Almost two-thirds of the public disagree with Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael doing business with Tipperary TD Michael Lowry, who was heavily criticised in the 2011 report of the Moriarty tribunal.

Historian and political commentator Brian Feeney has been a columnist with The Irish News for three decades. He is a former ...

On that note, we are going to wrap up today’s live story on Government formation, but you can catch up on the day’s action with some of our best reads. Micheál Martin is Taoiseach again, a ...

Micheál Martin has defended Michael Lowry’s role in government formation talks, claiming Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael had no ...

Michael Lowry has said he is fully confident there is no basis for a case against him despite a file being sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) arising from a criminal investigation ...

Minister for Education Norma Foley has said negotiators from Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are "doing all they can" to put in place a government by 22 January.

At Fianna Fáil’s weekend mini-ard fheis, the atmosphere was euphoric, the mood nostalgic. Just like old times. Here was the man, once predicted to be the first Fianna Fáil leader never to be ...