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Pleasing all the people all the time is a non- starter to all but the naive. Yet new Taois­each Simon Harris’s pledge to “work every day to improve the lives of all” came about as close as you might dare in these sceptical times without straining credibility.

Government Chief Whip says Fine Gael leader unavailable because of phone calls to British, Northern Ireland and Ukrainian leaders

Opposition parties criticised the Government for voting through changes to the Dáil order of business for Wednesday which meant that Leaders’ Questions was among the items dropped from the schedule.

Michael McGrath in heated exchange with Kerry TD and Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty over increases in motor fuel excise duty

Simon Harris is to become the new head of government of Ireland. The parliament in Dublin elected the 37-year-old on Tuesday as the successor to Leo ...

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.”

As health minister, Harris had to admit that Government and taxpayer were extremely badly let down by the elasticity of the cost of the National Childrens Hospital and its completion should now be a priority

TWO SENIOR Sinn Fein TDs have disavowed Garda killer and wife-stabber Pearse McAuley – saying the killer lost his standing in the Republican movement following the attack on his estranged wife Pauline Tully.

The Insurance industry continues to rip off consumers and small businesses and pocket the savings.   That’s according to Sinn Féin spokesperson on

Ten days ago, republicans buried garda killer and ex-wife stabber Pearse McAuley in a flag-cloaked coffin, flanked by a male colour party clumping along the concrete in their boots.