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McDonald seeks High Court order for removal of ‘defamatory’ RTÉ audio

The Sinn Féin leader’s lawyers file motion for judgment in default of defence

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

McDonald calls for a plan B over Northern Ireland executive

Addressing the Sinn Féin ard fheis this weekend, the party president said that the British and Irish governments should not agree to direct rule in the North

McDonald: We paid for our house ‘the way all working people pay for their family home’

Sinn Féin leader addressed questions about her home in Cabra for the first time following the publication of a new book which raises questions over the property

Mary Lou McDonald: ‘I am not avoiding discussing anything with anyone’

The Sinn Féin leader speaks out as the controversy continues over Shane Ross’s biography and criticism of the party’s alleged inappropriate use of the legal system to silence its critics ramps up

Richard Colwell: Budget gives FG a modest bounce as cost of living crisis bites

Today’s Red C/Business Post poll indicates that Fine Gael has benefited from the recent budget, but not as much as might have been hoped

Up for debate: The best from the Business Post’s columnists

Insightful analysis of the main developments in business and politics from our team of writers, including Matt Cooper, Elaine Byrne and Dan O’Brien

John Walsh: An ‘extreme right-wing government’ here? Sinn Féin’s claim doesn’t stand up to scrutiny

The Irish tax system is the most progressive in the European Union, housing policy is failing through ineptitude rather than lack of money aimed at it and being pro-business generates the wealth necessary to meet spending commitments

Up for debate: The best from the Business Post’s columnists

Insightful analysis of the main developments in business and politics from our team of writers, including Lucinda Creighton, Matt Cooper and Elaine Byrne

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

Dan O’Brien: Sinn Féin should heed the cautionary tale of Britain’s budgetary blunders

The policy-induced implosion of the British economy could easily be mirrored here if the next government was to play the populist card at the expense of fiscal responsibility

Elaine Byrne: In the face of litigious figures, RTÉ too often errs on the side of caution

The Shane Ross incident is only the most recent example of the national broadcaster’s habit of shying away from legally perilous public-interest reporting

Matt Cooper: McDonald book row raises questions of how Sinn Féin in power will treat media

The party’s track record of litigiousness raises questions about how a SF government might influence, directly or indirectly, an ‘independent’ media

Matt Cooper: Nesbitt speech explains how our words matter in talking about Ireland’s future

The actor offered a thought-provoking take on the future of this island, pleading for the use of a different language which does not carry political connotations

The opposition responds: ‘Uncaring’ budget ‘failed to give people certainty’

Faced with such a widely aimed response to the country’s challenges, Sinn Féin focused its attention on the old reliables of health, housing and the treatment of those on lower and middle-incomes

Government is urged to overhaul ethics framework and ‘revamp’ Sipo

Sinn Féin and Labour call for resurrection of Public Sector Standards Bill first proposed in 2015

Northern Ireland

Deirdre Heenan: DUP’s royal humiliation reflects a political creed in deep decline

The sight of an unhappy Jeffrey Donaldson playing second fiddle to Sinn Féin in King Charles’s presence last week showed how far unionism has fallen down the pecking order

North’s new Secretary of State warns of election if no executive in place by October 28

Chris Heaton-Harris has told Sinn Féin’s leaders that if no progress is made on restoring the executive, there will be a new poll

Aidan Regan: Irish politics has realigned along new class lines

With the rise of the knowledge economy, a new working class has emerged of highly educated, low-income voters. It is these who are likely to carry Sinn Féin into government at the next general election