Fine Gael has dismissed as “very arrogant” Fianna Fáil claims that only Micheál Martin can be taoiseach in the next government.

General election candidate Peter Casey says he will represent Donegal if elected to the 33rd Dáil.

A security guard hired after an arson attack on a hotel to accommodate asylum seekers in Donegal has had a brick thrown through his car window.

Sinn Féin has been forced to take down a large Presidential election poster of Liadh Ní Riada after it was vandalised with offensive slogans.

The family of backpacker Danielle McLaughlin may not be reunited with her body until next Tuesday, more than two weeks after she was murdered in India.

Schoolboy, Paddy Flynn, has brought Traveller issues very much to the fore in recent weeks. In this edited extract from his PhD project, Trinity student and author Frankie Gaffney, argues the Irish 'state' has and continues to be a 'cold house' for Irish Travellers and it is time to remedy that before making any exhortations to pride in our nation. 

Sinn Féin TD Pearse Doherty has admitted his party mismanaged its vote in Donegal and should have sought a full recount when Gary Doherty was eliminated.

Gerry Adams has conceded Sinn Féin have not won enough seats to go into government and the party will return to the opposition benches.

In 2011, Fianna Fáil’s Charlie McConalogue defied the national trend to become a new TD in Donegal while the Tánaiste Mary Coughlan lost her seat in the neighbouring constituency.

Over three years ago I submitted a petition to the The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions on behalf of civil society NGO Shannonwatch, on the issue of US military and CIA use of Shannon airport. The committee issued its final report on St Bridget’s day 2016.

The circumstances of a baby’s birth should have absolutely nothing to do with its human rights, writes Victoria White

Gerry Adams has questioned the ability of the judiciary, saying that judges can make mistakes.

Sinn Féin TDs and senators yesterday voiced their support for leader Gerry Adams over his continued backing for convicted tax evader Tom ‘Slab’ Murphy.

It may be the season of good will… but no one told Tánaiste Joan Burton and Mary Lou McDonald.

The practice of ‘slopping out’ is nearly at an end in the prison system.

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has again rejected any possibility of his party forming a post-election coalition with the “mafia-like” Sinn Féin, despite colleagues and one senior Sinn Féin TD insisting a deal could be struck.

IRA abuse victim and Seanad nominee Mairia Cahill will highlight abuse perpetrated by Republicans if elected to the Upper House, Labour’s Alan Kelly said.

The controversial closure of 139 rural Garda stations is saving the State just €500,000 a year, Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has admitted.

EVEN though the credibility of crime statistics, long massaged by gardaí to give a false impression of their efficiency, must still come with a health warning, yesterday’s figures showing a significant rise in assaults, burglaries, frauds and murder threats — up by 52% — puts the news that just €4,000 was saved by closing each of 139 Garda stations over recent years in a chilling but surreal, almost vaudeville, light.

Opposition parties have strongly objected to “watered down” legislation creating the Policing Authority which they claim will keep the garda commissioner from being legally accountable to the Government.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald says authorities need to examine Fennelly report revelations that former garda commissioner Martin Callinan shredded up to 10 bags of “personal” files and was unable to provide a SIM card to his official work phone after retirement.

Anti-Austerity TD Paul Murphy has been criticised by some opposition TDs for appearing to question the independence of the DPP.

The troika told Joan Burton Ireland would “have to give us everything you have” in a flash of “vicious bluntness” the Tánaiste revealed.

Banks will still have a veto over the bulk of personal insolvency deals, despite Government claims to have changed the balance of power, opposition party TDs have warned.

Tánaiste Joan Burton says she is “nervous” about the possibility of a low turnout in next Friday’s marriage referendum — and how this might affect the yes vote.

The Ombudsman and Children’s Ombudsman have welcomed recommendations that they both be allowed to investigate complaints by asylum seekers living in direct provision centres.

The war of words between Enda Kenny and Gerry Adams intensified as the Taoiseach insisted the Sinn Féin leader must reveal all to the gardaí about alleged child abuse by IRA members.

A terrified single mum was taken by gardaí in a taxi from Donegal to Dublin for not paying the full fine on a TV licence offence.

The opposition is considering a motion of no confidence in Ceann Comhairle Sean Barrett after a row escalated over his decision to ban a debate on the terms of an inquiry into garda malpractice.

Gun owners have accused gardaí of hiding information on firearm thefts to make the threat to public safety appear worse.

Opposition parties have welcomed new Garda legislation, but insisted its provisions needed to be stronger.

Cabinet ministers have been warned to abandon "unrealistic" budget plans and settle for what is available.

The Finance Minister, Michael Noonan, told Sinn Féin to hire background people “who can add” in a forceful put down of the party’s economic policies.

Garda whistleblower John Wilson claims the state is still losing millions of euro because summonses are not being served.

The authority of the acting Garda commissioner Noirín O’Sullivan has been undermined by fresh allegations about penalty points system abuse, the opposition has claimed.

Gardaí who wipe out penalty points are being told to leave behind a "paper trail" to explain their decision.

A Garda Ombudsman "fact-finding investigation" has failed to uncover the mole who leaked details from a top-secret report to The Sunday Times

Export licences for €6.4m worth of military goods for Israel have been approved by the Government in the past three years, the Irish Examiner can reveal.

Legal experts and opposition parties have expressed concern at draft laws giving the justice minister a veto on proposed Garda Ombudsman powers to investigate the Garda commissioner.

A promised statutory inquiry into allegations by Sergeant Maurice McCabe of deficient garda investigations may not start until December — some seven months after the damning Guerin report was published.

Ireland should boycott Israeli military goods after buying almost €3m worth during the past three years, Sinn Féin has demanded.

The outgoing head of the Department of Justice, Brian Purcell, is being "kept sweet" by retaining his €200,000 a year salary because of his role in events leading up to the resignation of the former Garda commissioner.