One of the requirements of a thriving parliamentary democracy is a cred­ible opposition. We have had centrist governments for many years. Sinn Féin projects itself as a left-wing alternative, but do ...

Inheritance taxes are unpopular, precisely because they will rarely match ability to pay, especially for farming assets.

The structures were built in the early years of The Emergency to defend against potential invasion. Now it is planned to ...

It was a long three days at the Louth count centre in Coláiste Chú Chulainn in Dundalk for General Election 2024. Dundalk ...

Party leader Mary Lou McDonald had vowed to deliver a step change in the drive for constitutional change if Sinn Fein entered ...

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has said that he has met with a number of independents and plans to meet with other ...

Sinn Fein leaders have insisted their party’s performance in Ireland’s General Election is not a setback for the campaign for ...

Conspiracy theories alleging that the General Election was rigged are being spread in fringe circles, including by party ...

Passenger numbers at Dublin Airport in November were 3% higher than the same month last year, with numbers at Cork Airport up ...

The phrase that kept coming to my mind as I listened and read about the mercifully brief Irish election campaign was from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes in 1892.

The next Irish government has to reflect the 'very significant' number of seats Fianna Fáil won in the General Election, ...

Newly-elected TD Michael Murphy has pledged to “work night and day to deliver for the people of south Tipperary and those who ...