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The re-elected president of the European Commission now faces the Herculean task of keeping all her supporters happy
A key feature of this plan has to be a commitment to reduce the personal taxation burden on individuals who work and gainfully contribute to the Irish...
The decision by Fianna Fáil MEPs to publicly declare they will not vote for Ursula von der Leyen puts the party at risk of isolation
Simon Harris and Fine Gael were rewarded for responding to changing public mood on migration in recent weeks
These powers have long been bad actors, but their willingness to push the West like this has not been seen since the early 1940s
The union should be setting the pace, not struggling to keep up at a time of global tensions
Irish eyes are keenly watching how Britain’s likely next prime minister defines the UK’s relationship with Brussels on key issues
The arrests in Germany of Chinese spies may seem like a slightly fantastical scene from a John le Carré spy novel, but the operations are very real
The European Commission president has built bridges during her tenure, but they will fall when the elections begin and she will be left with few...
If passed, the law would have a devastating impact on social cohesion and free and open political discourse
The major challenges for Harris are the timing of his elevation and how can he distinguish himself from my friend Leo Varadkar
However, Haley’s refusal to endorse the ex-president is certainly not the end of her political career
Having been at the heart of the EPP, under Varadkar Ireland has drifted away from the group, weakening our position
The constant speculation about when is best to call an election distracts from the real business of government
A wave of farm protests has swept across Europe over recent months but the once-vocal Irish farming lobby seems to have gone missing, at least for now
DUP had the best week the party has had in quite a few years while Sinn Féin, by contrast, botched the news that the Assembly would finally resume
By refusing to have a sensible discussion about immigration policy, political leaders in Ireland are currently driving large swathes of voters into...
The opposition will face greater scrutiny as ballots approach as blip in the party’s polling gives Coalition a boost
The Poles’ decision to eject the authoritarian populist PiS party from power shows that positive politics can trump negative nationalism
By housing our domestic intelligence within An Garda Síochana, we leave the force exposed to infiltration and the interception of sensitive data