Full coverage: Micheal Martin

If Micheál Martin can take comfort from his personal popularity and the assessment of his time as Taoiseach, any analysis of how the Fianna Fáil he leads is perceived produces bleak results.

The next general election might be Leo Varadkar's one last chance to show that those who put their trust in voting for him as leader in 2017 knew what they were doing.

The government have reached the halfway point but, as Leo Varadkar returns as Taoiseach, the prospect of one of the most significant elections in modern Irish history will dominate everything before too long.

Robert Troy resigned much later than he should have done, a failure to act which demonstrated poor judgment on his part but also from Micheál Martin and Leo Varadkar. Whatever about the incompetence of Troy himself, the judgment of his seniors in government gives reason to wonder about the overall capacity of the current administration to govern.

In the first of a series of political essays, Gary Murphy, author of Haughey, considers the conditions that led to the collapse of the party's vote and what its future is.

Britain under Boris Johnson is in trouble from all directions, but the UK's prime minister's shameless pursuit of power also provides lessons for politicians around the world.

The government has rejected suggestions that there was a conflict of interest when the attorney general retained a number of private cases, including one for the directors of INM. The affair raises questions.

The struggled between Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil is the longest running family row in Irish politics, but now one party looks like triumphing after a long and complicated journey.

Arlene Foster mainly conducted her business with Sinn Fein through Michelle O'Neill. New leader Edwin Poots has already met Mary Lou McDonald three times which may show a pragmatism some didn't expect.

As he joins The Currency as a columnist, Tommie Gorman reflects on the precarious position on the island and the personalities he knows intimately who have to find a solution.