When Harry met Micheál: Mixing old school FF with ‘new wave’Party leader shows his years of election experience on a campaign visit to KerryTue Feb 16 2016 - 01:00
Election 2016: Five things we learned from the leaders’ debateSeven leaders, a strong chair, small party leaders perfoming well and a Nicola SturgeonTue Feb 16 2016 - 00:39
Kenny seeks to quash Fine Gael Fianna Fáil coalition talk‘I’ve ruled them out on at least ten occasions in the last fortnight and I do so again now’Mon Feb 15 2016 - 16:00
TG4 debate in Irish cancelled over Joan Burton’s and Gerry Adams’ lack of fluencyPlan runs aground after Labour offers junior minister as ‘substitute’ for party leaderSun Feb 14 2016 - 20:48
When Harry met Enda: ‘Hungry Heart’ visible on campaign trailPowered by Bruce and a Troy McClure smile, Taoiseach seeks second termSun Feb 14 2016 - 19:00
Fine Gael manifesto leaves few hostages to fortuneCaution replaces expansive brave new world offering put forward by party five years agoSun Feb 14 2016 - 18:18
Greens warns on climate change slippage ahead of election 2016Launch of manifesto includes €30bn strategy for renewable energy and ‘citizen trust fund’Fri Feb 12 2016 - 19:58
Social Democrats unveil housing policy in response to crisisParty’s policy initiative advocates new department, minister with full cabinet statusFri Feb 12 2016 - 17:44
TV debate: Micheál Martin does best on night of no clear losersInside Politics: Enda Kenny tried to remain presidential but maybe disengaged too muchFri Feb 12 2016 - 08:44
Call for TDs to be paid national industrial wageBoyd Barrett says TDs should be on the same salaries as the people they representFri Feb 12 2016 - 01:01
Analysis: Debate more like McGregor fight than political exchangeFF leader scores in section discussing health service while Kenny emerges unscathedThu Feb 11 2016 - 23:39
Michael Healy Rae: Flat of cap, slight of figure, big of personality‘Two political hawks swoop in to pounce on unsuspecting prey of north Kerry’Thu Feb 11 2016 - 20:46
Healy Rae dynasty believes Danny might spring a surpriseThere is no doubt his brother, sitting TD Michael Healy Rae, will do very well in #ge16Thu Feb 11 2016 - 18:11
Fianna Fail poised to take second seat in Donegal - TG4 pollParty’s strong showing may mean Independent TD Thomas Pringle’s seat is vulnerableTue Feb 09 2016 - 20:00
Renua ups ante with attack ad on Fine Gael and Michael LowryTwo-minute video from Lucinda Creighton’s party to stir up negative-campaigning debateTue Feb 09 2016 - 14:33
Taoiseach and Adams clash over Dublin hotel attackMinister for Justice confirms second non-jury court to open on April 4thTue Feb 09 2016 - 01:02
Fine Gael promise of more public service jobs sounds familiarKenny’s recruitment plan for health, education and Garda may be over-reachingTue Feb 09 2016 - 01:00
Sinn Fein says abolition of USC would be ‘unfair and reckless’Doherty says party would remove 277,000 from the charge but leave it in place for other workersMon Feb 08 2016 - 15:28
Kenny calls on Adams to make statement on AK47sFrances Fitzgerald confirms second Special Criminal Court will open on April 4thMon Feb 08 2016 - 13:33
Election 2016: FF hoping to build on signs of forgivenessUnlike five years ago, Fianna Fáil canvassers getting polite reception in DublinMon Feb 08 2016 - 01:00
Labour says Sinn Fein would push tax rate above 62% for many‘It’s a new kind of F word, the Fiscal Space,’ Burton says as she vows not to use termFri Feb 05 2016 - 16:57
Compare your views with 500 candidatesWhichcandidate.ie intended to help voters make informed voting decisionFri Feb 05 2016 - 13:14
Election 2016: Irish Times poll shows people want change - but more of the sameInside Politics: There are mixed messages even among Government party supportersFri Feb 05 2016 - 09:33
Fine Gael promises 200,000 jobs in long-term economic planFianna Fail criticises coalition on health; Adams says people seeking change should vote Sinn FeinThu Feb 04 2016 - 16:46
Left wing AAA-PBP party seeks to end era of ‘tribal’ politicsExtent of public’s radicalisation has been underestimated, says TDThu Feb 04 2016 - 16:36
Green Party backs fiscal council’s lower spending limitsCouncil’s €3.2bn ‘fiscal space’ figure amounts to about quarter of that projected by Fine GaelThu Feb 04 2016 - 15:03
Political parties set out their stalls for election dayParty leaders, Ministers and TDs address media as election campaigns begin in earnestWed Feb 03 2016 - 22:00
Election 2016: Parties set out stalls as three week campaign beginsCoalition hopes to be returned as FF says it could be biggest party after February 26th pollWed Feb 03 2016 - 17:31
Fianna Fáil can win most seats in election, Martin saysParty leader says FF has ‘far stronger social conscience’ than any of its rivalsWed Feb 03 2016 - 14:04
After all the blows, Fine Gael is still standing tallParty profile: Fine Gael has overcome early setbacks to start the campaign in robust healthWed Feb 03 2016 - 10:52
Greens will hope to breach 2 per cent of national voteParty profile: Almost wiped out in 2011 securing State funding is a must for the party’s long-term recoveryWed Feb 03 2016 - 10:51
Government gives itself an A1, but not all would agreeThe Coalition did well on the economy, but was not so strong on health and housingWed Feb 03 2016 - 01:02
Beware the Ides of March, er, FebruaryInside Politics : Journalists and their predictions informed by many political variablesTue Feb 02 2016 - 12:56
Sinn Féin leads social media election raceGrowth in social media means this general election campaign will be fought in novel waysTue Feb 02 2016 - 11:12
Two key Bills will be timed out by election announcementCoalition has passed the most Acts of any government since the foundation of the StateTue Feb 02 2016 - 01:00
Taoiseach puts Fine Gael Ministers on election footingKey staff in FG and FF move to campaign headquarters in anticipation of poll dateMon Feb 01 2016 - 23:29
Accuracy of the voting register called into questionReview of roll and census by expert suggests figure overstated by almost 500,000 peopleMon Jan 25 2016 - 20:46
Election 2016: FF would raise mental health spend ‘by €200m’Claim coalition has raided mental health budgets to top up shortfalls elsewhereMon Jan 25 2016 - 16:57
Arts not ‘appreciated or understood’ by the State‘You can’t dance to the metric – you can’t evaluate the thing that is priceless’Sat Jan 23 2016 - 11:00
Denis O’Brien group sought State funds for public service contentCommunicorp lobbied for financial support for output, new register showsFri Jan 22 2016 - 07:31
Labour TDs’ confidence boosted by poll findingsRed C poll suggests enough voters do not want to risk change in governmentThu Jan 21 2016 - 01:00
FF move to cost election pledges draws rivals’ fireMicheál Martin vows that Fianna Fáil will not engage in ‘auction politics’ during campaignMon Jan 18 2016 - 08:20
Strong ardfheis for Micheál MartinFianna Fáil has a lot of ground to make up, but it won’t all be done in this electionMon Jan 18 2016 - 01:00
Ryan criticises RTÉ over exclusion from leaders’ debateFormer minister says only Green Party would do work to make Paris Agreement realitySun Jan 17 2016 - 15:34
Fianna Fáil is changing but not quickly enoughThe party has struggled to articulate a clear message or project itself in a way which those outside its base can identifySun Jan 17 2016 - 10:10
Fianna Fáil must resist coalition speculation, ardfheis toldProf Tim Bale says party is ‘off life support’ and that election after 2016 will be crucialSat Jan 16 2016 - 16:50
Micheál Martin to tell ardfheis FF capable of governmentFianna Fáil dismisses any coalition arrangement with either Fine Gael or Sinn FéinFri Jan 15 2016 - 22:20
Sinn Féin seeks to emulate Dublin success nationally, says AdamsParty the largest in capital at local government level and has ‘delivered for electorate’Fri Jan 15 2016 - 21:38
It’s only a matter of time before Sinn Féin is in government, says AdamsSF leader pays tribute to Fianna Fáil’s ‘republican’ baseFri Jan 15 2016 - 21:19
PJ Mara: five attributes that defined former strategistPart of the reason Mara was effective was his character traits made him well suited to roleFri Jan 15 2016 - 14:08
