Ireland Republic

Friday’s Dáil [parliament] election brings to a close a short and dismal campaign. Outgoing Fine Gael Taoiseach [prime minister], Simon Harris, has managed to demolish Fine Gael’s polling lead in a mere three weeks. The […]

After years of riding high in the polls, Sinn Féin [‘Ourselves Alone’ – a republican party historically linked to the Provisional Irish Republican Army] are mired in a deep crisis. Just a few weeks from […]

The disturbances in the Coolock area of Dublin earlier this month are the latest in an escalating trend of far Right and fascist violence in the country. The State has made clear it is happy to allow […]

Two weeks have passed since the local and European elections in the South of Ireland. These signalled further fragmentation within the political system. And from that fragmentation is posed ever accelerating political crisis. The financial […]

Next Friday 7 June voters in the South of Ireland go to the polls for the first national elections since the general election of February 2020. Since then, there have been seismic changes in Ireland. […]

Issues arising from Brexit once again dominate media coverage of relations between the London and Dublin governments. This time the frictions, which have mounted to include the cancellation of Ministerial meetings, follow claims that the […]

The working class of Ireland celebrated the unexpected resignation of the Taoiseach [Irish prime minister] Leo Varadkar, on 20 March. Varadkar is one of the most vicious neo-liberal, pro-capitalist politicians in the South of Ireland […]

Earlier this week, the Taoiseach [Irish prime minister] Leo Varadkhar, made a surprise resignation speech. He indicated various reasons behind the decision, including ‘political and personal’ factors. An important factor will have been the recent […]