A Program for Government
In a characteristically delayed approach to the new year, the new Irish Government will finally begin next week. After weeks of fairly uneventful negotiations in Dublin, Fianna Fáil and Fine…
Fianna Fáil and the Silent Strategy
The count is mostly finished in Ireland and the result is in: every party is claiming victory! To figure out who actually won this election, it makes the most sense…
It’s Election Day!
Election Day is here and we’re at the end of a pretty uneventful campaign. Despite everything that is on the line domestically and internationally in this election, all parties stayed…
Incumbency
People don't like change. Incumbents will stay in power unless a challenger provides a compelling case for their ouster. But in the year of elections, this trend has been turned on its head. How will this effect the 2024 Irish General Election?