| FITT | Gerry -, 1926-2005, Northern Irish politician (4) |
| HOEY | Kate ___, Northern Irish politician and Labour life peer (4) |
| ARLENE | --- Foster, high-profile Northern Irish politician |
| DUMP | Northern Irish politicians securing money repository (4) |
| DUST | Irish politician comes back across America for homework (4) |
| BUTT | Nevertheless, reports old Irish politician (4) |
| SORE | Sorted out an Irish politician. It was painful (4) |
| WADT | Extremists fleeing away upset Irish politician's lead locally |
| SPEEDUP | Occasionally, supreme Northern Irish politicians gain momentum (5,2) |
| ENDUP | Finish two points with some Northern Irish politicians (3,2) |
| DAIL | Irish politicians giving duke trouble |
| SOFTCENTRED | Sentimentally inclined son of Irish politician embracing rugby player (4-7) |
| OROURKE | Surname of Irish politician Mary and US politician Beto (1'6) |
| HOMERULE | Long-time goal of Irish politicians, in law (4,4) |
| LIKEAKIPPER | Bamboozled Irish politicians (one caught napping?) (4,2,4,1,6) |
| DONEUP | Bamboozled Irish politicians (one caught napping?) (4,2,4,1,6) |
| DEVALERA | Eamon, Irish politician and president who founded the Fianna Fail party in 1926 (2,6) |
| EAMONDEVALERA | American-born Irish politician who founded the political party Fianna Fail in 1926 (5,2,6) |
| EAMON | Irish politician de Valera |
| BUTTON | Old Irish politician gets on with switch (6) |
