2025 in Irish politics: A messy Dáil start, more housing woes and, finally, a new president
Discord dominated in the Dáil, Fianna Fáil tripped up in the race for the Áras and housing hasn’t gone away, you know
Jim Gavin
Miriam’s Lord’s week: Fianna Fáil election fiasco report bundles Jim Gavin under the bus
Micheál Martin and his team ease back on the contrition and their inept handling of the presidential election campaign
Jack Chambers did not consider resigning as FF deputy leader after disastrous presidential campaign
Minister for Public Expenditure was an initial point of contact with Jim Gavin and the party’s director of elections
Micheál Martin is a victim of his own success
Ironically, it is his success in the general election that is now his biggest problem, leaving him presiding over a party that is larger and harder to control
Micheál Martin says he is not any ‘wiser’ on Jim Gavin’s failure to recall tenancy dispute
Taoiseach received ‘complete assertions’ from Fianna Fáil presidential candidate there were no issues related to time as landlord
Micheál Martin staves off Fianna Fáil rebellion as party critics fall silent
One Fianna Fáil TD said report into presidential campaign flawed ‘without Jim Gavin’s version of events’
The Irish Times view on Micheál Martin’s leadership: secure, for now
The presidential episode is of limited significance but it will have consequences
Dust settles on Fianna Fáil report, but Micheál Martin would be unwise to think danger is over
Report into presidential election and Jim Gavin’s failed bid did not contain the smoking gun some predicted
Micheál Martin says he will not put down motion of confidence in himself
Taoiseach makes dogged defence of his leadership in wake of publication of internal report on Fianna Fáil’s Áras campaign
Taoiseach strongly defends his leadership after Gavin report published
Some TDs express annoyance at receiving report on FF’s presidential election campaign only an hour before parliamentary party meeting
Fianna Fáil presidential election report: Party told Jim Gavin past disputes would be uncovered
Document does not appear to contain any previously unknown ‘smoking gun’ about party’s disastrous campaign
Six key moments in the unravelling of Jim Gavin and Fianna Fáil’s presidential campaign
Report bluntly states ‘nothing further was done’ after word of former candidate’s tenancy issue began to come to light
Taoiseach ‘absolutely’ confident as Fianna Fáil to consider presidential election review
Meeting could turn into a showdown between Taoiseach Micheál Martin and critics of his leadership
FF TDs call for immediate publication of report into presidential campaign
Taoiseach says he has not yet received findings but took exception to recent ‘false assertions’
Fianna Fáil review into disastrous presidential campaign ‘must come out this week’
Party figures want line drawn under Jim Gavin’s damaging departure from race for the Áras
‘Nothing was flagged with me’: Minister for Transport unaware of Jim Gavin tenant issue
O’Brien asked about reports some senior FF members were aware of problem before voting on candidate nominations
Micheál Martin to find out scale of damage done to him in Fianna Fáil by Gavin fiasco
Meanwhile, Jim O’Callaghan continues to lean into the immigration debate
Fianna Fáil presidential election campaign review set to be discussed by party next week
Previous party meeting told report being reviewed by lawyers for FF and those representing Jim Gavin
President Connolly – How the Race Was Won: Striking reminder of botched presidential campaign
Television: Behold the idiot’s guide to running an idiotic campaign, brought to you by Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil
Fianna Fáil’s presidential election campaign an ‘unedifying spectacle’, says Minister
Review into handling of campaign expected before Christmas
Inside Fianna Fáil: How grassroots members feel about Micheál Martin amid shambolic presidential campaign
The dust has settled after Micheál Martin’s disastrous choice of Jim Gavin as Fianna Fáil’s candidate, but there may be a a mood for change
Fianna Fáil review into presidential campaign unlikely to be published before New Year
Lawyers for Jim Gavin and for the party studying the report, TDs and senators are told
Ivan Yates ‘deliberately’ didn’t tell Matt Cooper about Jim Gavin training
Pundit addresses Oireachtas committee after it emerged he provided media training Jim Gavin during presidential election
Ivan Yates praised for agreeing to answer questions about his media training work
The pundit and former politician is due to appear at the Oireachtas Media Committee on Wednesday evening
Darragh O’Brien has turned the DAA-Kenny Jacobs drama into a crisis that’s hard to fix
With the possibility of a leadership contest down the line, Minister may be reluctant to sign off on €1m payoff
Ivan Yates ‘flabbergasted’ at attention on media training activities, committee to hear
Yates worked as commentator during presidential election after providing undisclosed coaching to failed candidate Jim Gavin
‘Jim O’Callaghan could stop all this. He hasn’t’: Inside Fianna Fáil’s post-election crisis
Taoiseach and party leader Micheál Martin is deemed vulnerable by insiders after the Jim Gavin debacle, but there is a sense that any potential heave is on hold
FF’s Áras contender Jim Gavin says he’s ‘great’ in first public remarks since ending campaign
Former Dublin GAA manager says people need ‘resilience’ to cope with challenges and the most important thing is ‘what you do next’
Taoiseach ‘not as exercised as others’ about Fianna Fáil’s presidential campaign review
Micheál Martin rejects suggestion that review into Jim Gavin’s candidacy has been delayed
Review into Fianna Fáil’s presidential election not expected until December, party told
Micheál Martin is understood to have told party meeting he had a duty to lead the country and fulfil mandate
Micheál Martin not stepping down ‘any time soon’, EU commissioner believes
Michael McGrath defends Fianna Fáil leader who is facing continued pressure over failed Jim Gavin presidency campaign
Ivan Yates insists he ‘broke no rules’ in controversy over Jim Gavin media training
Pundit and media trainer says he was relying on his ‘personal integrity’ rather than disclosing work for party
‘Make them see something’: Political communication skills, from Ivan Yates to Zohran Mamdani
Against the background of the Fianna Fáil media coaching controversy, a leading political communications trainer puts our reporter through his paces
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