Cormac Mcquinn

US President Donald Trump has invited Taoiseach Micheál Martin to the White House for the annual meeting to mark St Patrick’s Day festivities. Martin confirmed he has received the formal invitation for the Oval Office meeting at the Cork Chamber’s annual ... See more

The use of Shannon Airport for flights carrying Palestinians being deported from the United States has been described as “reprehensible”, “deeply disturbing” and “outrageous” by Opposition politicians in the Republic. It has been reported that a private j... See more

Hello and welcome to this Friday’s Inside Politics newsletter, your recap of the week in politics. Is it too early for byelections fever? There has been a series of developments on plans to fill the seats in Dublin Central and Galway West respectively lef... See more

The upcoming byelections in Galway and Dublin will take place in May with Taoiseach Micheál Martin citing “good weather” as a reason to hold them that month. There is a vacant Dáil seat in the Galway West constituency following the election of former inde... See more

The Green Party has put forward Cllr Janet Horner to contest the upcoming Dublin Central byelection, with party leader Roderic O’Gorman insisting “we are in this to win it”. The Greens lost a seat in the constituency in the general election when the party... See more