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Poll Shows Majority Favour Coveney
A new Irish Times / Ipsos MRBI poll brings badly needed good news for Simon Coveney as he tries to overhaul Leo Varadkar's early lead in the race to …
9 years, 2 months ago
Mission Impossible? - Simon Coveney's Leadership Fight
The chances of Simon Coveney becoming the next leader of the Fine Gael party are slim, but Dublin Bay South TD Kate O'Connell, who is supporting him,…
9 years, 2 months ago
Fintan O'Toole: This Low-Stakes Race Is Meaningless For Most Of Us
Leo Varadkar seems to be pulling away in the race to succeed Enda Kenny. But does it really matter whether it is Simon or Leo? Fintan O'Toole talks t…
9 years, 2 months ago
There Is A Vacancy: Varadkar Holds Early Lead in Race to Succeed Kenny
Enda Kenny's leadership of Fine Gael and the country is over. Who will replace him? Fiach Kelly has canvassed every TD, Senator and Councillor to get…
9 years, 2 months ago
Seán Fleming on Enda's Lingering Leadership, Confidence & Supply and PAC
How has Enda Kenny's long goodbye impacted on the Oireachtas? Fianna Fáil TD and chair of the Dáil's Public Accounts Committee, Seán Fleming joins Ma…
9 years, 2 months ago
Inside Eurovision with Patrick Freyne
Eurovision time is here again, and this year it's taking place in Ukraine. Is the tense political context impacting the annual carnival of national p…
9 years, 3 months ago
A Disturbance in the Force, Dáil Decorum, Paschal the Kingmaker
Will Nóirín O'Sullivan eventually be invited to follow sacked FBI director James Comey into early retirement? To discuss that developing story, plus …
9 years, 3 months ago
A Year of Living Independently
The Independent Alliance has been in Government for one year, already longer than many observers predicted at the outset. How has it been doing? Very…
9 years, 3 months ago
What Ails The Dáil? How To Fix Our Lifeless Legislature
What's going on in Leinster House? Not much, but at least we can argue about why that is the case. Today's Irish Times editorial was a little harsh, …
9 years, 3 months ago
Church, State & Hospital / What Next For Anti-Abortion Groups?
The row over ownership of the new Maternity Hospital may be dying down, for now, but it has revealed some interesting things about the politics, peop…
9 years, 3 months ago