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'Budget injections for defence and justice simply may not be enough'

Justice Minister Helen McEntee – who has €3.5 billion to spend for her whole portfolio – may soon realise that money does not cure every ill

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Ferghal Blaney - Rugby always gets one over on GAA among Dail and RTE top players

Our Man in the Mirror with the craic from the corridors of power

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'RTE paygate is not the only shame in Ireland - corruption and cronyism is rife'

While the disclosures unfolding about the national broadcaster and its secret payments to Ryan Tubridy and its squandering of taxpayers’ money has been more entertaining than much of the station’s programming it has also overshadowed other events.

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Ferghal Blaney - Rich get richer in RTE and HSE as the rest of us scrimp and save

Our Man in the Mirror with the craic from the corridors of power

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'As Ryan Tubridy goes from applauding Vespas to appalling vistas, there's no happy ending for RTE'

Forget Toy Show the Musical. The ongoing RTE drama could be called Les Miserables

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'Vicious attack on Ukrainian actor is stark reminder of how dangerous Dublin city centre has become'

Sadly, for those of us living or working in the city centre, this sickening incident came as little surprise

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Ferghal Blaney: I scream, politicians scream, we all scream for ice cream

Our Man in the Mirror with the craic from down in the Dail

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Ferghal Blaney - David McSavage too savage for our sensitive politicians

Our Man in the Mirror with the craic from down in the Dail

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Ferghal Blaney - Electric atmosphere in Leinster House

Our Man in the Mirror with the craic from down in the Dail

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Ferghal Blaney - Artificial Intelligence ‘Drone Deputies’ could replace some of our low intelligence TDs

Our Man in the Mirror keeping tabs on those in power down in Kildare Street

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Ferghal Blaney - Down the Dáil

Our Mirrorman takes a break from Leinster House to bring Down the Dáil to Down the Doon(beg)

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Ferghal Blaney - Government in danger of getting evicted over eviction ban stand

Our Man in the Mirror with the latest craic from the Corridors of Power

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Ferghal Blaney - Leo Varadkar’s recurring case of foot-in-mouth disease

Taoiseach puts his foot in it again in the States with a stupid comment, and it's beginning to become a pattern....

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Leo and Micheál in the same room, we're gonna need a bigger boat.....

Two political beasts double booked for Dáil farewell party highlights underlying Coalition tensions

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Ferghal Blaney - Shocking response of Government to energy real crisis for households

Our Mirrorman in Leinster House with the latest craic from the Corridors of Power

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Ferghal Blaney - Paul Mescal and Leo Varadkar giving it a go as gaeilge

Our Mirrorman with the latest craic from the Corridors of Power

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Ferghal Blaney - How breakfast rolls matter in politics

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Latest craic from Leinster House with our Mirrorman in the corridors of power

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Ferghal Blaney - Blockbuster Bertie anything but a boring political anorak

The return of 'Da Bert' to Fianna Fáil ranks dominates the political water cooler conversations

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Ferghal Blaney - Scandals every week in new Dail term

Our Mirrorman gives you the inside track from the Corridors of Power

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Garda bodycams: 'I am absolutely determined to do everything I can to protect members of the force'

An Garda Siochana

Attacks, intimidation and threats towards gardai will not be tolerated

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Ferghal Blaney - Down the Dáil

Our Mirrorman in the Corridors of Power

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Ferghal Blaney - Down the Dáil

Conservative Party

Our Mirrorman in the Corridors of Power

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John Kierans: There is a middle ground solution to everything - including immigration

Common sense needs to prevail

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Ferghal Blaney - Down the Dáil

An Garda Siochana

The week in Leinster House

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Galway Woman wins 'biggest ever' prize in Irish radio history live on air as kids steal show The sweet moment was heard live on air and brought about wide smiles in the studio

Woman declares brother 'dead to me' after husband's horror killing

In an exclusive interview with this paper, mother-of-seven Elizabeth Cash said she can never forgive her brother Andy - after he was found guilty of her husband John Cash’s killing earlier this week.

Independent TD's plant-hire firm doubles cash pile and records €65,000 profits

Mattie McGrath's company was awarded contracts by Tipperary County Council, Waterford County Council and Irish Water

Wife of murderer Jozef Puska due in court charged over withholding information that could have led to prosecution

Our exclusive pictures show for the first time the face of Lucia Istokova - the wife of Ashling Murphy’s killer

Driver ignored multiple Garda instructions before fatal crash, inquest hears

Mr Sheridan, a married father of three from Effernock, Trim, Co Meath sustained serious injuries when his 151-reg Mercedes E 300 failed to take a bend and struck a wall at Patrick Street, Trim moments later at around 1.55am.

RTE Irish mum's joy as deaf son Eoghan, 9, has his first day at school The mother-of-three opens up in a new RTE documentary Deaf Not Dumb about the struggle to get him into school

Ireland weather: First 'relatively widespread frost' of season on Friday before temperatures rise

Temperatures are set to drop to between -3C and +2C on Friday before they shoot up again for Saturday

HSE paid €130,000 for 29 people to undergo gender reassignment ops outside state

The health authority funded 41 trips abroad for gender reassignment surgeries and related treatments in the past three years, new figures show

Number of assessment of needs completions overdue jumps by over 200% in a year

Figures provided to Sinn Féin health spokesman David Cullinane by the HSE show that nearly 5,000 children are waiting more than three months for their assessment of needs to be completed in the second quarter of this year.

Five cash supports to help with heating costs that you may not know about

With temperatures set to drop and no sign that energy prices will follow, people need all the help they can get to make ends meet

Galway Woman wins 'biggest ever' prize in Irish radio history live on air as kids steal show The sweet moment was heard live on air and brought about wide smiles in the studio

Woman declares brother 'dead to me' after husband's horror killing

In an exclusive interview with this paper, mother-of-seven Elizabeth Cash said she can never forgive her brother Andy - after he was found guilty of her husband John Cash’s killing earlier this week.

Former Ireland stars deliver parting shots at Stephen Kenny

Republic of Ireland Soccer Team

Kenny's time in charge of the Boys in Green looks destined to come to an end as his contract expires after a dire Euro 2024 qualifying campaign

The greatest Republic of Ireland XI of all-time according to AI

Republic of Ireland national football team

The likes of Roy Keane, Paul McGrath and Liam Brady are all involved

Lottie Ryan opens up on pain of seeing her brother forced to emigrate

"Now, Elliott is in the position that so many people in the country are in, he's like, 'Housing is just too expensive'."

RTE Irish mum's joy as deaf son Eoghan, 9, has his first day at school The mother-of-three opens up in a new RTE documentary Deaf Not Dumb about the struggle to get him into school

Chantelle Cameron v Katie Taylor 2 public workout interrupted by TikToker challenging Thomas Carty to fight

Katie Taylor v Chantelle Cameron

Thomas Carty was confronted by a man on an escalator shouting abuse in his direction and challenging him to a fight

Ireland weather: First 'relatively widespread frost' of season on Friday before temperatures rise

Temperatures are set to drop to between -3C and +2C on Friday before they shoot up again for Saturday

The greatest Gaelic football team of all-time according to AI with David Clifford not included

We asked AI to name the "greatest Gaelic football team of all time based on players in all positions"

Munster are a 'big target' now as Leinster want revenge, says Ireland star

Jeremy Loughman also speaks about his reunion with new Reds signing Oli Jager - who has won Super Rugby titles with Crusaders after the duo won a Leinster Senior Cup together at Blackrock College