Hugh O'Connell

Hugh O'Connell

Hugh O'Connell is political correspondent with the Sunday Business Post. He is the former political editor of TheJournal.ie and has previously worked for BBC Radio 4, FIFA, and Newstalk. He holds a BA First Class Honours degree in Journalism from Liverpool John Moores University. A regular contributor to television and radio, he also occasionally lectures in journalism.

Fianna Fáil demands tax cuts for developers to solve housing crisis

Fianna Fáil demands tax cuts for developers to solve housing crisis

Housing spokesman Barry Cowen says his party is demanding that the Vat rate for the construction industry be cut to 9 per cent for up to three years

Trains, traffic and chefs: how Tánaiste lobbied Ross on constituency matters

Trains, traffic and chefs: how Tánaiste lobbied Ross on constituency matters

Letters show Fitzgerald contacting transport minster frequently over local issues

Flanagan uses ‘defunct’ branch to rejoin FG

Flanagan uses ‘defunct’ branch to rejoin FG

Former Fine Gael TD Terence Flanagan has rejoined the party through a branch that had been defunc...

FG’s O’Donovan refuses to apologise for bombings gaffe

FG’s O’Donovan refuses to apologise for bombings gaffe

Victim who lost an eye accuses junior minister of ‘using us as a battering ram on Sinn Féin’

Sturgeon to meet Varadkar on Irish visit

Sturgeon to meet Varadkar on Irish visit

Scotland's first minister is due in Dublin on October 5 after being invited to address the Dublin Chamber of Commerce

OPW warns over Garda building demands

OPW warns over Garda building demands

OPW minister Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran has warned the Minister for Justice, Charlie Flanagan, that ...

The great survivor still controls his own narrative

The great survivor still controls his own narrative

Biography: Gerry Adams: An Unauthorised Life, By Malachi O’Doherty, Faber & Faber, €17.25

Fianna Fáil set to target Varadkar 'brand-building'

Fianna Fáil set to target Varadkar 'brand-building'

The public will soon begin to demand fewer meaningless announcements and more substance from the new Taoiseach

Britain to push EU on border trade deal in Brexit talks

Britain to push EU on border trade deal in Brexit talks

Brexit secretary David Davis will tell Michel Barnier tomorrow that more imagination and flexibility is required on both sides

Leo Varadkar’s officials disputed his fraud claim

Leo Varadkar’s officials disputed his fraud claim

Varadkar had said publicly that people were using fake beards to make false welfare claims

Cost of Enda Kenny’s victory lap runs to €130k

Cost of Enda Kenny’s victory lap runs to €130k

Last four months in office included multiple foreign trips for taoiseach and entourage

James Brokenshire may be determined, but is he realistic?

James Brokenshire may be determined, but is he realistic?

The Northern Secretary appears unfazed by Dublin’s tougher attitude on Brexit, and claims Britain still wants to avoid a negative outcome for Ireland when it leaves the EU

Varadkar criticises Trump’s Charlottesville response

Varadkar criticises Trump’s Charlottesville response

Taoiseach told The Sunday Business Post there was no place for white supremacy, racism and neo-Nazis in the 21st century

James Osborne 1949-2017

James Osborne 1949-2017

Tributes have been paid to the highly-respected businessman and lawyer James Osborne who died sud...

The presidency: Are you right there, Michael?

The presidency: Are you right there, Michael?

When Higgins ran for president in 2011, he secured more than a million votes and promised that he would serve only one seven-year term