Assembly was a portent of shifting public attitudes on abortion

Government may need to seek change in law to govern online campaigning – McEntee

Review began after Paul Murphy wrote to Ceann Comhairle about ‘thuggery’ comment

Issue of media coverage expected to be raised at next meeting of the assembly in January

Top psychiatrist to train TDs and Senators to help constituents with mental health issues

Populism – the set of ideologies that has given the world Donald Trump, Brexit and Marine Le Pen – has transformed the politics of many countries. Could Ireland be next?

It was the election that nobody won, producing a Government that struggles to govern. A new series assesses minority Government and Ireland’s changing political landscape

New book also argues that the troika was not behind State’s post-crash economic policy

The books, movies, podcasts and programmes to get you through the downtime

Political scientists were caught out in 2016; we need to reassess polling and research

Brexit and the Trump presidency are making people ask whether the current form of democracy is the best we can do

Too early to dismiss as failure: Vital Dáil reform unlikely to be finished before spring

Patrick Smyth on how our STV system works. This article was first published in 2016

Analyst says election is continuing a trend which sees voters deciding very late

David Farrell says evidence voters are increasingly swayed by policies over personalities

Two views of the Rising and the Ireland it helped to create

Academics’ campaign seeks to identify where political reform can be implemented quickly

None of changes require constitutional change and they could be delivered quickly

The magazine, which is run by a team of just three, is gaining international recognition for its purist approach

‘The Convention produced nine reports. Four of these have yet to be debated in the Oireachtas’