Green Party leader Eamon Ryan has said he hopes to return to the Dáil with four TDs after the general election. He said that on a good day, he sees them coming home with a “team” to again establish the Green Party as a force in national politics.

The Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Tánaiste Joan Burton have this evening moved to end speculation surrounding the involvement of Independent TD Michael Lowry in the next Government.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has expressed full confidence in coalition partner Tanaiste Joan Burton, as the Labour leader faced Opposition claims of “cronyism” in appointing former trade union leader David Begg to a state board.

Marketing and taxes are among the biggest challenges facing Irish start-ups, whether they are based here or abroad, the Global Irish Economic Forum heard yesterday.

Irish politicians say that walking on the beach, hitting the gym and watching Downton Abbey are the main ways they like to relax after a long day marching the corridors of power.

Children are going to school hungry and not enough is being done about it, according to the vast majority of schoolteachers.

It was a dream location for a meeting but might be the last day out so to speak before Enda and Joan prepare for their Second Coming.

A Fine Gael MEP has blasted the referendum on the issue of the presidential age as a “waste of money” and said those who came up with the idea of putting it before the people should be fired.

Gardaí have recommended that charges of false imprisonment and violent disorder be brought against Socialist Party TD Paul Murphy, two party colleagues, and five other people.

Hundreds of people are holding a protest outside Tallaght garda station over the early morning arrests of 20 anti-water charge activists.

Labour TD Anne Ferris has said she is prepared to be thrown out of the Labour Party for voting in favour of Clare Daly's fatal foetal abnormality bill this evening.

Socialist Party TD Paul Murphy is among four men who have been arrested in connection with the water protest last November which saw the Tánaiste Joan Burton trapped in her car for more than two hours.

Boxer Katie Taylor has been crowned The Irish Times/Irish Sports Council ‘Sportswoman of the Year 2014’ for her exceptional achievement in winning a record breaking sixth European title and her fifth consecutive world title.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has expressed concern that Tanaiste Joan Burton was “delayed” and locked in her car for two hours. Yes, Joan was denied her basic right to move freely and not be delayed.

Almost 30,000 Irish men and women who died in the First World War will be remembered today on the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the conflict.

By-elections in Roscommon-South Leitrim and Dublin South-West will be held on Friday, October 10, the Government has announced.

Some people who have experienced the trauma of a loved one’s suicide may gain solace from the new short-form death certificate that the Tanaiste Joan Burton intends to introduce. I am sure this is being done with good intention, but I will not gain any comfort from it.

Tributes to Ireland’s war dead were led by President Michael D Higgins at a solemn ceremony of remembrance.

Commemoration ceremonies are taking place across the country this morning to honour those who died at war or on duty with the United Nations.