Promises, promises: What do the Election 2024 parties stand for? Use this tool to compare their manifestos
We slice and dice the manifesto pledges of the main parties ten policy headings
Articles about the political party People Before Profit Solidarity (PBPS)
We slice and dice the manifesto pledges of the main parties ten policy headings
Some punters feel the country is going to the dogs and needs a change of leadership, while others say they are on to a winner with the incumbents
Stark warning from officials comes as all parties make expansive spending pledges ahead of election
Dividing lines emerge as parties outline their general election pledges
Spending promises were kept and even exceeded in areas such as health - but on housing, the numbers still lag
Tánaiste critical of comments by Fianna Fáil candidates on asylum seekers and refutes charge of ‘reckless and irresponsible’ Coalition policy
Finance spokesman Pearse Doherty insists party will not touch €16bn pool as has been claimed by Minister Paschal Donohoe
Fine Gael targets SF spending proposals in ‘piggy bank’ video
Micheál Martin said party would give priority to disability services if it leads the next government
Election 2024: While manifestos should be taken with a large pinch of salt by the electorate, they are the raw ingredients for government formation talks
Inhabitants of the small Co Mayo island face unique challenges, including the often dangerous trip back and forth from the mainland
Housing, funding for special education and transport preoccupy voters in `The People’s Republic of Dublin South Central’
Election 2024: Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin manifestos all contain generous ‘good times’ spending
Election 2024: Social Democrats pledges €1 offpeak public transport fares and 50,000 affordable purchase homes if in government
Election 2024: Party plans to tax the wealthy, increase minimum wage and cut USC for many under €56bn spending plan
Fianna Fáil to aim to reduce class sizes at primary level in education policy promise
Sinn Féin leader says moment ‘where history meets opportunity’ has arrived, encouraging voters to remove Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil
The Irish Times readers’ panel give their responses to leaders’ debate
Television: Occasional sparks insufficient to draw viewers out of their pre-election stupor
WhichCandidate voting aid tool allows voters to find out who they agree with on a range of policies
Debate meandered for over two hours with the Simon and Micheál tag-team combining to stick it to the Shinners and anyone else who threatened to wreck their brotherly buzz
Taoiseach argues that criminal acquittal over attack and not civil court damages is the relevant test
Among Quare Clare’s chief concerns are rising intolerance, public transport in rural areas and the failure to enact hate-speech legislation
Ten party leaders set out their stall on 10th day of general election campaign
Simon Harris and Micheál Martin find common ground in clashes with Mary Lou McDonald
Fianna Fáil proposes Ireland’s first national security and intelligence agency, while Fine Gael wants all projects worth more than €100m to be overseen by new Department of Infrastructure
Simon Harris’s party has promised €7bn-worth of tax cuts, €2.5bn pension increases and a range of public sector spending
Opposition party reacts to FF over record destitution, rising house prices and ‘out of control’ rents
A widely circulated video shows the Fine Gael candidate striking Breen White several times in the head
Pearse Doherty launched six-point plan to tackle ‘the things we don’t even know about yet’
Election 2024: Richard Boyd-Barrett, with a strong local and national brand, is well dug in at this stage
Election 2024: Sinn Féin TD Paul Donnelly should be returned, but it might be a big ask for the party to take two seats
Election 2024: Sinn Féin hopeful of gaining two seats despite dwindling poll numbers
Election 2024: Fianna Fáil’s Pádraig O’Sullivan and Fine Gael’s Colm Burke should be relatively confident of retaining their seats
Political opponents accuse party of seeking to buy general election with expensive spending commitments
Paschal tells the faithful ‘our economy is currently in a great place’
Election campaign marked by uneventful first week with no breakout issue or unforeseen controversy upsetting best-laid political plans
Labour sets out six ‘key missions’ party will have if part of next government, relating to issues including housing, climate and health
Election 2024: Party pledges to introduce an SUV tax based on the weight of new petrol and diesel cars which it says will ‘tackle car and SUV bloat’
John McGahon was sued in High Court for assault and battery by Breen White following incident outside Dundalk pub in 2018
Taoiseach rejects suggestion that plans for tax cuts, pension increases and other outlays like ‘throwing snuff at a wake’
Football supporters hold a range of views at their teams’ playoff in Tallaght
A record 248 women have put themselves forward seeking to take a Dáil seat, up 53% on total for 2020
Jordanian-Palestinian man approached by church who told him he would be given a certificate that would help with his refugee status
Harris strikes conciliatory note saying parties worked well together in Coalition despite increased election campaign tensions
Party leader says he would not speak to Fine Gael about forming government after general election but would be open to talks with Fianna Fáil
Election 2024: Voters in this Dublin barber’s are leaving it longer to get a haircut as the cost of living increases. How will that affect their vote?
Some 40% of respondents said they would not like to see Sinn Féin in government
Housing, the cost of living and immigration top our reader panel’s priority list as they weigh up who to vote for
Irish Times poll: Harris favourite for taoiseach and Fianna Fáil-Fine Gael favourites for government
Party’s general election manifesto to provide ‘older persons’ guarantee’ including extending free TV licences and payments for heating bills
Fine Gael outlines justice policy, Fianna Fáil sets out plans to tackle crime and Labour unveils health policies
The party plans to focus on ‘four key achievable areas’
Minister for Justice Helen McEntee said that if it was deployed it would have expedited the investigation into the Dublin riots last November
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Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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