Election Daily - On Board The Battle Bus, FF's Spending Pledge, SF on Defensive

Election Daily - On Board The Battle Bus, FF's Spending Pledge, SF on Defensive

On day three of the election campaign Jennifer Bray spent the afternoon aboard the Fine Gael 'battle bus' as Taoiseach Leo Varadkar visited Longford, shook some hands and avoided some bolshy locals. Fiach Kelly attended the launch of Fianna Fail's economic strategy, an event light on detail but which confirmed that public spending would be a key part of its campaign. Plus, a mini-controversy over a Sinn Fein councillor's remarks about Leo Varadkar that put his party on the back foot.

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Poll: Northern Ireland Is United in Opposition to A Hard Brexit

Poll: Northern Ireland Is United in Opposition to A Hard Brexit

The second set of results from the Irish Times / Ipsos MRBI poll reveals attitudes to Brexit and Irish unity across the island of Ireland, north and south. Among the most significant findings: respond...

7 Mar 201929min

Poll: Support Dips for Varadkar and McDonald

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Digestible Truth, The Soc Dems Rift, Unspinnable Brexit - with Peter Foster

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First: Fiach Kelly explains what we've learned from a cache of documents featuring exchanges between Solidarity TD Paul Murphy, his party colleagues and an international umbrella organisation for soci...

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Brexit Endgame, Beware The Ides of March, Looking for Ladders

Brexit Endgame, Beware The Ides of March, Looking for Ladders

Finally it seems that meaningful moves are being made in Westminster toward some sort of conclusion to the Brexit saga. Denis Staunton and Pat Leahy analyse the public shifts in position made in recen...

27 Feb 201938min

Brexit in The Desert: Progress, or Another Mirage?

Brexit in The Desert: Progress, or Another Mirage?

The EU-Arab League summit in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, today has been dominated by talk of Brexit. And it has turned out to be a more eventful day than promised, with expectations growing that UK Prime ...

25 Feb 201913min

Ready, Steady, Wait: Fianna Fáil, Brexit and The Next Election

Ready, Steady, Wait: Fianna Fáil, Brexit and The Next Election

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Children's Hospital: Questions Remain / The Politics of Dissident Republicans

Children's Hospital: Questions Remain / The Politics of Dissident Republicans

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20 Feb 201942min

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