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Packed schedule keeps Tánaiste on his toes, and on point

Micheál Martin spent last week in New York talking up his predecessors’ achievements and promoting the €1bn Shared Island initiative, playing down suggestions that he sees the project as a legacy of his own

Darragh O’Brien tells councils to buy 1,500 homes to prepare for evictions

The government has extended the ‘tenant in situ’ scheme which allows local authorities to buy homes for people on housing supports who are facing eviction because a landlord is selling the home

Hospital consultants offered up to €257,000 under new Sláintecare contract

Minister for Health will implement the public-only contract this week for all new consultant posts

Lise Hand: With continuous volatility on the global political stage, where are we headed in 2023?

Amid the prospect of a 21st-century cold war, and a climate emergency, things have never felt more uncertain. But what do we know about what’s coming this year?

Cost Of Living Crisis

Cost of living package ‘last intervention’ ahead of autumn - Taoiseach

No new electricity credit, but welfare payments, extensions of tax cuts, and reform of TBESS all included in spring package

Labour Party may establish official presence in Northern Ireland

Move comes after research shows Sinn Féin’s cross-border presence would be a significant advantage in a united Ireland

Elaine Byrne: Will we see real reform of our ethics laws? To quote a famous answer, will we f**k

Publishing well-intentioned reports is one thing; getting their recommendations past vested interests is quite another

Máiread McGuinness seeks new term as EU Commissioner in move that may cause tension with Fianna Fáil

There has been speculation that Fianna Fáil is considering proposing a commissioner next year

Cost Of Living Crisis

Michael McGrath: Ireland set for a ‘short and shallow downturn’ in the coming months

Finance minister believes that there should be an economy recovery within months but warned that ‘uncertainty is exceptionally high’

Politics in 2023 will be dominated by housing, Brexit, Ukraine and climate . . . again

The Business Post speaks to experts and insiders about the biggest challenges facing the government next year

Michael Brennan: Varadkar names cautious cabinet to face up to ‘age of emergencies’

There were few shocks as Leo Varadkar took over the role of Taoiseach from Micheál Martin

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Editorial: Taoiseach swap historic, but results needed on health, housing and climate

In the second half of its term, the coalition needs to have the courage to take on the vested interests that will inevitably resist the changes needed

Varadkar pledges action on homelessness and housing

Fine Gael leader says government will go ‘all out’ to accelerate its housing plan as he is elected Taoiseach for the second time

John Walsh: Coalition parties face existential crisis as Sinn Féin gathers strength

With no discernible ideology, the attraction of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael to voters lies largely in not being Sinn Féin – but will the national question save their alliance?

Backbenchers push for substantial cabinet reshuffle

Five Fine Gael cabinet members likely to remain, but Fianna Fáil line-up looks less certain

Fianna Fáil aims to grow back its grassroots by claiming the middle ground

As Fianna Fáil heads into the second half of the government term, now without its Taoiseach, the party will be focusing on highlighting its achievements to the public and positioning itself as a middle ground alternative to Fine Gael and Sinn Féin

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