The End of a Unionist Majority: Where Next for Northern Ireland? The northern Irish assembly elections ended the long-term unionist majority in Stormont. Donnacha Kirk on what just happened, what it means, and how things may play out.
Ireland’s Political Stalemate: Can the Left Offer a Way Out? Long Read: Today Ireland goes to the polls in the shadow of a financial crisis and in the middle of an unequal recovery. Political instability is on the cards, but can the left offer a convincing vision of social transformation?
Irish Election: Austerity to Win, but Left On the Move After eight years of Troika-enforced cuts it's unsurprising that the Irish general election is being fought out over austerity. A modest left has struggled to gain traction against the historic establishment parties, but their lead is beginning to wane.
7 Key Issues for the Irish General Election This Friday sees Ireland's first general election since 2011. The Troika may be out but austerity is going nowhere, and while Fine Gael look to remain the largest party, a shifting political party is creating in-roads for the left.
7 Reasons Irish Water is Doomed to Fail The Irish Water saga has intensified following a decision by the EU's statistics agency that the company must stay on the state's budget sheet. With recent figures showing a mere 43% payment rate on first bills, will Irish Water survive?