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The message to Sinn Féin and DUP is it’s time to get powersharing working again
- Irish News
- December 13, 2019, 08:18
Big changes after the Westminster election in Northern Ireland. So, no surprise there. Voters were annoyed with the DUP over Brexit, and probably oth(...)

Belfast North: John Finucane beats Nigel Dodds in ‘showdown’ battle
- Politics
- December 13, 2019, 03:17
It was billed as the showdown battle of the Westminster election in Northern Ireland, and in the end Sinn Féin triumphed over the DUP, John Finucane t(...)

Taoiseach says ‘Santa will find’ homeless children
- Oireachtas
- December 11, 2019
The Taoiseach re-assured worried children in hospitals, hotels and other emergency accommodation that Santa will find them on Christmas Eve. Leo Vara(...)

The Irish Times view on Election 2020: the sooner, the better
- Editorial
- December 7, 2019, 00:10
The frailty of this Fine Gael-led Government has been emphasised by defeat in last week’s four by-elections; by Minister for Housing Eoghan Murphy’s n(...)

Martin hints FF TDs sacked over Dáil votes could return
- Irish News
- December 3, 2019, 13:55
Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has held out the prospect of a return to senior party positions for two TDs he sacked from his frontbench over the r(...)

Westminster poll is ‘election of a generation’, says Sinn Féin
- Politics
- December 2, 2019, 15:02
The Westminster poll is the “election of a generation” and in terms of the contest in North Belfast, an opportunity to create a “political earthquake”(...)

Icy byelections blast away warm glow of Varadkar’s Brexit successes
- Politics
- December 2, 2019, 01:00
Four byelections, 111,027 votes and 261,171 people who didn’t bother voting. Much controversy, lengthy counts and very likely the last outing to the p(...)

Low byelection turnout means lessons must be looked at cautiously
- Politics
- November 30, 2019, 20:38
The strongest theme emerging from the four byelections counted on Saturday was the lack of interest among voters, with turnouts at less than half the (...)

Minister blames public servants for €1.8m Dáil printer fiasco
- Politics
- November 29, 2019, 12:44
Minister for Business Heather Humphreys has described the Dáil printer controversy as “absolutely outrageous” a day after it emerged the full cost of (...)

Fiach Kelly: Dáil byelections a leap into the unknown
- Politics
- November 28, 2019, 09:37
There are only a few certainties about the Dáil byelections being held tomorrow: turnout will be low, transfers will be key and, for all chatter in th(...)