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Hugh O'Connell

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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.

McBrearty resigns from Fine Gael, threatens to sue fellow councillor

The Donegal councillor claims that he and his family were subjected to personal attacks by Fine Gael party members

Sipo donation law ‘undermining democracy’, says civil liberties body

Profile Maria Bailey: Losing the swing vote

Bailey case a tipping point for compensation culture, says top judge

Former High Court president Nicholas Kearns slams ‘insanity’ of compensation culture

Ó Ríordáin: Howlin and Burton old guard should make way

Parties feel winds of change on campaign trail

Harsh realities hit home as political rivals jockey for position in the final days of the European elections

Cerberus hits back at Wallace over comments

Cerberus has described as “baseless and false” a series of comments Wallace made about it on the RTÉ Prime Time Ireland South debate last Sunday night

Cuffe in command as Boylan battles to salvage European seat

The loss of a seat in Dublin, on top of expected losses at local authority level across the capital, would be a huge blow to Sinn Féin and leader Mary Lou McDonald

‘The Labour Party is irrelevant,’ blasts former TD McNamara as he resigns over European candidacy

McNamara, who was a Labour TD for Clare between 2011 and 2016, was unsuccessful in his efforts to run for the party in the European elections in Ireland South

Madigan says Bailey’s hotel claim ‘nothing to do with me’

Senior FG figures put Bailey under pressure to withdraw lawsuit

Fitzgerald and Kelleher set for Europe, leaving their Dáil seats to be filled

By law the Dáil vacancies must be filled within six months of being vacated, but newly-elected MEPs do not take their seats in the European Parliament until July

Fine Gael to hit back with climate package to stem Green tide

Huge gains made by the Green Party have put climate change firmly on the political agenda, with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar due to hold a cabinet sub-committee meeting on a draft climate action plan on Monday

Ministers ready to protest against Trump – if he actually visits

No official announcement from the White House

Donegal mayor defends €41k grant for revamp of driveway to his own house

Fitzgerald unhappy with new Varadkar push for Durkan vote

Few are railing against Fitzgerald as she courts commuters’ votes

Transport, Brexit and a pool in Lucan are all on the minds of those who the former minister meets

Direct action – but will it work?

The improbable pairing of Rubberbandits star Blindboy Boatclub and former Department of Finance mandarin John Moran have teamed up to campaign for their native Limerick to have a directly elected mayor

Fine Gael national executive chairman and party vice-president Gerry O’Connell resigns

O’Connell announced his resignation at a meeting of the national executive last night

Private firms set to get broadband contracts for thousands of homes

Officials have warned of a danger that 'encroachment' by commercial operators like Eir and Imagine could reduce the properties available for connection under the National Broadband Plan

Justice officials criticised Policing Authority in memo to Flanagan