Back to basics strategy won’t be enough for Sinn FéinIt is not clear how to address the conundrum that confronted the party at the last election
Despite marginal reform, the Seanad's electoral system remains indefensibleThe old system was in many ways an affront to democracy, and the new one is not much better
Forget pandering to Independent TDs, these are the issues the new government needs to deal withThe consequences of business as usual are ever more frightening, particularly in relation to climate change
Immigration and the rise and fall of the Irish far right in 2024Violence 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
Former election candidate jailed for assaults after disrupting Tralee drag story eventRoss Lahive was ‘prime mover’ in violent incident where children had to be shielded and showed no remorse, judge says
Immigration and the rise and fall of the Irish far right in 2024Violence 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 continuityThe image which Ireland presented to the world at the end of 2024 was one of unusual stability
A year on from the failed referendums, has anything changed for carers and families?Women can participate in the paid workforce if they want to, even if the work is often precarious and 'greedy'. What they often can’t do is afford a home within reasonable distance of family and workplace
Support for planning is evident among those for and against Irish unityVoters are able to distinguish between wanting something to happen and planning for it to
Michelle O’Neill ‘not hung up’ on what to call Northern IrelandSinn Féin vice-president meeting with Conservative MPs in Westminster
Pat Leahy: We need clarity on criteria for calling referendum on Irish unitySuch a move should be part of a general re-examination of Belfast Agreement
Rise of Alliance reveals surprising facets of North’s shifting politicsParty’s supporters are not necessarily neutral on constitutional question
Aontú ‘actively considering’ running candidate in presidential electionPeadar Tóibín says party examining candidates but aware it will be ‘difficult’ to get on ballot paper
Presidential election starting to look like a lose-lose bet for Sinn FéinMary Lou McDonald knows she can’t afford to oversee yet another poor performance - but can the party credibly sit this one out?
David Hall considering potential run for presidentCampaigner for mortgage holders in distress says he has had discussions that provide ‘food for thought’
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
The Bionic Baron who staged a comeback after quadruple amputation in one of Westminster’s moments of the yearCraig Mackinlay was an MP who almost died from sepsis and now he sits in the House of Lords
