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Full coverage: Politics

Roll up your sleeves if you don’t want elections like the referendum: Rewinding the week that was

Following the demise of centrist politics in the latest vote, readers of The Currency have the money and power to address the electorate’s frustrations. Will you do it?

Thomas Hubert
17th Mar, 2024 - 5 min read

Sinn Féin looks to the history books as it seeks a new economic policy for Ireland

More than a century ago, Arthur Griffith saw capitalism as the building block of the economy while overtly advocating for state intervention. As the next election approaches, Sinn Féin’s stance is still rooted in this century-old policy.

Marvin Suesse
2nd Mar, 2024 - 10 min read

Germany leads the moral uprising as the ghost of fascism casts its shadow across Europe

Germans have taken to the streets in mass protests against the far-right AfD party. There is now a growing need for a widespread pro-democracy coalition throughout Europe including Ireland, Fergal Lenehan writes from Leipzig.

Fergal Lenehan
17th Feb, 2024 - 7 min read

A big-house Fine Gaeler, peace and EU builder, and deep thinker until the end: Remembering John Bruton

Bruton's Rainbow Coalition laid the foundations of the Good Friday Agreement and cemented Ireland’s position as the poster child of the EU. The late Taoiseach came into his own on the world stage.

Tommie Gorman
10th Feb, 2024 - 13 min read

Why finding a new Garda commissioner will be no easy task

The post of Garda commissioner will become vacant in June of next year when Drew Harris finishes his tenure. But who will take up the reins after he goes? For a whole lot of reasons, it is vital that the State has a plan.

Conor Brady
10th Feb, 2024 - 8 min read

Economic reality causes a brief ebb in the nationalistic tide: Rewinding the week that was

The DUP is returning to Stormont and Viktor Orbán has dropped his veto on helping Ukraine, but it could take more economic damage before the benefits of international cooperation overcome narrow domestic interests – including in Ireland.

Thomas Hubert
4th Feb, 2024 - 5 min read

How the DUP found the formula to resolve the problem it had created

Jeffery Donaldson has confronted his party’s hardliners in a way that Peter Robinson and Arlene Foster never managed to achieve. For the DUP and Sinn Féin, the real work begins now.

Tommie Gorman
3rd Feb, 2024 - 8 min read

Just do it! Why Ireland finds it impossible to get on with all the big important jobs 

Is Ireland really governed by feckless eejits and the pages of its newspapers filled with hacks and jokers? Are we incapable of turning big ideas into reality? More detail, not less, is key to solving those questions.

Stephen Kinsella
25th Jan, 2024 - 6 min read

The maths behind DUP manoeuvring: Donaldson’s moves and unionism’s future

Jeffrey Donaldson is facing the immediate test of convincing the 12 members of the DUP's officer board to restore power-sharing, but he and unionism as a whole face more challenges than internal party politics.

Tommie Gorman
21st Jan, 2024 - 11 min read

“Is it about a bicycle?” Generosity and Sinn Féin’s approach to politics

The late Martin McGuinness had taken inspiration from Flann O’Brien and his followers to bridge the gap with former enemies. The current leadership of Sinn Féin is more intent on seeking heads. How will this play out in upcoming elections?

Tommie Gorman
13th Jan, 2024 - 11 min read
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