Lack of interest among reasons people did not vote in general election Survey suggests high level of public trust in Ireland’s elections
Simon Harris interview: My style of politics is not a problem Inside Politics: Tánaiste answers questions about housing, Occupied Territories Bill, a proposed levy on streamers like Netflix and more Listen | 58:40
This new Government hardly looks like an inspiring change As so often in politics, many ministers have been appointed not on the basis of ability or record, but due to where they live or how many votes they won
John Mullins, businessman and former Bord Gáis chief executive, dies Corkman founded Amarenco Solar in 2013
Immigration and the rise and fall of the Irish far right in 2024 Violence continued to grow along with the disinformation campaigns targeting asylum seekers, but far-right candidates failed to turn their large social media followings into votes
Immigration and the rise and fall of the Irish far right in 2024 Violence continued to grow along with the disinformation campaigns targeting asylum seekers, but far-right candidates failed to turn their large social media followings into votes
2024 was a year of political turbulence followed by a vote for continuity The image which Ireland presented to the world at the end of 2024 was one of unusual stability
Varadkar: marriage-equality vote result and hospice opening made my best day in politics Former taoiseach says he did not anticipate pace of change in Ireland but warns of setbacks in path of progress
Ten years ago Ireland said yes to marriage equality in a milestone moment The story of the struggle for LGBTQ rights in Ireland is one of persistence and determination in
Michelle O’Neill ‘not hung up’ on what to call Northern Ireland Sinn Féin vice-president meeting with Conservative MPs in Westminster
Pat Leahy: We need clarity on criteria for calling referendum on Irish unity Such a move should be part of a general re-examination of Belfast Agreement
Rise of Alliance reveals surprising facets of North’s shifting politics Party’s supporters are not necessarily neutral on constitutional question
So far nobody wants the Presidency and its quarter-of-a-million euro salary. Why? Campaign savagery proves the system works because it weeds out the inexperienced, self-deluded and fantasists
Is Conor McGregor really the only person who wants to be President of Ireland? In the News podcast:It’s June, so where is the list of Áras hopefuls? Listen | 19:19
The phoney war for the Áras: are the parties leaving it too late to declare? The pattern of when presidential candidates are announced is not consistent
Nigel Farage’s Reform UK beats Labour by six votes in Runcorn and Helsby byelection Reform win a blow to Keir Starmer in first election test as British prime minister
Starmer’s political image increasingly at odds with a public mood turning against liberal causes He seems himself as less ideological than Blair, but he might benefit from adopting the New Labour master’s Machiavellian streak
Liz Truss legal letter orders Keir Starmer to stop saying she crashed UK economy ‘Cease and desist’ letter accuses British PM of making ‘false and defamatory’ claims on Truss’ disastrous 2022 mini-budget
