'I don't think it worked': Micheál Martin isn't too happy about the crowded line ups for this week's TV debates
Martin has suggested a ‘threshold’ for candidates might be used the next time around.
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Martin has suggested a ‘threshold’ for candidates might be used the next time around.
The Standards in Public Office Commission is tasked with ensuring all parties are in compliance with funding rules.
Political parties that run at least 30% female candidates in next year’s local elections will get funding for an equality officer.
Sipo has released details of expenses for 2017.
The current dichotomy is not pleasing anyone. There is a need for a new party to offer a palatable option C, writes Ethan Shattock.
According to the latest Sunday Times behaviour & Attitudes poll, satisfaction with Martin as party leader is at 54%, compared to 43% for Varadkar.
The SIPO report shows that Fianna Fáil received over €2.2 million in 2016.
Political parties spent over €416,000 on them last year.
Columnist Julien Mercille gives us his take on the election ahead.
With the power of social media, one might wonder if there is a better way for election candidates to communicate directly with voters, writes Jason O’Sullivan.
Do you know your People’s Front of Judea from your Judean People’s Front?
Just 27 of Ireland’s 166 TDs are female, but are gender quotas the best way to increase this figure?
Note: Labour and Fianna Fáil aren’t in the running.
A rundown of political communication methods since the 1920s.
With Labour backing income tax cuts in next year’s budget, Colm Ó Broin asks if the party is abandoning its support for social democracy.
Support for Labour has fallen under 10 per cent yet again, while Sinn Féin is now just one point behind Fianna Fáil.
From the candidacy selections so far, Fianna Fáil is the worst when it comes to having women stand for office in the local elections this year.
Independent TD Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan is due to launch a bill in the coming days proposing the legalisation of the drug.
The country’s three main parties failed to reach a deal to end the political crisis that threatens to derail the government’s bid to overhaul its finances.
Politicians are too busy trying to point-score with the electorate on social issue to address the real danger to our way of life – our tanking economy. A new party, focused on economic policy, is vital for Ireland, writes Aaron McKenna
A new opinion poll has also found that the majority of respondents want the government to try to renegotiate the Croke Park pay agreement.
The poll in tomorrow’s Sunday Business Post puts the two main opposition parties behind Fine Gael while Labour’s support has jumped by one percentage point in the last month.
After a string of tribunals, political scandals and economic catastrophes, reports of Fianna Fail’s death were greatly exaggerated – but why? asks Maura Adshead.
Gary Murphy looks at Ireland’s history of ‘stroke politics’ and asks: should we simply accept that this is the way things will always work?
The latest Sunday Business Post/Red C poll on the party popularity shows that not much has changed over the summer.
Are Dáil holidays too long? What do TDs do all day? And what’s the food like in the Leinster House canteen? Independent TD Stephen Donnelly answers some of questions most frequently asked of TDs.
The intentions of those launching a new political party may be good but Ireland needs to look beyond the ballot box, argues Aidan Rowe.
An alliance of three main groups, the United Left Alliance eventually wants to become a full political party but there are differences within the group about how quickly that should happen.
The former party deputy leader said support had moved to Sinn Féin after Fianna Fáil deserted its roots.
Germany has indicated it is not interested in a bank debt deal for Ireland – despite the Government lobbying hard for one after the referendum.
However the opinion poll in today’s Sunday Business Post shows that the gap between the Yes and No votes is narrowing.
Diarmaid Ó Cadhla, who ran in Cork South-Central, says legislation requiring him to disclose donations is unconstitutional.
TDs are often blamed for toeing their party line, writes Eoin O’Malley, but the alternatives would be even worse.
The conference, entitled How To Elect More Women, comes in the wake of this week’s legislation which will introduce gender quotas.
People ask why anybody would join Fianna Fáil – but it’s up to ourselves if we want to have a voice, writes Ógra member Moselle Foley.