Despite the rhetoric from Mary Lou McDonald, Sinn Féin was the big election loser
Martin and Harris got on each other’s nerves during the election campaign, but they now need to put their differences aside
Ireland needs to treat infrastructure crisis with same urgency as past jobs crisis
We are in danger of putting ourselves out of the running to capitalise on the next phase of economic development
Even if Sinn Féin wins as many seats as Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael, it has no obvious path to government
A danger for Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael is that if the sniping at each other gets out of control, it could raise doubts in the minds of voters
Outgoing Coalition has serious amount of work to do to persuade voters
Governing parties need to convince electorate that they can deal with persistent problems such as housing and infrastructure
There’s never been a better moment for a new left alliance to emerge
In recent polls, a coalition of left parties has 28 per cent of the vote in the capital compared with 13 per cent for Sinn Féin
Simon Harris is not going to make the same mistake as Leo Varadkar
Extra €2,000-€3,000 placed by the budget in the pockets of middle-income families is a good way to kickstart three weeks of campaigning
Ireland is clearly not neutral in Ukraine’s conflict with Russia and we need to stop pretending it is
Our obvious double standards on neutrality have not gone unnoticed in other EU countries, even if they do not say it openly
Britain’s Labour government would love to have the Coalition’s problems
How to spend the budget surplus wisely without building up problems for the future is the big conundrum facing the Government
Odds on a Harris double win for Kamala and Simon in November are improving
There are bound to be twists and turns along the road to November, but both Simon Harris and Kamala Harris are in with a fighting chance
Voters are finally seeing through absurd claims that Ireland is a failed state
The electorate needs to cast a cold eye on the political promises of those who, until recently, were cheerleaders for corrupt Venuezuelan presidents Maduro and Chávez
Political stupidity of Fianna Fáil four could see Ireland end up with a bottom-of-the-barrel job in Europe
The notion that Ursula von der Leyen will forgive and forget that the four - plus another six of Ireland’s 14 MEPs - voted against her reappointment and give McGrath a senior position beggars belief
Two factors helped Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael to pull off something remarkable in recent elections
One was the unprecedented level of transfers between the two parties and the other was the splintering of the anti-Government vote
Rishi Sunak gets a bad rap but he was good for Ireland
Part of the reason the British right and its media cheerleaders hate Sunak is that, in Brexit-related discussions, he abandoned the futile jingoistic posturing of his predecessors
Opting for a spring election would be an act of political insanity by Simon Harris and Micheál Martin
Coalition’s standing will hardly have improved after the usual winter hospital crisis and a further influx of asylum seekers
Notion that Sinn Féin would take radical steps to dismantle the current social order is fanciful
During the Davy/Sinn Féin jaunt to London, Pearse Doherty assured investors that his party would not attempt to upend the Irish economic model