WWorld Read More Michael D Higgins welcomes South African president to Áras an Uachtaráin – The Irish TimesOctober 9, 2025 President Michael D Higgins welcomed the president of the Republic of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, to lunch and…
IIreland Read More Connolly campaign removes clip of Michael D Higgins from social media videoOctober 9, 2025 We need your help now Support from readers like you keeps The Journal open. You are visiting us…
SSports Read More ‘It is well known they can’t stand each other’: Connolly campaign won’t take down video featuring Michael D HigginsOctober 8, 2025 Video also features clips of Mary McAleese and Mary Robinson Catherine Connolly canvasses yesterday at Labre Park in…
IIreland Read More Jim Gavin withdraws from presidential election – The Irish TimesOctober 5, 2025 Fianna Fáil candidate Jim Gavin has withdrawn from the presidential election after a bruising week on the campaign…
IIreland Read More Eilis O’Hanlon: Catherine Connolly is surging ahead in the presidential race because her rivals stand for nothingOctober 5, 2025 Jim Gavin must know he is in trouble when even the Fianna Fáil party faithful are lukewarm about…
IIreland Read More ‘He wasn’t generous towards her:’ Catherine Connolly and Michael D Higgins’s fraught history – The Irish TimesSeptember 28, 2025 Often in politics, your closest ally can also be your greatest rival. So it was for Michael D…
IIreland Read More Gavin and Humphreys head for Kerry, Connolly highlights her ‘súil eile’ – The Irish TimesSeptember 26, 2025 Taking the reins of a traditional jaunting car and whip in hand, presidential hopeful Heather Humphreys said she…
IIreland Read More Maria Steen ‘hopeful’ she can still get on ballot paper for presidential election – The Irish TimesSeptember 23, 2025 Conservative campaigner Maria Steen was on Tuesday night “very hopeful” she could make it on to the ballot…
CCelebrities Read More Bob Geldof: Strippers on Sunday morning in Sheriff Street, the girl at our first gig who wanted to ‘go to bed’ with me and why Phil Lynott said I had to get a ‘fking limousine’September 21, 2025 Celebrating 50 years of the band, Geldof says he’s ‘happy’ Bob Geldof is too busy on the Boomtown…
EEntertainment Read More Bob Geldof: Strippers on Sunday morning in Sheriff Street, the girl at our first gig who wanted to ‘go to bed’ with me and why Phil Lynott said I had to get a ‘fking limousine’September 21, 2025 Celebrating 50 years of the band, Geldof says he’s ‘happy’ Bob Geldof is too busy on the Boomtown…
IIreland Read More Jim Gavin survives gate-gate as mystery over Sinn Féin’s presidential endorsement deepens – The Irish TimesSeptember 19, 2025 Story of the Week The Dáil returned on Wednesday but it seemed the attention of Irish politicians was…
WWorld Read More Simon Harris says he is ‘open’ to making the president’s office subject to FoI requestsSeptember 18, 2025 Candidates also back transparency for role Presidential candidates Heather Humphreys and Jim Gavin bumped into each other at…