Politics Leo Varadkar to meet with Northern leaders in last major job as TaoiseachVaradkar will formally resign as coalition leader on Monday evening
Fine Gael Leadership Race ‘You ain’t seen nothing yet’ – Simon Harris hits back over party criticismHarris said that if elected the next leader of Fine Gael, he would remain fully committed to the programme for government
Northern Ireland ‘Stakeknife’ agent cost more lives than he saved, major report concludesSinn Fein vice president Michelle O’Neill apologised to the victims’ families and said republicans could not disown the suffering and hurt inflicted during the Troubles
GAA ‘Unfair’ to expect GAA to up its contribution to Casement Park revamp, says new presidentJarlath Burns said he was not in favour of any increase in the association’s £15 million contribution to the project
Northern Ireland UK repeal of legal duty to protect all-island Irish economy will have ‘little effect’Conor Murphy said economic links across the island of Ireland will accelerate regardless of the ‘Safeguarding the Union’ command paper
Northern Ireland Leo Varadkar hails ‘positive day’ as Stormont returns but Sunak warns ‘real work’ only startingVaradkar and Sunak held bilateral talks as the new Northern Ireland executive, led by Michelle O’Neill and Emma Little-Pengelly, began its work
Politics Q&A: Why has the DUP finally agreed to support a Sinn Féin First MinisterAfter two years of deadlock and months of frustration, Jeffrey Donaldson has allowed powersharing to return
Northern Ireland Leo Varadkar: EU has ‘some questions’ over British government Stormont deal Taoiseach said there weren’t any ‘red flags’ with the European Commission queries on post-Brexit trading arrangements
Politics UK writes to Irish government to register regret at Troubles legacy legal caseNorthern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris has written to Tánaiste Micheál Martin questioning the move to challenge the UK’s contentious legacy laws in the European Court of Human Rights
Politics Taoiseach ‘not planning’ for early general electionLeo Varadkar has said he did not favour an early election prior to the Dáil’s full term ending in early 2025
Politics Rotating Taoiseach could return if coalition re-elected, says VaradkarTaoiseach insisted the same Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and Green Party coalition could return to serve for another term
Europe Government muddled on which party will pick next EU CommissionerMicheál Martin says there is a ‘clear agreement’ that the nominee would be selected by his party, a view not shared by Leo Varadkar
Crime Dublin ‘relatively safe’ compared with other western cities, Leo Varadkar insistsTaoiseach says that government is working to strengthen law and order measures after a series of high profile assaults and riots in the capital
Climate & Environment Eamon Ryan: €14bn climate fund to offer energy supports to businessesEnergy minister says the fund will support firms’ transition to heat pumps
Public Transport Much delayed €9.5bn Metrolink will open in early 2030s, says Minister Eamon RyanThe planning process was well advanced and he expressed confidence the line would be built “quicker than people think”
Budget 2024 Maintaining gap between pay and welfare a key priority, says Leo VaradkarPolicy is to to make work pay, to encourage work and increase wages, he argues
Housing Banks will issue fewer mortgages if Sinn Féin pushes plan to lower house prices, Leo Varadkar says The Taoiseach said that the opposition party’s plans are not fully thought through
Tech Meta begins encryption rollout for calls and messages Meta will no longer have access to the contents of what users send or receive, unless one user in a chat chooses to report a message to the company
Politics Tánaiste says he expects motion of no confidence in Helen McEntee to be defeatedMicheál Martin predicted the justice minister will receive ‘strong’ support from government and independent TDs