Lack of interest among reasons people did not vote in general electionSurvey 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 moreListen | 58:40
This new Government hardly looks like an inspiring changeAs 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, diesCorkman founded Amarenco Solar in 2013
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
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
Ireland should hold another referendum on women in the home, UN committee saysGovernment should assess reasons referendum failed and not give up on issue, according to CEDAW
Varadkar: marriage-equality vote result and hospice opening made my best day in politicsFormer taoiseach says he did not anticipate pace of change in Ireland but warns of setbacks in path of progress
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
Catherine Connolly launches presidential bid saying she wants to ‘empower people to find their own voices’Galway West TD defended her record, including a trip she took to Syria during dictator Bashar al-Assad’s time in power
CMAT takes a pop at former taoiseach Bertie Ahern in new Euro-Country singleReference is not the first time CMAT has made her feelings known about the former Fianna Fáil leader
Battle for the Áras gets under wayThe race for the presidency gathered pace on Tuesday with Fine Gael nominating former European commissioner Mairéad McGuinness to be its candidate
Nigel Farage’s Reform UK beats Labour by six votes in Runcorn and Helsby byelectionReform 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
