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# Irish Politics

Last year
2023
These are the winners and losers from the Irish political year 2023
28 Dec 2023
22.8k
9
Larry Donnelly: The Dublin riots triggered middle Ireland and its voters - politicians take heed
Larry Donnelly
1 Dec 2023
26.9k
Politicians arguing in the Dáil and having a drink together after doesn't happen anymore, says Varadkar
16 Nov 2023
21.8k
75
Opinion: The Commission has done the state some service but more TDs won’t solve the big issues
Dermot Ryan
31 Aug 2023
4.8k
10
Larry Donnelly: There's no denying that the ties between America and Ireland are exceptional
Larry Donnelly
17 Mar 2023
9.1k
10
Larry Donnelly: How will Irish politicians cope with an increasingly angry electorate?
Larry Donnelly
28 Jan 2023
24.6k
50
All time
Coveney: NI Protocol legislation may be 'put off' following Johnson's resignation
8 Jul 2022
13.3k
2
Sinn Féin remains in the lead as most popular party among voters, new poll shows
3 Apr 2022
34.2k
119
Next wave of Ukrainian refugees will be more vulnerable, Oireachtas committee hears
22 Mar 2022
19.1k
14
Larry Donnelly: Sinn Féin is now under a microscope because the party is on the rise
Larry Donnelly
19 Feb 2022
37.2k
78
Larry Donnelly: We must help the undocumented Irish in the US - they still need us
Larry Donnelly
5 Feb 2022
16.1k
28
David McCullagh: 'The vote on the Anglo-Irish Treaty in 1922 was tense to say the least'
David McCullagh
Updated 7 Jan 2022
24.8k
27
Opinion: Farewell to Des O'Malley - a true republican and patriot
Jason O'Mahony
Updated 22 Jul 2021
21.2k
50
Opinion: It’s harder for the Dublin Bay South voters to not elect a woman - and that's progress
Caitriona Gleeson
Updated 9 Jul 2021
19.3k
84
Larry Donnelly: It's down to the wire in Dublin Bay South
Larry Donnelly
3 Jul 2021
40.2k
46
Opinion: The pollster controversy should alert us to possible issues with political campaigning online
Ethan Shattock
14 Jun 2021
6.2k
12
Larry Donnelly: The message to Irish politicians this week was 'It's housing, stupid'
Larry Donnelly
9 May 2021
18.5k
23
Opinion: ‘Self-regulation is no regulation’ - what the Lobbying Act has failed to tackle
Michaela Reilly
21 Nov 2020
25.0k
9
Calls for tighter lobbying rules ‘fall on political deaf ears’
Prof Gary Murphy
1 Oct 2020
10.2k
14
Will Brexit be a blessing or a curse for Ireland? Some lessons from history...
Barry Whelan
4 Jul 2020
29.2k
19
Politics of a pandemic: How Covid-19 changes could open doors to a better Ireland
Dr Stephen Onakuse
10 Apr 2020
44.7k
103
These are the winners and losers from the Irish political year
31 Dec 2019
23.5k
61
These are the Winners and Losers from a very unusual Irish political year
30 Dec 2016
14.2k
23
A copy of this painting from the House of Commons now hangs in Leinster House
26 Dec 2016
10.3k
11
12 times Irish politicians attempted to get down with the kids
23 Nov 2016
7.3k
2
'Alan Kelly will work with Brendan Howlin to rebuild Labour'
21 May 2016
17.9k
80
6 sure-fire signs that it's election time in Ireland
1 Feb 2016
19.1k
46
7 times this century sexism in Irish politics made us cringe
20 Jul 2015
8.2k
2
State surveillance: How Gardaí and others can secretly monitor you
17 May 2015
127k
104
Rough and tumble: Here are 7 times Irish politics got physical
8 Mar 2015
24.2k
9
Race, immigration, and water water everywhere – the year in Irish and American politics
Larry Donnelly
30 Dec 2014
100
13
Classy election poster in Limerick sums up Irish politics to perfection
12 May 2014
4.3k
Opinion: In Northern Ireland, we are literally lurching from crisis to crisis
Dr David McCann
11 May 2014
80
115
Three years on, here are the most memorable images of the 2011 election campaign
25 Feb 2014
13.8k
44
18 of the funniest Irish Twitter political commentators you should follow in 2014
4 Jan 2014
33.4k
36
Watch: How Ireland voted between 1918 and 2011
4 Nov 2013
17.6k
47
Poll: Do you think the Reform Alliance should become a party?
14 Sep 2013
5.9k
96
Column: Today's officials should look to TK Whitaker’s approach as they consider economic problems
Dr David McCann
11 Sep 2013
82
21
Three thousand sign up to 'lock the Government out of the Dáil'
27 Aug 2013
14.1k
128
Column: Lucinda Creighton and Tom Barry – the story of two political Irelands
Gary Murphy
14 Jul 2013
181
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