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All to play for Taoiseach in Oval office showdown, and will energy prices force the Government’s hand?
Ministers may be globe trotting for St Patrick’s Day, but the political temperature at home is rising. As energy prices climb amid tensions in the Mi…
4 months, 1 week ago
International chaos, a political comeback and an eviction storm
As conflict in Iran pushes up energy prices, the Government faces mounting pressure over possible emergency supports. New rent reforms are already ca…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Why education is now in the political danger zone and Dublin Central battle heats up
The government scrambles to contain the fallout from its SNA allocation controversy, announcing a late night funding reversal but has lasting damage …
4 months, 3 weeks ago
SNA cuts, social media ban and Rotunda row: a week of pauses and public outcry
A tricky week for the Government inside and outside of Leinster House goes under the microscope on the latest Indo Politics. On the agenda: public ou…
5 months ago
Monk’s political return, a rent gamble and we finally have our housing tsar
Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch has confirmed he will contest the Dublin Central by-election and already the political temperature is rising. On this week’s e…
5 months, 1 week ago
By-Elections Loom and Bord Bia under fire
Whilst heavy rain and winds battered parts of the East coast this week, temperatures rose inside Leinster House. As Bord Bia chairman Larry Murrin ap…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
The fallout from Storm Chandra and what awaits the Taoiseach in Washington on St Patrick's Day?
It's been a busy week in Irish politics. As the country reels from Storm Chandra, government ministers have accused Met Eireann of withholding inform…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Trump’s trade war averted for now and the government's new state-led childcare plan
Donald Trump pulls back from threatened tariffs and military action over Greenland, but what does it mean for EU-US relations? From Brussels, Mary Re…
5 months, 4 weeks ago
Between Grok and a hard place: Pressure on Micheál Martin to hold golden tech goose to account
The Dáil is back and so is Indo Politics for the first time in 2026. The controversy around AI tool Grok dominated proceedings. Elsewhere the Mercosu…
6 months ago
Introducing: Indo Politics
Welcome to Indo Politics. Every week the Irish Independent's political team will bring you the biggest stories, the latest analysis and the gossip fr…
6 months, 2 weeks ago