I met EU Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan last Thursday in Brussels to discuss the ongoing uncertainty over Brexit and the crippling effect the chaos is having on Ireland’s farming and wider agri-food sector and the financial losses being suffered by farmers.

Instead of the giveaway or takeaway budgets, we have now been reduced to the old Roman governing formula of bread and circuses. A few crusts are thrown here and there to the citizenry, all wrapped up in a spectacle that could pass for a three-ring circus, writes Michael Clifford

One in four Aer Lingus workers could lose their jobs if the airline is taken over by IAG, unions have claimed.

Special Correspondent Michael Clifford casts a cold eye on Enda Kenny’s Cabinet reshuffle.

As Enda’s Options and the Game of Joan’s reach critical focus, who will go where?

The successor to Justice Minister Alan Shatter will be announced this morning in the Dáil.

CAN you imagine Richard Bruton’s reaction when he got the call? The instruction from Enda Kenny may have been: “Richard, I want to get rid of this Seanad thing, and you’re the best man for the job.”

The head of the Irish Bank Officials Association has called for an independent bank inquiry into the collapse of the financial sector instead of the proposed Oireachtas inquiry.

A tax on wealth would hinder Ireland's economic recovery by driving money out of the country, according to Fine Gael TD Pascal Donohue.

More than one in five rental properties are failing to meet the minimum legal standards in this country, according to Fine Gael Senator Pascal Donohue who says while the number of inspections of properties is up, the number of prosecutions is down.