Election Daily - Friday - Party Manifestos & A Look Ahead to Next Week
Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil both released their party manifestos today, but what are the real differences between them? As we reach the end of the first full week of GE2020, Pat Leahy and pollster Kevin...
24 Jan 202014min
Election Daily - Thursday - Leo's Answer, Coalition Partners, The Disunited Left
Harry McGee and Mary Minihan join Hugh to dig into last night's debate some more, including the fallout from Leo Varadkar's awkward answer about his past use of drugs, and analyse what Fine Gael and F...
23 Jan 202016min
Election Daily - Wednesday - Debate Reaction and Analysis
Fiach, Jennifer and Hugh react to the first debate of the general election between Micheal Martin and Leo Varadkar.Would you like to receive daily insights into world events delivered to your inbox? S...
22 Jan 202015min
What's Really Motivating Voters? With Jennifer O'Connell
Over the last week, Irish Times journalist Jennifer O’Connell has been travelling across the country speaking to people and learning about their thoughts on #GE2020. From a book club in Míchael Martin...
22 Jan 202032min
Election Daily - Tuesday - SF on a Roll & The Latest Poll
As Sinn Féin perform well in the polls, Mary Lou McDonald continues to fight for her place in the televised leaders debate. Fiach Kelly spoke to the SF leader at the candidates launch in Dublin today ...
21 Jan 202017min
Election Daily - POLL - Fianna Fáil Opens A Lead, Sinn Féin Surges
The latest Irish Times / Ipsos MRBI poll, conducted in the days after the calling of the general election, shows Fianna Fáil edging ahead of Fine Gael and Sinn Fein gaining significant support. Pat Le...
20 Jan 202012min
Election Daily - Policies, Pensions & Polls
For Fine Gael, week two of #GE2020 opens under the shadow of a poll in a Sunday newspaper that put them 12 points behind Fianna Fail. The Irish Times will publish our own poll soon. Meanwhile, Harry M...
20 Jan 202015min
So How Did The Last Government Do?
How has Fine Gael performed in government since 2016? We ask four of our specialist journalists - Paul Cullen on health, Kitty Holland on social housing and homelessness, Carl O'Brien on education an...
18 Jan 202038min
