The government’s reluctance to bring building issues to light means it still has plenty of questions to answer

The winner was never in doubt, but the runner-up is the star of the show

Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil have gained ground since 2016 and are set to remain big players in an increasingly fragmented Dáil

The presidential election is a microcosm of the modern tendency to reduce politics to sloganeering and media stunts

Mr Justice Peter Charleton’s report finds ‘bizarre coincidences’ were deliberately twisted by the former Garda commissioner and press officer to vilify whistleblower Maurice McCabe

With Fianna Fáil offering to support the government until after a possible Brexit deal, the country can expect to go to the polls in the early part of 2019

Both Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael expect overtures to be made imminently to arrange a process for negotiations to get underway between both sides for a renewal of the confidence and supply deal

Ten years after a young man drowned in the Grand Canal basin, a judicial report into the circumstances of his death has not offered the answers that his family were hoping for

Paschal Donohoe’s Budget 2019 will fire the opening shots in the next general election campaign

A series of failures was identified in how An Garda Síochána responded to alerts in the lead-up to the drowning of a young man in the Dublin docklands

Public Affairs Editor Mary Regan is joined by Political Correspondent Hugh O'Connell for the latest Post Podcast

The presidential office’s large annual allowance has surprised many, but MEPs’ expenses are also shrouded in mystery

High-flying entrepreneurs often find regular politics frustrating but, in Ireland, a business background could be a bonus in the office of President

Leo Varadkar holds most of the cards, but Micheál Martin’s wily ways could outfox him

Seán Gallagher’s opening move has been clever, but he’s likely to be just one of a vast array of candidates

It was precisely because of the last papal visit that the airport ever came into being

Varadkar guides the Church towards an understanding of modern Ireland

There are hints that an extension to the confidence and supply deal is afoot

The biggest crowd at any gathering in Europe this weekend will greet Pope Francis at the Phoenix Park today. But the scale of the event masks a deep ambivalence, and in some cases outright hostility, towards the Catholic Church in Irish society