Fine Gael
Fianna Fáil takes hit over lockdown and slow rate of vaccine rollout
The latest Business Post/Red C poll shows Fianna Fáil slipping to 13 per cent, Fine Gael steady at 29 per cent, the Greens have dropped to 3 per cent, with Sinn Féin up two points to draw level with Fine Gael
Fine Gael may be benefiting from a lack of ‘acceptable’ alternatives
Fine Gael is maintaining its support, despite growing anger over the handling of the lockdown, while Fianna Fáil and the Greens are bearing the brunt of voter frustration
Confusing messages and lack of clarity raise the ire of a weary nation
Politicians are divided on whether the government is losing its way or making the best of a difficult and largely unpredictable situation
Analysis: How Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil will try to outmanoeuvre Eamon Ryan in ‘road wars’
Big two coalition parties will point towards a specific sentence in the Programme for Government, while the Greens can counter by highlighting commitments to prioritise spending on public transport, cycling and walking
Matt Cooper: Fraying coalition could open door to McDonald as Taoiseach
It’s not beyond the bounds of possibility that Sinn Féin’s Mary Lou McDonald could come to power without a general election
Elaine Byrne: Election 2020 tallies tell a tale of growing shift to class politics
UCD postdoctoral researcher Dr Ian Richardson has created a map of ballot box tallies which illuminates a divided political Ireland of haves and have nots
Councillors submit emergency motion calling for audit of Dublin City Council housing bill
Move follows a Business Post report yesterday which said senior council executives have raised concerns about the ‘premium price’ the local authority has been charged by private contractors for social housing
Martin Heydon: ‘We have farmers on their own all day, every day’
The Minister of State for Farm Safety Restrictions is concerned about the mental health of farmers left isolated by the pandemic
Pat Rabbitte: Post-pandemic era will bring a new politics
The state in which Fianna Fáil emerges from the current government will determine the outcome of its rivalry with Sinn Féin
Analysis: Fine Gael and Sinn Féin trade blows as if it’s an election year
Each party criticised the other’s response to Covid-19 and the social housing crisis in tit-for-tat exchanges in the Dáil
Comment: We should double Services Sites Fund to drive down cost of affordable housing in Dublin
The new shared equity scheme is meant to benefit first-time buyers but still places home ownership out of reach for many in our capital while rents also remain high
Noonan warned against spending spree in his final budget
Former finance minster told cabinet colleagues in Budget 2016 memo ‘we should not repeat the policy errors of the last decade’
Jim O’Callaghan: The real enemy is the polarising of our politics and the cutting out of the vital middle ground
All of this country’s best achievements have come from the centre, and it should not be abandoned for short-term populist gains