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Garvaghy Road residents to seek last-minute halt after Orange Order granted permission to march irishtimes.com/politics/2026… via @IrishTimesPol

Garvaghy Road residents to seek last-minute halt after Orange Order granted permission to march

‘Fuse has been lit’ by Parades Commission decision to allow first march since 1997

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Fuel protesters meet Simon Harris after buying table at Meath Fine Gael event irishtimes.com/politics/2026… via @IrishTimesPol

Fuel protesters meet Simon Harris after buying table at Meath Fine Gael event

Tánaiste understood to have accepted document from the group saying he would consider it

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Inside Politics: On a dizzying week for global affairs, sports-grants row kept parish pump flowing irishtimes.com/politics/2026… via @IrishTimesPol

Inside Politics: On a dizzying week for global affairs, sports-grants row kept parish pump flowing

Poll results shone a light on Irish unity indecision, while a former tánaiste returned to the public eye

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Latest poll numbers show neither Government nor Opposition all that popular with electorate irishtimes.com/podcasts/insi… via @IrishTimesPol

Latest poll numbers show neither Government nor Opposition all that popular with electorate

Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan

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Excise cuts on petrol and diesel could be extended ‘into early spring’ irishtimes.com/politics/2026… via @IrishTimesPol

Excise cuts on petrol and diesel could be extended ‘into early spring’

A continued lower carbon tax on home heating oil is an ‘absolute consideration’, Jack Chambers says

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Micheál Martin condemns Gaza situation in UN address as Netanyahu attacks Israel’s critics irishtimes.com/politics/2026… via @IrishTimesPol

Micheál Martin condemns Gaza situation in UN address as Netanyahu attacks Israel’s critics

Taoiseach says the prospect of a two-state solution is being deliberately undermined and calls for stronger international cooperation

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Simon Coveney: Former minister once lobbied by developer Johnny Ronan, now lobbies for him irishtimes.com/politics/2026… via @IrishTimesPol

Simon Coveney: Former minister once lobbied by developer Johnny Ronan, now lobbies for him

Former tánaiste joined Ronan Group executives at meeting with Fine Gael leader Simon Harris last month about Bremore port project

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Fianna Fáil accused of attempt to divert attention from Jim O’Callaghan with CCPC request irishtimes.com/politics/2026… via @IrishTimesPol

Fianna Fáil accused of attempt to divert attention from Jim O’Callaghan with CCPC request

Matt Carthy says seeking competition watchdog’s views on legal aid dispute is a diversion

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Grant of €600 for solar panel batteries set to be announced in budget irishtimes.com/politics/2026… via @IrishTimesPol

Grant of €600 for solar panel batteries set to be announced in budget

Money will be paid in addition to SEAI grant of up to €1,800 for solar PV systems

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Voters open to Irish unity, but not enthusiastic about footing the bill irishtimes.com/politics/2026… via @IrishTimesPol

Voters open to Irish unity, but not enthusiastic about footing the bill

A sizeable majority of voters express concerns about the potential costs of unification

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Small minority would consider new flag or anthem to make Irish unity acceptable to unionists irishtimes.com/politics/2026… via @IrishTimesPol

Small minority prepared to consider new flag to make Irish unity acceptable to unionists

Irish Times/Ipsos B&A also asked about attitudes to immigration, with a small majority of voters seeing it, on balance, as a positive

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Unrest, confusion and conflict in Coalition over sports capital grant announcement irishtimes.com/politics/2026… via @IrishTimesPol

Unrest, confusion and conflict in Coalition over sports capital grant announcement

TDs describe the issue as a ‘childish mess’ as row about timing continues

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Israel becoming isolated over ‘disproportionate, shocking’ actions in Gaza, says Taoiseach irishtimes.com/politics/2026… via @IrishTimesPol

Israel becoming isolated over ‘disproportionate, shocking’ actions in Gaza, says Taoiseach

Speaking in advance of his address to the UN General Assembly, Taoiseach also reiterated the importance of energy supports

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‘Help is on the way’ with energy costs, Simon Harris says in advance of budget irishtimes.com/politics/oire… via @IrishTimesPol

‘Help is on the way’ with energy costs, Simon Harris says in advance of budget

Pearse Doherty warns of more increases in electricity prices before Budget 2027 and criticises cut in energy credits

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Political party staffer fails in bid for redundancy payment after 43-year career irishtimes.com/politics/2026… via @IrishTimesPol

Political party staffer fails in bid for redundancy payment after 43-year career

Employee of politician who was elected to ‘different house of parliament’ took early retirement

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Scrapping private practice in public hospitals to cost HSE €140million this year, PAC told irishtimes.com/politics/oire… via @IrishTimesPol

Scrapping private practice in public hospitals to cost HSE €140million this year, PAC told

Health service over budget by nearly €700 million by late August

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The Irish Times-Ipsos B&A poll September 2026: the full results in charts irishtimes.com/politics/2026… via @IrishTimesPol

The Irish Times-Ipsos B&A poll September 2026: the full results in charts

Satisfaction with Government falls to lowest rating in six years, but support for Sinn Féin and Mary Lou McDonald is also down

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Proposed boiler scrappage scheme bound for Cabinet next week irishtimes.com/politics/2026… via @IrishTimesPol

Proposed boiler scrappage scheme bound for Cabinet next week

Government to bring forward boiler scrappage scheme that could be worth thousands to households, Darragh O’Brien says

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Cost of living is top priority for voters ahead of Budget 2027 irishtimes.com/politics/2026… via @IrishTimesPol

Cost of living is top priority for voters ahead of Budget 2027

Inside Politics: Almost one-quarter want the Government to provide supports for energy and home heating bills

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Northern Ireland’s ‘brain drain’ a figment of the imagination, ESRI report suggests irishtimes.com/politics/2026… via @IrishTimesPol

Northern Ireland’s ‘brain drain’ a figment of the imagination, ESRI report suggests

North has lower share of students leaving than English regions, but also has low numbers coming from Britain or elsewhere

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