Gerard Howlin

We have EU-wide responsibilities that are enormous in scale and consequence

If there is a slam dunk election in the making, it is an inside job, and Martin is a chief architect

We are under-prepared and ill-equipped for the real threats to our sovereignty

Leo Varadkar’s support for roads is nostalgia for a world suffocating on its own emissions

Self-referential news cycle prioritising this controversy in the face of climate breakdown is a deadly extension of fake news

A grassroots organisation aims to equip women with the skills, knowledge and confidence to run in local elections

In terms of gender, the Dáil is barely more representative than the ascendancy parliament in the eighteenth century. A culture change is needed

He cannot behave now as if he is still on the hustings, because it changes the future as well as the present

Gerard Howlin: Decarbonisation politics is led by competition between Sinn Féin and Fine Gael for the rural vote

Gerard Howlin: The Tánaiste’s next move could be European Commissioner, President of the Council, President of Ireland or even rotating Taoiseach. The outlook for the party is grimmer

Gerard Howlin: It further imbalances an already out of kilter tax system, again, against the young

Gerard Howlin: As any other civil servant could have told him, if you can fake sincerity, you’ve got it made

US president identifies as Irish in America but he visits Ireland as an American, a foreigner, albeit one with close ties of affection

Expediency drives decisions on issues such as increased pension age and wealth tax, all of which would benefit the young

It was not working and did nothing to address the deep dysfunction in housing policy

Economically Ireland has no right-of-centre politics, and public spending has jumped by a third since the 2016 election

The domestication of Sinn Féin and a belief by government that it could contain the issue kept it at the fringes. Until now

If Ireland is increasingly a political melting pot, huge structural change in TD numbers turns up the heat

Minister is getting a chance Fine Gael denied Alan Shatter, Frances Fitzgerald and Phil Hogan

We maximise our capacity to party, minimise our personal exposure to the consequences and has enough of the balm of action to allow us have a very good time and feel good about ourselves

Gerard Howlin: The ex-minister was badly treated by a political system that still won’t say sorry

Only two ships are available to patrol our 132,000sq-mile economic zone, which is 16% of EU waters

Climate Action Plan will apply legal pressure on civil servants and State agencies to ensure carbon reduction is intrinsic to plans and budgets

Micheál Martin can stop Sinn Féin’s seemingly inevitable ascension to power or he can facilitate it

Inside Politics: Dutch prime minister and senior US democrat arrive in Ireland

Danger of party is not that it undermines the State, but that it fails to master it

69 new cases of coronavirus had been detected the previous day. ‘I am one of them,’ she said

The atmosphere on the usually staid show turns both hotter and frostier, a bit like climate change

Inside Politics podcast looks at Border’s return to Brexit centre stage

The letters sent to Luas workers invokes the ghost of the 1913 Dublin lock out

Social recovery needed to accompany economic recovery, says Burton

Former senator addresses 34th MacGill Summer School on political reform

On Newtalk, George Hook tackles a black-and-white issue while Ivan Yates airs some shibboleths of his own