Hobson's choice?
What motivates voters? Why do we choose to vote the way we do?
Do we get the politicians we deserve?
Let's Do Launch
Campaign launches. Manifesto launches. Policy launches. Candidate launches. Bits of the manifesto that didn’t get enough publicity first time around launches.
If you’re a politician or a spin doctor wanting to showcase your wares, you’d better make damn sure you show them off in their best lights.
Make a date
The final decision on election dates rests with the Taoiseach. Time the election right, and he’s a political genius; get it wrong, and he’s an eejit, likely to receive his P45 in short order.
Count on it
In this podcast on count centres, David McCullagh pulls back the curtain with Kildare returning officer Eithne Coughlan, former tally person Denise O'Flaherty, and RTÉ reporter Richie Beirne a count centre veteran.
Enda Story?
The biggest advantage for Fine Gael, and the biggest problem for the opposition, is that if there is no credible alternative as taoiseach, Enda Kenny arguably becomes inevitable.
Risky Business
After the impending general election, smaller parties are likely to be faced with a choice – whether or not to consider entering government as the junior partner in a coalition.
The experience of other junior coalition partners is not encouraging. Labour is facing a very difficult election in 2016; the Greens were wiped off the electoral map in 2011; the Progressive Democrats were reduced to just two seats in 2007.
