There is only one candidate for the story of 2019 in Irish politics: Brexit dominated everything. So much did Irish politics progress in the shadow of Brexit that for long periods it seemed that the ...

Emeritus Professor, Trinity College Dublin. Our Government, complete with "new politics", has now been in existence for just short of three years. On Monday it will be three years since the deal was ...

The counting of votes in the local and European Parliament elections has confirmed the Green Party as the big winners, having recorded their best ever election results, and Sinn Féin as the big losers ...

Boris Johnson: Colourful, chaotic path to Number 10 Controversial, colourful and chaotic, Boris Johnson is a Prime Minister unlike any other to enter Downing Street in recent times. After a landslide ...