General Election

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Harris promises one-off payments will run for third year in giveaway budget

Taoiseach says budget will be similar to last year with tax reductions and welfare increases

General election candidate selections off to a slow start but deadlines set for September

Political parties have named only 148 candidates so far for the general election, which must be held before March 22nd

A general election is coming - prepare to be bribed for your vote

Government is planning another round of once-off household supports while struggling to keep permanent spending under control

Here’s my prediction for when the general election will happen

The Fine Gael feel-good factor isn’t going to last forever. Throw in the expectation in Government of a Trump victory on November 5th and the possibility of a “flight to safety” by Irish voters afterwards, and one date starts to look most likely

Unlike Biden, Varadkar could read a room. The question for the next election is can Sinn Féin?

Varadkar did something which is becoming increasingly difficult in fractured modern-day politics: he read the room. He sensed that voters had soured on him

Peter Burke revealed something about the ‘organised hypocrisy’ of the State’s climate approach

Hypocrisy and misalignments undermine public trust in climate policies and threaten public buy-in

Could right-wing parties gain seats in a general election - and if so where?

Right-wing candidates received tiny vote shares in last month’s local and European elections but they won more than a third of the vote in some Dublin working class areas

People Before Profit seeking formal left-wing voting pact with Sinn Féin ahead of next election

Dublin West TD says parties must ‘come together to learn from what has happened in France’ in call for agreement

Two simple truths have been forgotten in the rush to write Sinn Féin off

Local elections are about local issues. In the next election, housing will continue to be the defining issue

Opting for a spring election would be an act of political insanity by Simon Harris and Micheál Martin

Coalition’s standing will hardly have improved after the usual winter hospital crisis and a further influx of asylum seekers

The Irish Times view on gender balance in politics: no sign of improvement

Ireland is in 22nd place out of the EU 27 for the number of women in local politics

European elections: Green MEP’s hopes fade as party rounds on Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil

Deputy leader warns Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael that the climate crisis ‘is way too important to toy around with’ during elections

Should Simon Harris call an early election? Gerard Howlin and Justine McCarthy debate

All attention is on when a general election should be called. Waiting until next spring carries risks – but so does an autumn election

Support within both Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael for Taoiseach to call early election

Pressure building in wake of better than anticipated Local Election results for main Coalition parties and poor performance by Sinn Féin

Ibec warns against giveaway budget before election

Taoiseach expected to reiterate Government pledges for tax cuts and welfare increases at National Economic Dialogue in Dublin

When Harris chickened out of moving McEntee, he lost the chance for a new approach to immigration

Mount Street operation to clear unsanitary tent city begs the question of how the camp was allowed to develop in the first place

Housing is the top issue for voters, especially those aged 25-34

Almost nine out of 10 voters (88 per cent) who mention housing have a negative view of the Government’s efforts.

First shots fired in the Government’s budget battles

With spending promises already flooding in, expect another bazooka budget this year as the Coalition gears up for a general election

Politics is all about managing the present. What people need is a story of the future

Unthinkable: Individuals and society at large need a coherent storyline to give us hope for the future

Eamon Ryan says Green Party’s job is to ‘hold the centre ground’ but space is getting tighter

Party’s next election strategy boils down to assumption of more people being concerned about climate change that at the last one

Eamon Ryan admits stage is set for a ‘trickier, tenser period in government’ as elections loom

As elections loom, Green Party leader admits the stage is probably set for a ‘trickier, tenser period in government’

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