Irish Conservatism is dead. Long live Irish Conservatism!
After three days, the count is finally over. There was one big loser in this election and it wasn’t the Green Party. It was Irish conservatism. The semblance of a…
Fianna Fáil and the Silent Strategy
The count is mostly finished in Ireland and the result is in: every party is claiming victory! To figure out who actually won this election, it makes the most sense…
It’s Election Day!
Election Day is here and we’re at the end of a pretty uneventful campaign. Despite everything that is on the line domestically and internationally in this election, all parties stayed…
The Fight for Independents
There is a correlation between the amount of airtime the main party leaders receive and the amount of support independent candidates get in the polls. Micheál Martin claimed that Fianna…
Immigration: The RTÉ Upfront Debate
It's been a little over a year since the Dublin Riot and last night Katie Hannon hosted a row far less exciting than setting a LUAS on fire. Six party…
Simon Harris and the Kanturk Crisis
Every campaign has its defining moment. It could be waving one’s fist in the air defiantly after being shot in the face; it could be an unchecked lie that sticks;…
Aontú v Fianna Fáil: A Fight Made In Heaven
As Aontú launched its manifesto yesterday, Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin counter-signalled the event. In a podcast with The Irish Examiner, Martin ruled out the possibility of a coalition with…
Trump and the Future of the Irish-American Relationship
Pundits and politicians have warned us for months of the apocalyptic outcome of a second Trump presidency in the US. They have told us that Trump’s America First policies would…
The Overcrowded Left
Ireland has always been a left-leaning nation. From the Jacobin roots of Irish Republicanism to its more recent aversion to anything religiously Catholic. It is no surprise to hear an…
RTÉ Upfront: The Leaders’ Debate
As the campaign hit the halfway point last night, RTÉ Upfront hosted the first Leaders’ Debate of the election. Leaders from 10 parties squeezed into the studio to battle out…