Renters forking out €2,000 per month are paying the price for water charges debacle
As the housing shortage cuts into economic competitiveness and social solidarity, the consequences of bad decisions are more apparent
James Browne has little power to fix the housing crisis. The status quo is in charge
Housing gets enormous amounts of money and endless new initiatives. But it has never had an alignment of power and responsibility
Micheál Martin would be a more credible leader of Fine Gael than Simon Harris
It’s a sign of Fine Gael’s watered-down identity that it’s easy to imagine Harris in Labour or the Social Democrats
The general election campaign was a raucous wake for an era that was already over
We stand on the brink of a tariffs war weighed down by the cost of our inefficiency and self-indulgence
Ireland is not anti-Semitic but it’s not a good time to be Jewish in this country
There is no space left here for either a broader perspective or nuance. There is an increasingly automatic overlapping of Jewish people with Israel
Micheál Martin has real power at last. The big question is what he’ll do with it
Martin reshaped politics after the economic crash by building the widest possible base committed to some version of the status quo
A good foreign policy is one that no one notices. Unfortunately that’s not Simon Harris’s style
Harris’s success or failure in his new role will mean success or failure for all of us
Programme for government is notable not just for a lack of ideology, but a lack of passion
Gathering almost every TD with a stake in the status quo in one government will prove to be a mistake
Ireland is being harmed by divorce between managing the economy and managing public spending
Where there is neither control of spending nor effective delivery, it is the worst of all worlds
Verona Murphy getting the Ceann Comhairle job was a sign of Michael Lowry’s political savvy
With no third party to disproportionately set the agenda or take the blame, the prospect of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael parting as good friends at the end of the next Government will be more challenging
Independents TDs hold the balance of power. A lot hinges on Verona Murphy’s next move
With Labour divided and the Social Democrats sceptical, the focus is on a handful of Independents
‘Serial evasion’ and ‘brittle impatience’: Our writers give their verdict on the leaders’ debate
General election: Three writers analyse debate between Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin
The false election promises being made to Ireland’s under-40s
Forget ‘one for everyone in the audience’, there’s two for everyone in the audience. Unless what you want is choice
With 2024 set to be the hottest year ever, why have plans for climate spending been put on hold?
Party leaders would not agree to allow Minister for Climate Eamon Ryan to bring plans to Cabinet for the deployment of a €3.15bn climate fund
Sinn Féin is on the back foot but that does not mean the Government parties are over the line
Election 2024 will still see the issues that concerned voters most in 2020