’s highly adversarial report on the Public Services Card.