A staunch supporter of Enda Kenny’s during the failed attempt to depose him as leader, Paul Kehoe (43) remained as chief whip and was appointed Minis(...)

If neither Enda nor Micheál can cobble together an arrangement with other parties and Independents, they will have to consider talking to each other. Photograph: Aidan Crawley

The Houses of the Oireachtas Commission issued a handy little booklet before Christmas, called Dissolution Guidelines. Among other things, it tells yo(...)

Living in a secular society does not silence the religious, nor does it prevent them from engaging in political activity. Picture:  Martin Luther King Jr

In 1968, the New York Times predicted that by “the 21st Century, religious believers are likely to be found only in small sects, huddled together to r(...)

Undated handout photo issued by Durham Police of (top row, left to right) Paul Pammen, Donald Chi Chong Wong, Richard Sheridan, Robert Gilbert-Smith, Ashley Dad, John “Kerry” O’Brien Junior and Terence McNamara; (bottom row, left to right) Richard “Kerry” O’Brien, Patrick Clarke, Daniel “Turkey” O’Brien, Danny Flynn, John “Cash” O’Brien, Michael Hegarty and Alan Clarke. The fourteen men who where linked to an organised crime gang have been convicted of plotting to steal rhino horn and Chinese artefacts worth up to £57 million in a series of museum and auction house raids. Photograph: Durham Police/PA Wire.

Thirteen members of an organised crime gang with links to Co Limerick are facing jail in the UK after plotting to steal rhino horn and Chinese artefac(...)

Fine Gael candidate Catherine Byrne at the count centre in the RDS Simmonscourt Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin. Photograph: Gareth Chaney Collins

The Dublin South-Central vote recheck has been adjourned until Tuesday morning. The returning officer will give a formal decision on how many of the (...)

The publication of the first monthly reports on safety and performance by the three Dublin maternity hospitals is a significant milestone in obstetric(...)

All-Ireland club football finalists Ballyboden St Enda’s have lost their appeal against the automatic one-match ban for midfielder Declan O’Mahony, wh(...)

Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger has been criticised for not adding to his squad by former players. It has now been 12 years since he won the English Premier League title with the London club. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters.

As Claudio Ranieri contemplated the next stage of the title race, the manager of the most implausible challengers in the English Premier League era ma(...)

Everton manager Roberto Martinez is not seeking assurances over future. Photograph: Steve Bardens/Getty Images.

ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE Aston Villa v Everton 7.45 Roberto Martinez has admitted Farhad Moshiri’s investment in Everton increases pressure on him a(...)

US company Cerberus paid Nama £1.3 billion for Project Eagle, a portfolio of £4.3 billion in property loans. Photograph: Cyril Byrne/The Irish Times

The former National Assets Management Agency adviser at the centre of the row over its Project Eagle sale claimed he was meant to receive €7.7 million(...)