General election

The family and care referendums were soundly rejected, Leo Varadkar most unexpectedly stepped down, and there was a decided turnaround in parties’ fortunes

Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil ‘on track’ to strike government deal by January 22nd

It seems unlikely that this administration will be as committed to social reform as some of its predecessors

Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan

Ivana Bacik communicates decision to leaders of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael

I am committed to democracy as an art form, but the election didn’t interest me in the slightest

Outspoken Independent TD was deselected by Fine Gael as a candidate for 2020 general election following comments about asylum seekers

Catholic Archbishop Dermot Farrell said people needed to be realistic even with ‘unprecedented revenue flows’

Nadine Scully moved to Dublin from Seattle in 2017

Nomination of Verona Murphy for the key role may be part of an elaborate plan by the Independents to seek ministerial positions once a government is formed

Labour Party representatives to meet Simon Harris and Fine Gael negotiating team, and Ivana Bacik to meet Micheál Martin

The outgoing Green Party TD delivered on her predecessors’ promises to address Ireland’s woeful shortfall when it comes to supporting cultural activity

The decision to stay out is due not to an excess of ideological purity but to an entirely rational assessment of the probable outcome

Labour keen to let process ‘play out’, sources say

If 14 years’ tribunal work by a High Court judge can be so readily air-brushed by successive governments, what’s the point of bothering?

There is a strong expectation that Labour leader Ivana Bacik will recommend that the party does not proceed with negotiations about joining a coalition government

Following initial engagement with other political parties, there had been speculation that the newly-enlarged party would leave government formation talks

Each party has its own distinct challenge facing into the post-election period. Sinn Féin’s is about how to transform itself from government-in-waiting to radical opposition

The next administration must not get caught in the headlights when looking at the risks ahead

Michael Lowry expects to meet Chambers and McEntee to discuss ‘parameters’ of engagement in government formation talks

Details of donations were included on suspended TD’s page until Tuesday but it was taken down by him that night

Wouldn’t it be novel if the next taoiseach chose his cabinet on the basis of their qualifications, competence and relevant experience and included a few arithmetic nerds?

Labour and Regional Independent group to decide on pursuing negotiations with two outgoing ruling parties

TD, who will now sit as an independent when Dáil resumes, says shares were not sold earlier due to ‘administrative barriers’

no one party should bear responsibility for defending policies that benefit the whole population

Fianna Fáil particularly keen on enticing Labour into a coalition rather than Independents, while main two negotiating parties have differing views on issues including VAT reform, new departments and overhaul of the Department of Public Expenditure

Official figures suggest national turnout fell to 59.71 per cent in the recent general election, 3.19 per cent down on the 2020 election

Minister for Finance says it will likely be at least January before a new coalition is put together

For people who care deeply about the democratic process, low voter turnout figures can be depressing

Voting patterns in this trio reveal why some parties exceeded expectations and others fell short of hitting targets

Unthinkable: Was the general election a victory for ‘grown ups’ or a defeat for idealism?

We must stop viewing health as ‘a cost to be managed’ and instead understand it as ‘an investment to be made’

Fianna Fáil’s Jim O’Callaghan says his party and Fine Gael can form a stable government with support of ‘reliable’ Independents

Miriam Lord: Scotland shows off its crown jewels to an Irish contingency, putting haggis, rather than government formation, on the menu

How the veteran Fianna Fáil leader dragged his party into the 21st century and won his place as taoiseach

Development comes after Labour and Social Democrats shun ‘common negotiating platform’ in advance of government-formation talks

In Dublin’s north inner city support for the veteran criminal known as the Monk shows how ‘disaffected’ locals are

TDs bringing experience from all walks of life make up the incoming Dáil, including the first born in the 21st century and a man elected the year Ronald Reagan entered the White House

From manifesto-stitching to partnership, and from Independents’ day to confidence-and-supply: people at the heart of previous talks recall how the deals were done

A new coalition will not be formed before Christmas, but with the options clear a deal should be done by mid-January