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‘Uninterrupted economic growth cannot last forever’ - Tánaiste

Micheál Martin says the 500 Meta job losses are ‘very significant'

Gardaí were warned last week over possible clashes at Dublin asylum seeker camp

Skirmishes broke out on Friday between anti-immigration activists and counter-protestors near a temporary camp for homeless asylum seekers on Upper Sandwith Street

State to deliver ‘age friendly’ housing for retired renters - McGrath

New report warns one in four older renters expect to stay in rental market

Taoiseach admits to ‘chronic’ hospital overcrowding as 700 wait on trolleys

He says he rejects being in denial about the challenges facing the health service

Attorney General drafting protocol on how the state fights legal cases

Calls for protocol increased after revelations the state had pursued an aggressive legal strategy on private nursing home charges

Elaine Byrne: Languishing Labour party is no longer regarded as credible by voters

Labour under Ivana Bacik is allowing other left-leaning parties to attract support while it is static at 4 per cent as it pushes strategies that are amateurish, flaky and populist

Labour questions if ‘political pressure’ delayed eviction data until after Dáil vote

Dublin Inquirer has reported that the Department of Housing was aware of the number of evictions but told the Residential Tenancies Board not to release the data

We need to provide a million homes in next 10 years, says Bacik

Labour Party leader says 50,000 newbuilds and 50,000 refurbs must come on stream every year for a decade, while she pledges that her party would run a referendum on a united Ireland

Red C poll: Eviction ban controversy hits Fianna Fáil and Greens – but boosts Fine Gael

The eviction ban, due to end on March 31, has ravaged the political discourse of late, with the traditional property owners’ party, Fine Gael, reaping a small benefit and Sinn Féin’s support holding firm at 31 per cent

Varadkar not against reforming Attorney General’s role ‘in principle’

Responding to a bill drafted by the Labour Party that calls for the AG to have regard for the overall public interest, the Taoiseach said that he is open to more transparency around the position

All in a year’s work: political highs, lows, breakthrough and boo-boos

The housing shortage remains top of the political agenda at the end of a remarkable year in which Sinn Féin enjoyed record polls

Elaine Byrne: The Russian invasion exposes the Irish left’s problem with moral inconsistency

The controversy over Sabina Higgins’s letter introduced shades of grey to a situation in Ukraine which is very much black and white

Michael Brennan: Frustration for Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael as Sinn Féin continues on record high

Struggling to grapple with the housing, health and cost of living crises, the coalition parties are watching Mary Lou McDonald steal their thunder on the issues of the day

Analysis: How Sinn Féin is dominating among younger and middle-aged voters

The latest Business Post/Red C poll suggests that Irish politics is now poised for a further shift away from what was once called ‘civil war politics’

Sinn Féin records highest ever level of support in a Red C poll

Mary Lou McDonald’s party is benefiting from the cost of living crisis, and the recent controversy over plans to ban the sale of turf in urban areas, registering its highest ever rating in a Red C poll, while Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil remain well behind

Bacik rules out joining left-wing alliance ahead of the next general election

In an interview, the new Labour leader said she aimed to rebuild the party from grassroots, work towards gender balance and collaborate with former leader Alan Kelly

New Labour leader Bacik calls for pay rise for workers and windfall tax on energy companies

The Dublin Bay South TD was elected unopposed today

Pat Rabbitte: Will Bacik’s campaigning record be enough to change the fortunes of battered Labour?

Labour bears the brunt of blame for a myriad of ills, but like its expected new leader, the party has been behind some of this country’s most important moves towards social and economic justice

John Walsh: The future of Labour depends on offering a real alternative to populism and avoiding gimmicky solutions

The incoming leadership would be well advised to observe the fate of its sister party in Britain

Labour sees Bacik as its best chance of survival

After Alan Kelly’s sudden ousting, Labour’s national executive agrees a March 24 deadline for applications for the party’s leadership