Labour Party

The Labour Party has been dealt a major blow by the sudden resignation of one of its best prospects for the next general election. Cllr Martina Geno(...)

The Labour Party meets for what promises to be a fraught think-in in Drogheda on Sunday against the background of Alan Kelly’s – apparently – abortive(...)

A group of Labour councillors is trying to muster further backing for a move to oust Brendan Howlin by garnering the support of over half of local rep(...)

The most obvious trend in opinion polls since the Government was formed almost two years ago was the growth in Fine Gael support. After a crushingly (...)

A detective found guilty of harassing a State solicitor by sending her abusive letters has been jailed for three years. Judge Melanie Greally said wh(...)

The Government must fund local authorities to build affordable rental housing, a homelessness charity has said. Reacting to the latest data from prop(...)

In the 1930s Éamon de Valera cruelly put down the prospects for a socialist government in Ireland by saying, “Labour must wait.” It has been a long w(...)

The British election – or at least the English election – is saturated with nostalgia. Both Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn are appealing to notions of (...)

In a normal country in normal times, politics revolves around the size of the state, the extent of borrowing and the weight of the tax burden. In Brit(...)

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The composition of the Dáil would probably change very little if there was an early general election, according to the latest Irish Times/Ipsos MRBI o(...)