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Government has room to offer generous pre-election budget but warns era of bumper tax receipts may be waning
Climate change blamed for difficulties facing world’s biggest consumers
Irish banks put crisis era behind them as state cuts holdings
Emma Donoghue has adapted her novel about an Irish maternity hospital during the Spanish flu for the stage
Simon Harris becomes the country’s youngest prime minister at age 37
The commercial peat extraction industry has been wound up but domestic use divides rural traditionalists and ecologists
Simon Harris has less than a year to tackle voters’ main concern and rebuild support for his party
The actor on winning an Oscar, becoming a Versace ‘Icon’ and being the most ‘awkward person on the internet’
Europe’s regulations have become ‘too burdensome’ and could hinder innovation, argues Michael Lohan
New Fine Gael leader is set to achieve a long-held ambition when he becomes the country’s youngest taoiseach
The old rules were rewritten by the Good Friday peace agreement of 1998 and the global financial crash
Higher education minister is poised to succeed Leo Varadkar as taoiseach and leader of Fine Gael
PM will also quit as leader of Fine Gael, saying his reasons are both personal and political
Ireland’s open economy makes country disproportionately dependent on air travel
The answer is clearly no but a large share of people think otherwise
Populist party soared in polls but has leached support to small anti-immigration rivals
From Gothic revival to sea views, make the most of the Irish capital with these glorious properties
Government concedes defeat over proposals to redefine ‘family’ and scrap references to women’s ‘life within the home’
Proposed amendments would axe references to ‘life within the home’ and change definition of family
The National Gallery of Ireland receives €25,000 from Tefaf to repair Ludovico Mazzolino’s ‘The Crossing of the Red Sea’
The Dublin band talk uilleann pipes, punk and politics
Thomas Bernhard’s 1975 play deals with the egotism of those who have unfettered power
Sinn Féin hopes good governance will strengthen case for reunification while the DUP believes it will cement UK ties
The taoiseach who led his country into an economic boom time was known for his intellectual bent and his distinctive laugh
The Irish author lived in the defensive fort only a short time — but it would be pivotal in the writing of ‘Ulysses’
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