Stephen Collins: Micheál Martin brought political chaos on his own headFianna Fáil leader must take advantage of the Apple tax decision to reboot as TaoiseachFri Jul 17 2020 - 01:00
Taoiseach needs to show zero tolerance for dubious ministerial behaviourNew Government has an opportunity to build on trust public has shown over recent monthsFri Jul 10 2020 - 01:00
Storey funeral a reminder that IRA army council runs Sinn FéinEpisode should alert the wider electorate to what a vote for the party meansFri Jul 03 2020 - 01:00
Why Ireland should be proud of Daniel O’Connell and his Dublin statueStephen Collins: Ireland can take pride in its statue of towering anti-slavery figureFri Jun 26 2020 - 01:00
Establishing his authority will be Martin’s first priorityCoalition’s ability to govern effectively will depend on high level of trust between party leadersFri Jun 19 2020 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: Divided Greens will make for unstable coalitionTrust and discipline key to capacity of next government for decisive actionFri Jun 12 2020 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: FG and FF seem oblivious to the daily SF assault they suffer on social mediaFianna Fáil and Fine Gael not at the races in online war of wordsFri Jun 05 2020 - 01:00
Lockdown must be eased to stop Ireland returning to the 1980sStephen Collins: State will be plunged into worst of all worlds if action is not takenFri May 29 2020 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: Crisis inspires fact-based debate and solidarityCovid-19 corrals Irish politics and journalism towards science and solutionsFri May 22 2020 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: False sense of security prevails on Covid-19 costsPoliticians need to be frank about scale of the economic crisis aheadFri May 15 2020 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: FF and FG are afraid of what a Green deal might do to themWhatever is agreed between negotiating teams will have to be ratified by party membersFri May 08 2020 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: Co-operation vital for Covid-19 recoveryIt would be a positive development if the Greens decide to enter governmentFri May 01 2020 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: Choice may now be support from Independents or new electionSome of the State’s most successful administrations have been propped up by IndependentsFri Apr 24 2020 - 01:00
Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil’s reckless manifesto offers a recipe for disasterStephen Collins: Smaller parties are right to be sceptical of blank cheque offered in documentFri Apr 17 2020 - 01:00
Government formation hinges on Labour under Alan KellySocial Democrats and Greens have deliberately ruled themselves out of coalitionFri Apr 10 2020 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: The cliche Ireland has 'a third world' health service was never remotely trueContinuing national solidarity will be needed for economic recovery in wake of Covid-19Fri Apr 03 2020 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: FG and FF will struggle to create stable majorityMomentous decisions already made to fight Covid-19 but another coalition partner vitalFri Mar 27 2020 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: Varadkar should hold power until crisis endsLevel of trust inspired by the Taoiseach on Tuesday night will be needed for what is aheadFri Mar 20 2020 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: Coronavirus has put the skids under government formationGreens must decide if they are serious about being in GovernmentFri Mar 13 2020 - 01:40
Fine Gael’s sulking will further erode public confidence in our democracyStephen Collins: Sinn Féin’s rallies show the need for other parties to get on with forming governmentFri Feb 28 2020 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: Reluctance of Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil to govern understandableOne in three voters bought idea that Ireland is a hellhole in need of radical left policiesFri Feb 21 2020 - 01:50
Stephen Collins: The loss suffered by FF and FG is no reason to hand power over to SFSome 70% did not vote for hard left - parties must hold nerve at critical junctureFri Feb 14 2020 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: Howlin can bow out with some satisfactionLabour leader leaves party in better shape than when he took over leadershipThu Feb 13 2020 - 01:17
Housing and health the most important issues, exit poll showsSignificant differences across the age groups evident on issuesSun Feb 09 2020 - 18:41
Detailed election 2020 exit poll results: How voters answered 15 questionsVoters rated housing and health as by far the most important issues by far for themSun Feb 09 2020 - 15:43
Election 2020 analysis: Sinn Féin surge shows generational splitFine Gael won only 15.5% of the votes among the youngest 18-24 age groupSun Feb 09 2020 - 08:44
Ireland’s voting system: How does it work and how should I use it?PR-STV, or single transferable vote, is one of most flexible, subtle systems in the worldFri Feb 07 2020 - 12:03
Sinn Féin’s rhetoric is dangerous and its exclusion from power is justifiedStephen Collins: SF’s strategy shares traits with that of Europe’s far-right partiesFri Feb 07 2020 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: Donohoe and Coveney need to shift narrativeHealth and housing focus may obscure looming threats of Brexit and economicsFri Jan 31 2020 - 01:00
Seamus Mallon: Fractured relationship with Irish political leadersFormer Seanad member fell out with Charles Haughey, had a blazing row with Garret Fitzgerald and felt let down by Bertie AhernFri Jan 24 2020 - 18:49
Stephen Collins: Varadkar and Martin’s jobs are both on the lineSF-leaning wing of FF may get rid of Martin, while threats loom for TaoiseachFri Jan 24 2020 - 01:00
A Fine Gael-Fianna Fáil grand coalition could be what the country needsStephen Collins: Performance of Greens and Labour will be key to outcome of this electionFri Jan 17 2020 - 12:57
A meeting of minds – An Irishman’s Diary on Brendan Ó Cathaoir and the diary of Elizabeth Mathew DillonTue Jan 07 2020 - 18:30
Department of the Marine frustrating salmon farmingMost consumers are unaware the salmon they eat is all farmed, as is sea bass and troutThu Jan 02 2020 - 06:00
Phil Hogan: 'A no-deal Brexit would pour salt into the wounds'Preserving the integrity of the single market remains EU trade commissioner’s top priorityMon Dec 30 2019 - 03:01
Johnson will abandon pledge on Brexit transition period - HoganEU commissioner believes British PM will abandon promise not to extendMon Dec 30 2019 - 03:00
What ever happened to the Irish salmon farming industry?A staggering level of official incompetence combined with scaremongering has seen Ireland fall far behind Norway and ScotlandThu Dec 26 2019 - 06:00
Stephen Collins: UK election shows a Border poll is not a priorityElection proves voters primarily care about getting Northern Ireland working againFri Dec 20 2019 - 06:00
Stephen Collins: Brexit crisis gave Donohoe way to lower expectationsAvoidance of profligacy a fine template for dealing with future corporate tax fallFri Dec 13 2019 - 06:00
Warning signs for Fine Gael in byelection resultsDramatic increase in support for Greens and significant recovery by LabourFri Dec 06 2019 - 06:00
Stephen Collins: Varadkar, Martin right to rebuff united Ireland citizens’ assemblyIrish nationalism has realised that co-operation rather than conflict is a far better routeFri Nov 29 2019 - 06:00
Stephen Collins: Our system favours chancers and crooksUtterly disproportionate awards for often trivial injuries have become the normFri Nov 22 2019 - 06:00
Election 2020: Greens and Labour can hold key to which big party leads governmentParty which emerges largest from next election more likely to call shots in coalitionFri Nov 15 2019 - 02:00
Stephen Collins: Time for pandering to gunmen is overLight touch policing has left Cavan-Fermanagh Border in thrall to republican criminalsFri Nov 08 2019 - 07:37
Stephen Collins: Stop the dangerous guff about a united IrelandIt is essential the Government is clear in rejecting Sinn Féin’s Border poll demandFri Nov 01 2019 - 06:00
Stephen Collins: London’s next U-turn may be on free tradeBluster made British slow to perceive that EU solidarity bolstered Ireland with powerFri Oct 25 2019 - 06:00
Stephen Collins: Brexit deal reveals politics at its best and worstUK departure saga from EU shows that political compromise a virtue rather than a viceFri Oct 18 2019 - 06:00
Stephen Collins: Brexit gave Paschal Donohoe the opportunity to bring in a sensible budgetFine Gael colleagues disappointed over absence of new measures to reduce income taxThu Oct 10 2019 - 20:03
Stephen Collins: Johnson’s backstop offer should not be dismissed out of handTaking emotion out of Brexit proposals, or at least minimising it, will be vital on all sidesThu Oct 03 2019 - 19:11
Irish nationalism and unionism have paralysed WestminsterParnell never reduced Commons to sorry state Tory diehards have dragged it intoFri Sept 27 2019 - 06:00
