Helen McEntee said further work was still needed to end the conflict with Russia.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs was commenting as talks between US, Ukrainian and European officials took place in Geneva.

Opposition leaders criticised the government’s new housing policy during Leaders Questions on Wednesday.

Speaking on RTÉ radio the former Minister for Finance spoke about his experience in Irish public life

A commission to investigate Troubles-related killings and a separate information recovery body will be established under the Bill.

The figures were released as MPs are set to debate and vote on the Government’s new legacy legislation later on Tuesday.

MINISTER of state Jennifer Murnane O’Connor was the second highest spender nationally in last December’s general election, according to an analysis by The Journal Investigates published last month. Minister Murnane O’Connor spent a total €44,008.

Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan said he will be publishing a new International Protection Bill to reform Ireland’s asylum system later this year.

‘We will not allow our party to be exposed to any far-right elements,’ Sinn Féin national chairman Declan Kearney said.

Bookies have slashed odds on Minister for Justice Jim O'Callaghan being the next Fianna Fáil leader amid pressure on Taoiseach Micheál Martin

Paul Givan called the no-confidence motion against him a ‘calculated attempt to drive a unionist minister from office’.

Paul Murphy raised ‘very serious issues at the zoo’ as he introduced legislation to call for an emergency inspection at the site.

Some moments defined the headlines, others defined generations. But can you remember what decade they actually happened in?

The Stormont Education Minister defended asking his department to publicise his visit to a school in Israel amid calls for him to resign.

Ivan Yates is to leave the hugely popular political podcast he co-hosts with Matt Cooper, Path to Power

A Director of the Office of Identity and Cultural Expression has also been appointed by the Executive Office

The Sinn Féin president said her party will contest the resulting by-election in the constituency

Many of those who spoiled their ballots in the presidential election had written in Maria Steen’s name instead of the eligible candidates.

John McGuinness said party members were ‘disappointed by the lack of selection process’ in the presidential election.

The defeated Irish presidential candidate said she and her family were subjected to ‘absolutely awful sectarian abuse’ during the campaign.

She grew up on a farm outside a village called Drum, located at the Cavan-Monaghan border.

He said the past 14 years in office have shown him that Irish people are committed to ‘seeing the ‘other’ as friend’.

Mr Benn unveiled a legacy framework for dealing with Northern Ireland’s troubled past with Tánaiste Simon Harris last month.

Catherine Connolly said Fine Gael were ‘absolutely terrified’ of her campaign, in response to criticisms of her work as a barrister.

Stormont Economy minister Caoimhe Archibald issued instructions to officials about not engaging in UK/Israel trade talks.

The poll showed that combined support for Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, at 35 per cent, is at a historic low.

The Tanaiste’s comments came after Fine Gael candidate for the Irish presidency suggested a Stormont parliament could be retained in a united Ireland.

Rival presidential candidate Catherine Connolly accused the Government of not doing enough to plan for constitutional change on the island

A House of Lords committee called for urgent action to address issues with arrangements designed to give politicians and stakeholders a greater say.

The draft laws came after the UK government unveiled a joint framework agreed upon with the Irish Government last month.

Tánaiste Simon Harris is to update Cabinet colleagues on Tuesday about a ‘substantial aid package’ to Gaza from Ireland.

Simon Harris welcomed the release of hostages on Monday

Catherine Connolly was ahead in two recent polls ahead of the presidential election.

Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty made the claim during Leaders’ Questions on Thursday.

The Alliance Party leader described the incident as ‘bullying and intimidation’.

However the Justice Minister said it is ‘not an immediate concern for me’.

The rap trio claim the case is politically driven.

Britain's CPS said there is an ‘important point of law that needs to be clarified’.

Attorney General Lord Hermer suggested the shadow justice secretary ‘carefully consider any further public comments’.

Mrs Badenoch kicked off the annual Tory conference in Manchester with a pledge to leave the ECHR.

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald, Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns, and Labour leader Ivana Bacik were among dozens joining Ms Connolly on a canvas of O’Connell Street in Dublin on Sunday.

The presidential candidate said he is looking into reports he owes a former tenant €3,000.

All three candidates participated in a debate on RTÉ’s The Week In Politics.