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Pat LeahyThe Irish Times |
Reading it back now, the coverage of Leo Varadkar’s election as Taoiseach seems impossibly optimistic. “Even at a time of scepticism about...
In the week since the shock results of the twin referendums, there has been an abundance of hot takes, lists of lessons, much recrimination,...
“I do not believe that Putin’s ambitions will stop at Ukraine. This is our war too and it’s not just happening on Ukraine’s territory. It’s...
Here are they key questions and some answers about the timing of the next general election in Ireland. The timing of elections is a matter of politics...
Anyone who is called to appear before an Oireachtas committee should turn up – but only if they can be reasonably assured that the committees will...
The Social Democrats gather this weekend in UCD for the party’s annual conference, facing some big imminent decisions. It’s not quite a year since...
Former Fine Gael taoiseach John Bruton inherited the system of programme managers and special advisers from the Fianna Fáil-Labour Coalition that...
The picture of a beaming Mary Lou McDonald and Michelle O’Neill dominated the front pages of both the Financial Times and the Guardian on Wednesday...
In a political era that is roiled by uncertainty of every type, one of the most significant unknowns in Irish politics concerns the future of someone...
It’s housing all the way in the next election. Isn’t it? Housing, housing, housing – that’s what the next election will be about. Right across...
In the political dead zone between Christmas and the return of the Dáil next week, senior politicians often use the opportunity for some...
When people tell you who they are, the saying goes, you should believe them. For months and months, gangs of people have been gathering at venues that...
Here are five things that will crowd on to the political agenda in the new year: It’s not going away, folks. The riots in Dublin — powered by...
It’s Christmas and so timely to consider that for which we should be thankful. The welcome for the new Polish prime minister from his colleagues in...
For the past two weeks, The Irish Times has been publishing the results from this year’s iteration of the North and South project. It examines the...
A mixed week that tells us some important things about the present and future of Irish politics: two bits of good news for the Government and for the...
Reacting to the Dublin riots in their immediate aftermath, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar was calm and correct on the gunpowder subject of migration and...
The events in Dublin city centre on Thursday evening will cause a juddering change in our politics. Law and public order, keeping the streets safe,...
Last week, amid considerable political tension in the UK over a planned pro-Palestine march through London on Armistice Day, an audio clip from the...
In a recent interview about his memoir of life with the late Marian Finucane, John Clarke was describing to Pat Kenny the Ireland in which he came of...
We are entering the pre-election phase, right enough. With a general election due in or before March 2025 and most speculation (and it is only that,...
Casual television viewers wondering what to watch on Saturday evenings now that the Rugby World Cup is drawing to a close will be pleased to hear that...
So it turns out that Professor Louise Richardson – Tramore woman, Trinity scholar, vice-chancellor of Oxford University, Dame of the British Empire,...
“This was the best budget I have ever heard a British chancellor deliver, by a massive margin. The tax cuts were so huge and bold, the language so...
Next Tuesday’s budget will probably be the most important event of this Government’s remaining time in office. With the polls looking sketchy at...
Last week, Sinn Féin’s health spokesman David Cullinane published his alternative health budget. Cullinane is a serious operator, aware of the...
Swanking around New York during the week (along with the two other leaders of the Coalition Government, despite the return of the Dáil), Taoiseach...
The omnishambles at RTÉ has moved past the Gogglebox stage to the grim reality of an impending financial crisis. Two things seem clear: firstly,...
Richard Bruton’s announcement this week that he will step down at the next election does not come as a surprise around Leinster House: 41 years as a...