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# political poll

Surge in Sinn Féin support puts party 16 points ahead of rivals in polls

Fine Gael are unchanged and support for Fianna Fáil has dropped by three points.

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Nov 14th 2021, 1:31 PM

Voices

Larry Donnelly: Republicans and Democrats need to play the next election cycle very carefully

Our columnist says Democrats were bruised by recent elections and he now has this advice for both parties…

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Nov 13th 2021, 7:00 PM

# Housing

Taoiseach won't confirm whether government is planning events to lure cuckoo funds to Ireland

It was reported at the weekend that two ministers may attend housing ‘roadshows’.

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Nov 9th 2021, 5:08 PM

# Local Elections

Over €150,000 to be given to political parties to increase number of female councillors

Funding has been granted in a bid to increase the number of female candidates and councillors in the next local election in 2024.

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Sep 27th 2021, 8:28 AM

# Merrion Gate

Explainer: Why are people still talking about the Zappone/Coveney/Varadkar controversy?

There have been a lot of twists and turns. But why does it all matter?

Leo Varadkar, Simon Coveney and Katherine Zappone have been drawn back into controversy this week.

Developments included deleted and revealed texts, FOI requests and an Oireachtas committee.

Orla Dwyer takes a look back at what happened in late July and what the situation is now.

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Sep 4th 2021, 12:05 AM

# Closing Time

Pacquiao 'may not' return to ring after Ugas upset

The 42-year-old Filipino boxing superstar indicated he now planned to turn his attention to his political career.

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Aug 22nd 2021, 3:09 PM

# pandemic

Legal experts call for clarity on relationship between NPHET and government

A report said the public health team became the “de facto decision maker” rather than simply an adviser to government.

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Aug 4th 2021, 7:25 AM

# Letter

Group of Social Democrats members call for party leadership contest

A statement from the Social Democrats parliamentary party says it is “united” behind the current co-leaders.

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Jul 23rd 2021, 8:54 PM

Voices

Column: Lessons from Dublin Bay South

While elected representatives in Ireland have previously sought to censor public opinion polls, they do so under a paternalistic presumption that the public is incapable of adequately deciphering the information, writes Dr Kevin Cunningham.

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Jul 13th 2021, 7:00 AM

# Labour

'Back in the game': How did Labour defy national opinion polls and get 30% of first preference votes?

The Labour leader says it has been a “difficult” few years electorally, but today is a good day.

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Jul 9th 2021, 10:18 PM

# Vote

Polls close in Dublin Bay South after first election of the pandemic

40% of voters cast a ballot in the constituency.

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Jul 8th 2021, 10:57 PM

# lobby

Highest number of former special advisers apply to reduce one-year 'cooling-off' period for lobbying - Sipo report

The Standards in Public Office Commission has released its 2020 report on the regulation of lobbying.

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Jun 28th 2021, 2:36 PM

# Stormont

Mary Lou McDonald urges DUP to commit to ‘real powersharing’ in Northern Ireland

McDonald claimed that a DUP “failure to accept rights and equality” was a factor in the “political storm” that has hit unionism

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Jun 23rd 2021, 6:41 PM

# United Ireland

'Never a bad time': Varadkar defends comments about united Ireland after criticism from unionists

UUP leader Doug Beattie said the Tánaiste’s comments should not have been made in the midst of a crisis.

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Jun 16th 2021, 7:25 PM

# Dublin Bay South

FG's James Geoghegan surveyed voters door-to-door for Renua but 'nobody asked' who he was with

Geoghegan said that he knocked to “maybe 50 people” ahead of the 2016 general election.

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Jun 10th 2021, 11:54 AM

# DUP

Edwin Poots defends strategy following criticism from Peter Robinson over Foster's exit from DUP

Poots said: “What was good for Peter doesn’t seem to be good for anybody else.”

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Jun 4th 2021, 5:57 PM

Voices

Opinion: Online abuse needs to be stopped, but let's not shut down open debate in the process

Adam Hallissey says it’s clear that political discource online is broken, but attempts to change things drastically may backfire.

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Jun 4th 2021, 7:00 AM

# pan african parliament

Chaos in African Union parliament with threats, scuffles and a man appearing to aim a head-high kick at a colleague

The man said he was trying to knock a phone out of another legislator’s hand when he aimed a kick in the direction of Pemmy Majodina of South Africa

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May 31st 2021, 10:00 PM

# Hartlepool

Boris Johnson is plotting a Tory by-election raid as the UK braces for 'Super Thursday'

Voters will have their say on councils, mayors and regional parliaments across the UK.

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May 6th 2021, 6:15 AM

# Podcast

The Explainer: Why did Arlene Foster make the shock decision to step down as DUP leader?

It was a decision that blindsided many – but what does it mean for the DUP and Northern Ireland?

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Apr 30th 2021, 6:00 PM

# DATA LEAK

Four Government ministers among 65 TDs whose details are contained in leaked Facebook database

More than 1.5 million Irish users have been affected by the breach.

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Apr 9th 2021, 12:05 AM

Voices

Opinion: The Greens had a climate action win this week, and they wasted it

Political commentator Dermot Ryan says the Green Party has been distracted by petty internal squabbling this week, at a critical time in its history.

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Mar 25th 2021, 8:00 PM

Voices

Opinion: 'Irish politics is starting to feel more inclusive, more diverse'

Uruemu Adejinmi, who is of African descent, had hoped to run in the forthcoming Seanad by-election. She shares her thoughts on Irish politics.

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Feb 27th 2021, 4:30 PM

# Slam Duncan

Footage of Healy-Rae brothers being called 'caricatures' in Dáil viewed over 350,000 times

Footage of the Dáil debate went viral on social media yesterday.

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Feb 11th 2021, 10:34 AM

# wily veteran

Italy turns to 'Super Mario' Draghi to solve political turmoil and form government

Draghi will lead a non-political government as Italy still reels from the Covid-19 crisis.

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Feb 3rd 2021, 2:07 PM

# Politics

Fine Gael falls in popularity but remains top party in opinion poll

Fianna Fáil’s support has risen by four points, but it remains the least popular choice of the top three parties.

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Jan 31st 2021, 12:03 PM

# Your Say

Poll: Should Ireland have a Vaccine Minister?

Fine Gael MEP Frances Fitzgerald has called for a dedicated Vaccine Minister.

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Jan 19th 2021, 9:22 AM

# Politics

These are the winners and losers from the Irish political year

We take a look at who did well – and who didn’t fare brilliantly.

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Dec 31st 2020, 8:30 AM

# Ógra Fianna Fáil

Fianna Fáil investigating claims female youth members were 'compared and ranked' on Zoom calls

Monaghan Ógra Fianna Fáil’s secretary publicised the claims yesterday evening.

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Dec 29th 2020, 4:18 PM

# The Greens

Interview: Saoirse McHugh on why being able to say 'I told you so' gives her no comfort whatsoever

“When you look at what the government is coming out with in terms of climate, they may as well be climate change deniers.”

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Dec 26th 2020, 10:30 AM

# Analysis

Fine Gael and Sinn Féin are going at it like cats and dogs - and expect it to continue

As long as the two parties are polling well, the strategy is unlikely to change.

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Dec 5th 2020, 10:00 AM

# SIPO

Ethics watchdog 'very concerned' at failure of Renua to account for public funding spent in 2019

The party received €258,596 in public funding last year.

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Dec 3rd 2020, 9:10 AM

# Brexit

UK breaching Northern Ireland Protocol would be a 'really big mistake', Coveney says

The British government is poised to reintroduce elements of its controversial Internal Market Bill next week,

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Dec 2nd 2020, 10:00 PM

# Opinion Poll

Sinn Féin close gap on Fine Gael with highest-ever result in opinion poll

Support for the party at its highest ever level in the Business Post poll.

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Nov 29th 2020, 8:11 AM

# Politics

Analysis: Unrelenting pressure from a unified opposition kept the Woulfe affair firmly in the spotlight

The opposition has been like a dog with a bone on the issue.

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Nov 26th 2020, 7:27 PM

Voices

Opinion: ‘Self-regulation is no regulation’ - what the Lobbying Act has failed to tackle

If a public official is lobbied while abroad there is no regulation to oversee this, writes policy expert.

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Nov 21st 2020, 8:00 PM

# Dáil

'The opposition cannot sit idly by': Sinn Féin tables motion of no confidence in Leo Varadkar

A spokesman for the Tánaiste said Sinn Féin is “only interested in political mudslinging”.

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Nov 6th 2020, 8:17 PM

# Sinn Féin

Three Sinn Féin members resign after failing to return wrongly received NI grant money

Senator Elisha McCallion was one of the three members to resign.

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Oct 29th 2020, 3:31 PM

# level 5

Fines of €1,000 for house parties, and up to €500 for other breaches of Covid-19 rules

Gardaí will still not be allowed to enter someone’s home.

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Oct 20th 2020, 9:30 PM

# green wave

Dublin Lord Mayor Hazel Chu does not rule out joining Social Democrats

Chu is currently a Green Party councillor and the party’s Chairperson.

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Oct 12th 2020, 5:24 PM