The decision to refuse Irish visas to party of GAA players from Palestine has been defended in the Dáil by the Minister for ...

Mairead McGuinness is regarded as the frontrunner for a Fine Gael tilt at the Áras — but Ireland South MEP Seán Kelly has not ...

Growing tensions between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael coalition ministers over media coverage have sparked 'blazing rows' among rival party spin doctors.

GAA Palestine had planned to bring in 33 Palestinian children and young teenagers to later this month for a tour, but were ...

Fine Gael MEP Seán Kelly has ruled himself out of the race to replace Michael D Higgins as president of Ireland. Mr Kelly, the former president of the GAA, had in recent weeks expressed an interest in ...

A presidential election is likely to be held in October ahead of the end of President Michael D Higgins' 14-year stint in ...

Paschal Donohoe has been elected for a third term as president of the Eurogroup. He joins former Luxembourg prime minister Jean-Claude Juncker as the only three-term president of the group, which is ...

Paschal Donohoe has been elected for a third term as President of the group of countries sharing the single currency in Europe. He joins former Luxembourg prime minister Jan Claude Juncker as the only ...

The High Court ought to resist any attempt to bring the judiciary into a political contest being “played as an away fixture”, the court was told as it hears a challenge over the constitutionality of ...

Third-level students are in line to see hundreds of euro permanently cut off their college fees, in a move that will be seen as a concession by Fianna Fáil. The Sunday Independent can also reveal ...

The coalition is on yet another collision course over whether to increase pension rates and the social welfare rates to the ...