Frank Flannery: Fine Gael’s local election campaign was one of the worst I...
The former Rehab chief and Fine Gael strategist has been speaking at the MacGill Summer School in Donegal.
View ArticleMichael McDowell doesn’t think much of the government’s plans to reform the...
The former justice minister has been speaking at the MacGill Summer School in Glenties tonight.
View Article‘We are on the cusp of a government without Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael’
Lucinda Creighton has said that the window of opportunity for a new political movement is closing.
View Article‘If I was Minister for Finance I would meet Donald Trump – but not on his...
Michael Noonan’s rendezvous with ‘The Donald’ in May was criticised at MacGill this afternoon.
View ArticleCommissioner: The guards are damaged and hurting – but we aren’t broken
Acting garda commissioner Noirín O’Sullivan has been speaking at the MacGill Summer school in Glenties this evening.
View ArticleLeo tells health lobby: Stop attacking me and weakening me
The Health Minister has said he will consider proposals from an expert panel on medical card eligibility.
View ArticleLeo Varadkar and Micheál Martin rule out going into government with Sinn Féin
Earlier, Health Minister Varadkar said he doesn’t think anyone believes Gerry Adams when he denies past membership of the IRA.
View ArticleLeft Alliance? Independent TDs deny that they’re about to form a new...
Speculation has been mounting that left wing independent TDs are about to form a political party.
View ArticleMary Coughlan: A lot of people would like me to go back into politics – but...
Coughlan also admitted this morning that a lot of people thought she was out of her depth as Tánaiste.
View ArticleThis top civil servant wants to talk about making it easier to sack public...
Robert Watt has admitted it is easier to sack workers in the private sector than it is in the public sector.
View ArticleTop civil servant: Public sector workers who don’t perform should ‘of course’...
Senior civil servant Robert Watt called for a debate on making it easier to sack public sector workers at the MacGill Summer School yesterday.
View Article‘I was offered class A drugs, but I was never offered the chance to volunteer’
The MacGill Summer School has been discussing the causes of young people’s apathy towards politics.
View ArticleOpinion: Voter turnout isn’t a problem, so let’s stop all the hand-wringing
Do we really need to solve the ‘problem’ of low turnout?
View ArticleHere are 9 things we learned from the Electric Picnic of politics
Where do politicos, academics and Oireachtas nerds spend their summer holidays? In Glenties of course…
View ArticleErvia boss: “Even in Greece… they pay for their water services”
Michael McNicholas also said “more could have been done to make the case for payment.”
View ArticleEnda Kenny warns voters not to choose ‘political freakshow’ of the Opposition
Is it election season already?
View ArticleDon't worry, Paschal has found the money to refund your water charges
Paschal Donohoe has identified an under-spend across all departments of €300 million.
View ArticleA post-Brexit trip to Belfast to buy a new TV will mean you'll pay duty plus...
Pearse Doherty said there will be big tax implications if the customs union ends.
View ArticleIreland 'shouldn't go down US route of splitting security and policing'
The chair of the Future of Policing Commission said splitting security and policing systems might not be the answer to tackling terrorism.
View Article'The optics are bad': Criticism levelled at Garda Commissioner for taking...
Labour and Sinn Féin described the timing of the break as ‘strange’.
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