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Unlike every other proposal Simon Harris has brought to Government, his Cabinet reshuffle didn’t entirely leak out in advance. History in its own right.

The role of Taoiseach is a “very different game” to that of a cabinet minister, according to Bertie Ahern.

The notion that the incoming taoiseach is uniquely energetic is easily dismissed. And even if Simon Harris is a human dynamo, its hard to see how that will help tackle multiple crises facing Ireland

Wigmore likes to keep an eye on the property market, and was pleased to see the late Chris Wall’s home recently went “sale agreed” with an asking price of €795,000 — meaning in today’s market it probably sold for considerably more.

More than a quarter of a century ago, John Hume said something that often seems unfulfilled, despite the peace he helped secure. Accepting the Nobel Peace Prize alongside David Trimble in 1998, the SDLP leader told the Oslo audience: “Too many lives have already been lost in Ireland in the pursuit of political goals. Bloodshed for political change prevents the only change that truly matters: in the human heart.”

Coalition deals with Independents have been commonplace for decades, though Simon Harris has ruled out ‘transactional’ arrangements on his path to the Taoiseach’s office

?Simon Harris’s plans to freshen up the embattled government with a new and shiny image are not a new concept in politics.

Meetings between Independent TDs and Simon Harris have been underway over the last two days.

Commemorative and funeral marches by non-State actors wearing uniforms are polarising, ridiculous and ultimately unrepublican

A plan backed by the Duke of Beaufort to build a 2,000-acre solar farm near the King’s Highgrove estate has sparked a row with residents including his environmentalist ex-wife.