Maria Steen has received a last-minute boost in her bid to contest the presidential election as she received nomination number 18

Data from the Department of Justice shows that a total of 3,440 gardaí have been assaulted while on duty since 2014.

Cannabis herb, cannabis oil and nitrous oxide - also known as laughing gas - are being used by children as young as 11 in schools in the Dublin 15 area, the research found.

702 prisoners were unlawfully at large in 2024, with 126 still at large by the end of the year.

Over €1 million will be spent this year on paying the wages of the Taoiseach's eight political and media advisers

A large crowd attended the event to honour the iconic Republican figure who is regarded as the ‘Father of Republicanism’.

Simon Harris said a circular is to be issued to local authorities encouraging them to allocate homes they own.

Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín said there had been a ‘shocking increase’ in the number of children referred to Tusla.

Cllr Sarah Beasley said young children using electric scooters are being used by drug gangs to ferry drugs around the city,

Mr Tóibín rejected a suggestion that he wanted to have his cake and eat it, there was a lot of false information and hypocrisy, he said

A row is brewing between opposition parties and the group of Independents supporting the Government

The cold snap has caused temperatures to plummet to -7.5 degrees in parts, and left tens of thousands of people without power and water.

"I think that the support that I've gotten so far is an indication from people that they are responding to our message.”

Fianna Fáil looks on course to secure the most seats and had a stable vote in many areas

Full results from all the constituencies in the General Election 2024

Did you make up your mind by looking at party leaders, or were you swayed by a strong social media campaign?

A manifesto is the list of pledges parties make to voters, explaining what they would do if elected.

Voters will head to the polls to vote in the general election this Friday.

The Taoiseach said he hoped voters would not judge him on the basis of a criticised encounter with a disability care worker in Co Cork.

Taoiseach Simon Harris’s party now trails both Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin, an Irish Times/Ipsos B&A survey indicates

Here, we have a look at the topics likely to dominate political discourse in the week to come

Aontú launched its manifesto on Thursday

Peadar Tóibín said Aontú has only ruled out engaging in talks with Fine Gael and the Green Party.

Simon Harris and Mary Lou McDonald both faced scrutiny over their handling of recent controversies involving their party colleagues.

A new opinion poll has put support for Simon Harris’s party on 25 per cent, ahead of both Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin on 19%.

“It is deeply concerning that domestic abuse incidents are rapidly increasing in Kildare"

The Taoiseach said a Covid evaluation will ‘get to the bottom’ of the country’s response to the pandemic.

Melissa Byrne missed out on a seat in Kildare County Council in the local elections in June by small margins

Support for Sinn Féin has fallen again as two of the main government coalition parties have seen their popularity increase

Former RCN general secretary Pat Cullen is Sinn Féin’s pick to take on UUP councillor Diana Armstrong.

The Government has been criticised over immigration policy with 70 asylum seekers staying in tents pitched along Dublin's Grand Canal

Peadar Tóibín, the party’s leader and only TD, addressed the party’s Ard Fheis on Saturday

The poll was taken after the resounding no vote in the two referendums.

Pippa Hackett rejected accusations that the Government did not give enough information to the public about the referendums.

Aontú is the only political party that is advocating for a No-No vote in the referendum proposals.

The leader of Aontú says commuters are getting "fleeced" by toll increases