![The Ta and Nil Gates used for manual voting in the Dail Chamber at Leinster Housetaken The Ta and Nil Gates used for manual voting in the Dail Chamber at Leinster Housetaken](/web/20160311215918im_/http://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_fs/1.2554558.1456769372!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
Alan Dukes: A chance for the Dáil to reassert its authority
- Opinion
- March 1, 2016, 01:09
What is needed now is a framework programme of political action that commands the support of a majority in the Dáil.
![Many of the media debates have been nothing more than shout-fests. “Winning” a seven-way debate does not necessarily mean that the winner has said anything constructive. Photograph: Cyril Byrne / THE IRISH TIMES Many of the media debates have been nothing more than shout-fests. “Winning” a seven-way debate does not necessarily mean that the winner has said anything constructive. Photograph: Cyril Byrne / THE IRISH TIMES](/web/20160311215918im_/http://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_fs/1.2544337.1456227331!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
Alan Dukes: Remember that elections are about promises not priorities
- Opinion
- February 23, 2016, 00:34
Election 2016: No party can deliver on all of its manifesto and should state its priorities