Alan Dukes
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Election 2016: Enda Kenny knew what had to be done
- Politics
- May 7, 2016, 01:00
On the first Saturday of last November, Enda Kenny gathered with 400 supporters in the Breaffy House Hotel in Castlebar to toast the 40th anniversary(...)
Self-interest or national interest?
- Editorial
- April 20, 2016, 07:09
What the country needs is an effective, stable government, capable of dealing with vested interests and building on the economic recovery that is unde(...)

Tenants told to leave as vulture fund to sell Dublin homes
- Politics
- March 13, 2016, 17:02
Minister for Transport Paschal Donohoe has described as inappropriate and unfair, the issuing of notices to 60 families in West Dublin to quit their r(...)

Martin must be prepared to withstand coalition pressure
- Politics
- March 10, 2016, 01:00
Usually when one force surrounds another and hopes to flush it out, an element of the siege involves throwing deeply unpleasant items over the enemy’s(...)

Opinion: TDs should vote for taoiseach under proportional representation
- Opinion
- March 7, 2016, 01:00
In the aftermath of the general election, we are being told how the Dáil could work more effectively with the government being obliged to listen to al(...)

Leo Varadkar says ‘all key Ministers’ behind Enda Kenny
- Politics
- March 4, 2016, 11:33
Minister for Health Leo Varadkar has strongly backed the leadership of Taoiseach Enda Kenny despite accepting that Fine Gael was resoundingly defeated(...)

Resistance in FF to backing minority FG government, say sources
- Politics
- March 3, 2016, 08:03
There would be strong resistance from within Fianna Fáil to supporting a minority Fine Gael government from the opposition benches, party sources have(...)

Fianna Fáil grandee says party will be pragmatic
- Irish News
- March 3, 2016, 01:00
There are few in Connemara who can define realpolitik better than former Fianna Fáil senator Nioclás Ó Conchúbhair. Ó Conchúbhair was appointed to (...)

Geraldine Kennedy: How a new government can be formed
- Politics
- March 3, 2016, 01:00
It is not as difficult as they all seem to think to get a stable and workmanlike government based on the results of the general election. They just ne(...)

Election result offers opportunity for institutional change
- Politics
- March 2, 2016, 01:00
One healthy feature of Irish democracy is that election outcomes are not always predictable and can push parties and others outside their normal comfo(...)