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Elaine Byrne: Micheál Martin was a good Taoiseach, but not a great Taoiseach

The outgoing Taoiseach kept a historic coalition together and oversaw one of the best vaccine rollouts in the world, but the pandemic stalled his focus on the major priority policy areas

Varadkar: Fine Gael must ensure Sinn Féin ‘are stopped’ in the next election

Fine Gael leader and soon-to-be Taoiseach emphasised the importance of holding the centre at his party’s ard fheis and recommitted the party to raising higher income tax threshold to €50,000

Pat Rabbitte: Is Micheál Martin opening the door a little to the unthinkable?

Sinn Féin is likely to be the largest party in the next Dáil, but will need a second party with which to share government

Elaine Byrne: Leo Varadkar may regret playing it safe with his cabinet reshuffle

FF, FG and the Greens’ reshuffle is a purposely conservative one, but the same old faces may not inspire an electorate with a growing appetite for change

Analysis: Marc MacSharry’s flair for dramatics ends a 40-year family affair

The TD resigned from Fianna Fáil following a complaint against him

Sinn Féin has not paid for a HQ property valuation in the last ten years

The party has used its own ‘responsible party officials’ to value its headquarters and bookshop at 44 and 58 Parnell Street in Dublin

Taoiseach says some sectors discourage pursuit of politics

Micheál Martin was speaking as parties search for local election candidates, and issue of gender quotas arises once more

Northern Ireland Protocol

Ahern attempts to find common ground on a prickly protocol

The former taoiseach has been operating as a low-key diplomat by meeting individuals from all sides of the NI protocol debate, at the request of the former Northern Secretary Conor Burns

Martin move to Foreign Affairs potentially ‘problematic’, say TDs

Fianna Fáil TDs play down speculation their leader would take on such a hefty portfolio on handing over baton of Taoiseach

Europe facing energy price increases ‘we have not seen the likes of before’ - Taoiseach

Micheál Martin was speaking at the Fianna Fáil party think-in where he said the government would be looking to allocate as much money as possible to a cost-of-living package, separate to this year’s Budget

About a Troy: A politician brought down by the details of his property mini-empire

Once a rising star in Fianna Fáil, Robert Troy is this weekend counting the cost to his ministerial career after more and more details emerged of the errors and omissions in his declarations of his property interests

Robert Troy resigns as Minister of State

Fianna Fáil TD admits lack of due diligence after coming under fire over his failure to declare properties but won’t ‘apologise for being a landlord’

Tensions between FG and FF over next finance minister

With the Eurogroup presidency in the offing, Fine Gael may be reluctant to let Paschal Donohoe step down as agreed when the Taoiseach and Tánaiste swap offices

Pat Rabbitte: Critics of how Martin has played Fianna Fáil’s hand lack their own trump card

The rumblings over the the party leader’s tenure as Taoiseach rise and fall, stimulated by the latest opinion polls or by-election result. But right now, there is neither an alternative leader nor policy in public view

Party on Micheál: No pretender to Martin’s throne despite rebel rumblings

With the cost of living crisis, mixed results in the polls and tensions in the coalition, can the Taoiseach outwit the disgruntled members in his own parliamentary party to remain as leader?

Nervous government TDs push back on Green policies as SF rural support grows

The concern for rural government TDs stems from the ongoing efforts to limit emissions from agriculture, with significant disagreement within Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael over the proposals

Government wins motion of confidence by 85 votes to 66

Testy exchanges in Dáil as leader of the opposition accuses independent TDs who supported the government of betraying their constituents

Analysis: Government will survive no confidence vote, but it has a precarious grasp on power

Coalition is vulnerable if divisive issues become the subject of Dáil votes in the months and years ahead

Cowen voices concern over FF Budget meeting amid decline in polls

Party to hold special meeting on Friday about preparations for October’s Budget but TD wants separate one-day meeting to discuss party’s direction

Climate & Environment

Tensions flare in government over carbon emissions cuts

Senior Greens insist the farming sector must reach a level of 30% cuts, but Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil want the figure closer to 22%, due to pressure from farmers and rural backbenchers