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Full coverage: Politics

“There is more information to be uncovered”: What we have learned from RTÉ’s first hearing

The Oireachtas Media Committee quizzed RTÉ representatives all afternoon in the first of two sessions planned in response to revelations of hidden payments to Ryan Tubridy. There was light shed on some of the many dark areas surrounding the scandal but not all.

T. Lyons and R. Cooney
28th Jun, 2023 - 9 min read

Taxing times: How much is too little? 

No one likes taxes but everyone wants a larger state. What’s the smallest larger state we’ll need?

Stephen Kinsella
8th Jun, 2023 - 6 min read

Fintan Drury: The reaction in Inch is less a reflection of its people than a dereliction of political responsibility

The political nervousness around migration for decades has contributed to the increasingly worrying spectre of polarisation and disturbance. 2023 has shown just how divisive the provision of shelter and care to those at risk is in our society.

Fintan Drury
20th May, 2023 - 9 min read

The Government’s next challenge: What do to with all this money?

The start of the kite-flying season includes a proposed Dublin weighting allowance for public servants, which makes less sense than just increasing people’s pay.

Stephen Kinsella
20th Apr, 2023 - 6 min read

Biden, tax and the “enormous economic relationship” between Ireland and the US: Rewinding the week that was

The US President's warm visit to Ireland looked a lot like a pre-campaign launch. The Democrats want to make the tax paid by multinationals a voting issue in next year's US election, with huge potential consequences for Ireland's public finances.

Ian Kehoe
16th Apr, 2023 - 5 min read

Gerry Adams says Irish unity is not a 50%-plus-one equation. Unionists need to buy in too

The guest list at the Stormont commemoration of the Good Friday Agreement showed that it worked because it brought in republicans. Adams understands it also requires unionist support.

Tommie Gorman
15th Apr, 2023 - 8 min read

Saying “yes” or “maybe” instead of “no” is the core legacy of the Good Friday Agreement

On this Good Friday, there are genuine grounds for hope about “whatever comes after” the 25th anniversary of Northern Ireland’s peace agreement.

Tommie Gorman
7th Apr, 2023 - 5 min read

Irish housing, French pensions: A tale of two political fiascos

As the evictions ban ends today, the Irish and French governments appear to have each picked an issue and decided to lose the next election over it. The consequences will extend beyond political calculations.

Thomas Hubert
1st Apr, 2023 - 8 min read

Decades of grafting have taught Bertie not to put his faith in the perfect outcome: Tommie Gorman’s letter from Boston

Ahead of the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, Tommie Gorman travelled to Boston where he spoke to Bertie Ahern about Sinn Féin and heard from successive US envoys to Northern Ireland George Mitchell and Joe Kennedy.

Tommie Gorman
1st Apr, 2023 - 10 min read

Renewables, retrofits and rural buses: The big Sinn Féin climate interview

There is more to Sinn Féin’s climate policy than its opposition to the carbon tax or its non-commital stance on the emission cuts needed in agriculture, an in-depth discussion with Lynn Boylan and Darren O’Rourke reveals.

Thomas Hubert
7th Mar, 2023 - 20 min read
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