The prospect of Labour, the oldest party in the state, being entirely wiped out at the next election is now firmly on the table.
Trusting the old ways of lobbying and influencing politics may well be the downfall of rural Ireland
you’d be foolish to bet heavily against our current crop of Ministers, minus maybe the Greens, getting another go at this.
in a more relaxed setting, politicians were obviously and perhaps understandably more open to expressing, and considering, a wider range of views.
Everything about the electoral commission’s new mandate – which it is already enhancing by itself – speaks to a body that is designed to funnel voters towards particular decisions and away from other decisions.
The first thing to understand about both the Seanad and the Dáil is that an absolutely enormous number of votes are formalities
The Irish government offering foreign language voting guides to help asylum seekers vote in elections is a self-serving power-grab disguised as a good deed, says Ben Scallan
Why bother?
Winning is not necessarily the objective, first time out.
The age of adulthood in Ireland is eighteen. Up until that point, children are, and should remain, their parent’s problem.
VOX’s program contains a battery of tax-cutting measures. In particular, it aims to incentivise family formation and child rearing by removing the tax burden on families.
The middle class in Ireland have not been convinced of the need for change.