Enda Kenny, Micheál Martin have 'equal backing for taoiseach'Irish Times Ipsos MRBI poll has outgoing taoiseach ahead among better-off voters and farmersTue Feb 23 2016 - 02:00
Majority for repeal of Eighth Amendment, poll showsLabour backers most strongly favour change on abortion with 78% for repealTue Feb 23 2016 - 02:00
Poll: Strong support for retention of Special Criminal CourtEven among Sinn Féin supporters, majority favours keeping the courtMon Feb 22 2016 - 20:01
Election 2016: Martin, FF rise as Coalition parties stagnateGains for Independents and smaller parties but Labour and Sinn Féin downMon Feb 22 2016 - 06:36
Election 2016: Independents soar in latest state of the partiesFigures indicate Fine Gael and Labour to fall far short of required 80 seats for governmentSun Feb 21 2016 - 23:21
Stephen Collins: Fine Gael changes tack as Fianna Fáil grows in confidenceThe assault on the FF manifesto figures showed increasing worry about the old enemy making a significant comebackSat Feb 20 2016 - 09:13
FF plan to repeal pay Act ‘naive’, says HowlinLabour committed to orderly unwinding of FempiSat Feb 20 2016 - 01:00
Unions to seek full restoration of pay if law abolishedLabour movement responds to FF and FG over public service pay in manifestosFri Feb 19 2016 - 07:29
Election 2016: Parties are avoiding key issues, forum saysNew think tank claims ‘much political debate focuses on politics as a soap opera’Thu Feb 18 2016 - 15:51
FF says it has not provided for public pay increase in manifestoParty responds to Fine Gael accusations of having black hole in figuresThu Feb 18 2016 - 13:33
Fianna Fáil TD rules out coalition with Fine GaelDara Calleary says party’s focus is on getting as many votes as possible up to end of polling dayWed Feb 17 2016 - 13:44
Coalition parties may not keep three seatsKildare North: Bernard Durkan and Emmet Stagg big vote collectors over the yearsWed Feb 17 2016 - 01:00
Fine Gael anxious over lack of campaign breakthroughLatest poll shows further drop in support for Kenny’s party, just 10 days from electionWed Feb 17 2016 - 01:00
Election 2016: Fine Gael slip two points in latest opinion pollSinn Féin biggest losers as party sheds three points in Red C survey for the Irish SunTue Feb 16 2016 - 21:08
Election 2016: No winner but smaller parties fare best in leaders’ debateEnda Kenny and Micheál Martin effectively cancel each other out in RTÉ programmeTue Feb 16 2016 - 09:31
Labour highlights progressive policies at manifesto launchIf polls are accurate, party will be lucky to survive as viable force after electionTue Feb 16 2016 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: Government parties looking for a bounceThe absence of an overwhelming argument for change should give those campaigning for continuity the advantage in the final daysSat Feb 13 2016 - 00:59
Leaders’ debate: Micheál Martin puts in forceful performanceTesty exchanges between Fianna Fáil leader and Taoiseach during TV3 debateThu Feb 11 2016 - 23:18
FG promises eight extra weeks of paid parental leaveParty pledges €2,000 annual childcare subsidy for young aged 9 months to 3 years if re-electedThu Feb 11 2016 - 17:30
Any FF coalition now needs special ardfheis approvalMuch for Fianna Fáil to consider before it might enter coalition as junior partnerThu Feb 11 2016 - 01:02
SF under pressure over call to abolish Special Criminal CourtSinn Féin leader Gerry Adams says everybody entitled to a jury of their peersThu Feb 11 2016 - 01:00
Burton claims Adams ‘out of touch’ with public on crimeSF leader says position on Special Criminal Court hyped out of proportionWed Feb 10 2016 - 15:20
Major childcare cost cuts if Labour returned to power - BurtonVital to provide low-cost quality childcare for all under-12s, says TánaisteWed Feb 10 2016 - 14:02
FG promises new payment for working parentsSimon Harris outlines plan to make work payWed Feb 10 2016 - 01:00
Seanad election will take place at end of AprilPolling to close for five vocational panels on April 25th and for two university panels on April 26thTue Feb 09 2016 - 01:00
Fine Gael election campaign off to a weak startMicheal Martin kicked off smartly for Fianna Fáil with a number of crisp media interviewsSun Feb 07 2016 - 15:40
Election 2016: Michael Noonan defends Fine Gael figuresMinister hits back at criticism that party’s economic plan is not responsibleSun Feb 07 2016 - 13:49
Fine Gael’s jobs growth target is ‘realistic’, says MinisterRichard Bruton stresses need to increase export trade to support new jobsFri Feb 05 2016 - 12:29
Government formation is not a priority for majority of votersAnalysis: Irish Times/Ipsos MRBI opinion poll reveals electorate’s prerogativesFri Feb 05 2016 - 10:52
Election 2016: Majority want change of government, poll showsIrish Times/Ipsos MRBI opinion poll reveals only 30% of voters want Coalition re-electedFri Feb 05 2016 - 10:00
Labour to raise minimum wage by €2 if returned to governmentJoan Burton expects voters to back her party in good numbers to keep recovery goingThu Feb 04 2016 - 17:04
New Irish Times/Ipsos MRBI poll brings bad news for CoalitionElection 2016: Poll shows Fine Gael is losing ground while Labour remains staticThu Feb 04 2016 - 11:04
Constituency map of Ireland sees big changes since last electionBoundary changes make 2016 election result even more difficult to call than usualThu Feb 04 2016 - 10:26
Stephen Collins: inconclusive result appears the most likely outcomeThe problem both Coalition parties face is that their core message is stability and continuity to keep the recovery going. Too much friction and that message could fray alarmingly.Thu Feb 04 2016 - 01:00
Hung Dáil looms as FG’s message fails to connectBehind the key numbers are splits in support across geographic areas and social classThu Feb 04 2016 - 01:00
Higgins questions emphasis on tax cuts in election campaignLaunch of ethics initiative at Áras a stark reminder of past failures in lead up to crashWed Feb 03 2016 - 08:26
Senior Fine Gael Ministers outline key election pledgesKenny to seek to have Dáil dissolved and set general election dateTue Feb 02 2016 - 23:21
Analysis of draft deal to keep UK in EU needed, says FlanaganIrish Government gives cautious welcome to proposal published by EC president TuskTue Feb 02 2016 - 19:27
Coalition pledges target first-time buyers and childcareLabour Party will provide State aid up to €6,000 for first-time house buyers – BurtonMon Feb 01 2016 - 09:04
Cross-Border peace initiatives get €1.3mFunding has been allocated to range of community organisations in the Border region and North to promote peaceMon Feb 01 2016 - 01:00
New charges for green bins, but overall waste bills likely to fallLower bills will come to those who separate waste properly and increase recyclingMon Feb 01 2016 - 01:00
Labour conference: Burton promises scheme for first-time buyersTánaiste unveils series of election pledges including USC reform if party is re-electedSat Jan 30 2016 - 21:00
Lynch: ‘Serious consideration’ must be given to inquiry into HSE caseCircumstance involves woman allegedly abused in southeast care homeSat Jan 30 2016 - 08:43
Stephen Collins: Labour needs 15 seats in order to surviveSince the foundation of the state Labour has averaged around 10 per cent of the vote in elections and about the same percentage of Dail seats.Sat Jan 30 2016 - 07:59
What Irish voters really thinkWeekend Read: With the general election looming, ‘The Irish Times’ assembled a focus group. The findings make grim reading for politicians, especially those in oppositionSat Jan 30 2016 - 05:00
Artists group calls for balance in Dublin building planAosdána says planning and architectural quality should be the heart of €7.5bn Dublin development planSat Jan 30 2016 - 01:02
Gleeson says AIB not told of blanket guaranteeFormer chairman of bank thought it would be confined to pillar banksFri Jan 29 2016 - 01:00
Irish voters could influence Brexit referendumUp to 330,000 residents are entitled to vote on whether the UK should leave the EUThu Jan 28 2016 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: Nothing inevitable in politics, including Coalition’s returnFG never better placed going into an election – but events can derail the best-laid plansSat Jan 23 2016 - 11:31
PJ Mara obituary: flamboyant character who was central to FF for three decades‘PJ Mara doesn’t so much do a job as weave a spell. His social skills are described in terms approaching awe’Fri Jan 15 2016 - 21:44
