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Stephen Collins

The Irish Times

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Legal culture that underpins frivolous objections has to be reined in or the country will stagnate

07.02.2025 10

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Scenes of chaos and bullying in Dáil will have done nothing for the reputation of politicians

24.01.2025 7

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Sinn Féin is mistaken if it thinks Conor Murphy in the Seanad will inch us closer to a united Ireland

10.01.2025 10

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Martin and Harris must now jettison the frothy promises and focus on the essentials

Now that the dust has well and truly settled on the general election it is worth asking why the big issues facing the country in the coming years...

27.12.2024 3

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Despite the rhetoric from Mary Lou McDonald, Sinn Féin was the big election loser

Mary Lou McDonald’s demand that Micheál Martin should meet her to discuss government formation ignores one very simple but basic fact – the Fianna...

13.12.2024 20

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Ireland needs to treat infrastructure crisis with same urgency as past jobs crisis

One of the biggest challenges facing the country in the coming years barely rated a mention during the election campaign, even though it has the...

29.11.2024 6

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Stephen Collins: Even if Sinn Féin wins as many seats as Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael, it has no obvious path to government

The spats between the two big Coalition parties in the first week of the election campaign are threatening to undermine their core appeal to voters...

15.11.2024 2

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Outgoing Coalition has serious amount of work to do to persuade voters

The stark contrast between the tax-raising UK budget on Wednesday and the giveaway package presented to the Dáil a few weeks ago clearly...

01.11.2024 4

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There’s never been a better moment for a new left alliance to emerge

The wave of scandals engulfing Sinn Féin could alter the Irish political landscape in more ways than one. As well as having an impact on the...

18.10.2024 1

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Simon Harris is not going to make the same mistake as Leo Varadkar

No Irish government in the history of the State has been able to kick off an election campaign with a giveaway budget on the scale unveiled on...

04.10.2024 4

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Ireland is clearly not neutral in the conflict with Russia and we need to stop pretending it is

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s recent call on Taoiseach Simon Harris to support the development of an EU air defence system was just the...

20.09.2024 4

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Britain’s Labour government would love to have the Coalition’s problems

Nothing better illustrates the phenomenal success story of the Irish economy over the past decade or so than the debates taking place in Dublin and...

06.09.2024 20

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Odds on a Harris double win in November are improving

The odds on a Harris double in November, with Kamala winning the White House and Simon holding on to the Taoiseach’s office, are looking...

23.08.2024 2

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Voters are finally seeing through absurd claims that Ireland is a failed state

The proponents of the notion that Ireland is a failed state have gone a bit quiet in recent times as the absurdity of their claims and the...

09.08.2024 4

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Political stupidity of Fianna Fáil four could see Ireland end up with a bottom-of-the-barrel job in Europe

Michael McGrath was in Brussels this week to lobby for a serious portfolio in the next European Commission but his prospects have been undermined...

26.07.2024 6

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