John Downing

John Downing: With French politics in chaos, party leaders will discover there are no blueprints for building a coalition

John Downing: How Fianna Fáil MEPs could prove decisive as Ursula von der Leyen faces key EU vote

John Downing: Guy Fawkes Night better reflects state of global politics than brave new world of Independence Day

John Downing: We’ve been spoiled, but this Limerick team have given us fans a future and we owe them for that

John Downing: A far-right majority or a hung parliament, France faces political turmoil, whatever the election outcome

John Downing: How three big calls in Europe and US could have a dramatic impact on our lives here in Ireland

Male model, Mensa member and British spy: the many lives of Detective Garda Patrick Crinnion

John Downing: Emmanuel Macron’s snap-election gamble looks set to backfire as French voters have their say

John Downing: Ireland must hustle hard to maintain its EU political reach by getting McGrath a ‘real job’

John Downing: Tommie Gorman’s charm and intellect kept him ahead of the pack – and landed him the most outrageous parking spot in Europe

John Downing: Football might not be coming home, but common-sense politics in Britain might

John Downing: Is Emmanuel Macron’s election gamble to ‘vaccinate’ French against hard right a risk too far?

John Downing: Be it Green Party lifer O’Gorman or beef farmer Hackett who is chosen, expect the unorthodox from leadership contest

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John Downing: Eamon Ryan’s abrupt exit leaves troubled Greens facing tough internal leadership battle and Dáil succession problems

John Downing: What do Dana, Jack Lynch and Zelensky have in common? They had celebrity before the hard graft of politics

John Downing: Election aftershock to shake up the top table in Brussels

John Moran takes the reins: Four key challenges facing the man chosen as Limerick’s first directly-elected mayor

John Downing: Emmanuel Macron’s huge gamble on snap elections sends ripples across Europe - all the way to Fianna Fáil

John Downing: John Moran in pole position to be Limerick mayor before real test of whether political experiment can truly work

New committee elected at Macra Wexford AGM

Former Louth and Armagh star Brian McCoy has never lost his Orchard identity despite strong Wee ties

Free book bag and library card for Wicklow children starting school in September

Award winning Wexford jewellery designer launches latest handmade ‘Sea of Stars’ collection

Nursing home and apartment plans for Kerry town appealed to An Bord Pleanála