Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan has welcomed the response of the Vintners to the government’s appeal for pubs to close in a bid to slow the transmission of the Covid-19 virus.

“That looks to me like it's the only real option at the moment. So I think what we're now doing is a kind of a mating dance with a result - which looks like it's going to be a Fianna Fáil/Fine Gael coalition," he said.

Clongowes Wood College will face Castleknock College in the Leinster Schools Senior Cup semi-final after they ran in eight tries to get the better of St Gerard’s, Bray at Donnybrook

Outgoing Finance Minister and Fine Gael TD Paschal Donohoe has insisted Leo Varadkar will continue as leader of his party, despite its woeful election performance.

Sinn Féin has been called on not to enter government with either of the two big parties and to instead unite in forming a grand coalition on the left.

The first vice-president of the European Parliament, Mairead McGuinness, has said Nigel Farage used the parliament “to kill Europe.”

Sinn Féin's health spokesperson has revealed that she smoked cannabis while in college.

The Taoiseach and Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin went toe to toe last night in the first of two head-to-head debates ahead of the February 8 general election.

THEY came, they smiled, they debated — and we all went home none the wiser. Last night, the nation held its breath, paddled away from Love Island, and tuned into the celebrity death match between Leo and Micheál.

Controversially, Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has been excluded from both tonight’s debate and the final debate before the country goes to the polls.

The first television debate of the general election takes place tonight between the leaders of Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil.

The Sinn Féin leader will be part of a seven-person debate the following week.

Firstly, The Claire Byrne Live Leaders' Debate will see leaders from a number of political parties invited to take part in front of a live studio audience, the State broadcaster confirmed this morning.

Both RTÉ and Virgin Media are lining up key debates during the campaign.

Farmers say retailers’ contribution to yesterday’s meeting of the Beef Taskforce only raised further questions around the 30-month age limit on cattle.

Farmers say retailers’ contribution to today’s meeting of the Beef Taskforce only raised further questions around the 30-month age limit on cattle.

The Minister acknowledged the difficulties in 2019 for the beef sector.

What a difference a decade makes: On this exact date 10 years ago, I dropped a friend to Shannon Airport — another statistic in the gathering gloom of Ireland’s great recession.

The sister of missing Kildare man Trevor Deely has described some of the online speculation about her brother's disappearance as “outrageous” and she called for it to be toned down “several notches.”

The husband of murdered Irish woman Michaela McAreavey has put together an in-depth podcast outlining the ordeal the family went through at the timeof her death