Northern Ireland Proposal to celebrate July 12 here is ridiculous, but that doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be taken seriouslyThe realities of accommodating a unionist minority in an united Ireland raises some difficult questions about our political and cultural traditions
Legal Ceta referendum is important for ‘constitutional integrity’, Costello saysGreen Party TD Patrick Costello last week won a Supreme Court case against the state over plans to ratify the EU-Canada trade agreement
Legal Supreme Court rules ratification of EU-Canada trade deal unconstitutional The court also ruled 6-1 that amending the Arbitration Act 2010 could allow the Ceta trade deal to be ratified without a referendum following a challenge by government TD Patrick Costello
politics Suspension of Green TDs leaves government on shaky ground as handover approachesNessa Hourigan and Patrick Costello both broke with the government position by voting for Sinn Féin’s motion on the National Maternity Hospital
Green Party TD lodges appeal against high court Ceta ruling Patrick Costello has raised concerns over the constitutionality of investor courts
Green TD to explain challenge to Ceta as party anger mountsColleagues complained they were ‘blindsided’ by move, which might endanger progress on other policy issues