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 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

Politicians are divided on whether the government is losing its way or making the best of a difficult and largely unpredictable situation

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

It’s not beyond the bounds of possibility that Sinn Féin’s Mary Lou McDonald could come to power without a general election

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

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

The Minister of State for Farm Safety Restrictions is concerned about the mental health of farmers left isolated by the pandemic

The state in which Fianna Fáil emerges from the current government will determine the outcome of its rivalry with Sinn Féin

Each party criticised the other’s response to Covid-19 and the social housing crisis in tit-for-tat exchanges in the Dáil

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

Former finance minster told cabinet colleagues in Budget 2016 memo ‘we should not repeat the policy errors of the last decade’

All of this country’s best achievements have come from the centre, and it should not be abandoned for short-term populist gains