Fine Gael significantly outspent Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin on elections last year
Sinn Féin the richest of the three big parties with unmatched reserve of €8.7m, accounts show
European Election
Read more about the June 7th, 2024 European Parliament election. Full results for the Dublin, Midlands-North-West and Ireland South constituencies as Ireland elects 14 MEPs. Breaking news, analysis, candidate profiles and party gains with detailed reports and results from all over Europe.
John Mullins, businessman and former Bord Gáis chief executive, dies
Corkman founded Amarenco Solar in 2013
Immigration and the rise and fall of the Irish far right in 2024
Violence continued to grow along with the disinformation campaigns targeting asylum seekers, but far-right candidates failed to turn their large social media followings into votes
Former election candidate jailed for assaults after disrupting Tralee drag story event
Ross Lahive was ‘prime mover’ in violent incident where children had to be shielded and showed no remorse, judge says
Sinn Féin plans to move Northern Ireland remit out of DFA in government
Party will immediately begin ‘structured and detailed planning towards Irish unity’ if elected to office, ardfheis told
The Irish Times view on what voters think: volatility is now baked in
It should not come as a surprise that in Ireland, as elsewhere, a portion of the electorate is receptive to racist and irrational conspiracy theories
Half of voters decided on party or candidate in final week of local and European campaigns - study
Survey finds 70% of voters felt level of aggression being displayed to politicians was unacceptable
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
McDonald says she retains ‘full confidence’ of party despite recent Sinn Féin election results
Review of party’s performance in Republic suggests it needs to be better at bringing clarity to its policy offerings, says leader
National Rally opponents race against time to keep French far right out of power
Marine Le Pen’s Eurosceptic and anti-immigrant party came top in Sunday’s first-round election with 33% per cent of the vote
Macron shares Cameron’s aloofness, invulnerability and catastrophic urge to call voters’ bluff
Worldview: This disastrous election is France’s Brexit moment - every bit as mistimed and every bit as consequential for his country
Sinn Féin to ‘dust ourselves off’ after it failed to reach electoral ambitions
Party got ‘a knock’ with poor performance this month, says Mary Lou McDonald
Eamon Ryan’s career a lesson in how sincere politicians can succeed in setting the agenda
Why the Aer Lingus strike is not an opportunity for Ryanair; the casual disregard politicians have for the European Parliament; and the dramatic changes in news consumption
The ebbing of the green wave is not unique to Ireland
The ebbing of the green wave is not unique to Ireland. It happened throughout Europe in this month’s elections
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Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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