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AAA-People Before Profit want to end the threat of a prison sentence for abortion

Zappone to support abortion bill 'reasoned amendment'

A spokesperson for Minister for Children Katherine Zappone said the minister will support the Government's "reasoned amendment" on The Protection of Life During Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill 2017.

News • 08 Mar 17

The alliance meets on a day the capital faces more bus strikes

AAA-PBP to meet ahead of new Dáil term

The Anti-Austerity Alliance-People Before Profit group met in Dublin today ahead of the Dáil term due to get under way next week.

News • 23 Sep 16

Fianna Fáil support is at 28% compared to 24% first preference votes won in February's election

New poll suggests Fianna Fáil most popular party

More people believe the Government will last longer than a year compared to the period just after the minority administration was formed, a new opinion poll suggests.

News • 29 Jul 16

The poll found that support for Independents has dropped by 10 percentage points to 8%

Support for independents plummets, poll suggests

There has been a significant drop in support for independents, according to a Millward Brown opinion poll for the Sunday Independent.

News • 02 Jul 16

Almost six weeks into the new Government support for all sides in the Dáil appears static

Poll: Fine Gael edges ahead of Fianna Fáil

Fine Gael have moved just ahead of Fianna Fáil in the latest Sunday Times Behaviour and Attitudes opinion poll.

News • 20 Jun 16

Enda Kenny's Fine Gael and Micheál Martin's Fianna Fáil are on 26%, according to the RED C poll

New poll shows FG and FF on same level of support

Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil are on the same level of support, according to the latest RED C opinion poll for the Sunday Business Post.

News • 28 May 16

The Sunday Business Post RED C poll found the results would be largely the same for most of the political parties

Poll: Results would be similar in second election

A new opinion poll suggests there would only be minor changes to the general election outcome if voters were asked to go to the polls again.

News • 13 Mar 16

Eamon Ryan said it would be difficult to vote for a Taoiseach because there is no programme for government in place

Dáil reform top of agenda for Greens, says Ryan

With the first sitting of the new Dáil just days away, informal contacts have been continuing between the main party leaders, Independents and smaller groupings about the possible formation of the next government.

News • 05 Mar 16

Joan Burton said she will not be deciding about her future as Labour leader until she knows the outcome for the party in terms of seats

Labour party fighting to hold its status in Dáil

The Labour party is fighting this evening to preserve its status in the next Dáil as it needs to win one more seat to guarantee full speaking rights in Leinster House.

Election 2016 • 29 Feb 16

Richard Boyd Barrett has forecast a move from civil war politics

AAA-PBP: Labour is in 'deep, deep trouble'

The smaller parties of the left have been buoyed by the latest opinion poll which shows them pulling ahead of the Labour Party in vote share for the first time.

Election 2016 • 22 Feb 16

Enda Kenny and Joan Burton at the debate in the University of Limerick

Housing, health and tax dominate Leaders' Debate

The seven leaders of the main political parties clashed on several key issues at the Leaders' Debate including rural crime, the housing crisis and the abolition of the USC.

Election 2016 • 16 Feb 16

The rise in support for Sinn Féin has come on a week when the party faced criticism over its stance on non-jury courts

Drop in support for Fine Gael while Sinn Féin up

The latest RED C opinion poll for the Sunday Business Post suggests a drop in support for Fine Gael and gains for Sinn Féin.

Election 2016 • 14 Feb 16

The Poll of Polls puts Labour and Fine Gael at 64 seats combined, well short of the key figure of 79 needed for a majority

Poll of Polls Update: Labour, FG falling short

Two more polls to be published tomorrow from B&A for the Sunday Times and RED C for the Sunday Business Post gives us (with Thursday’s IPSOS MRBI Irish Times poll) three this week.

Election 2016 • 06 Feb 16

The Anti-Austerity Alliance/People Before Profit group launches its campaign.

Coppinger attacks Tánaiste at AAA/PBP launch

Fine Gael and Labour are trying to “bamboozle the public with an avalanche of election pledges that they simply cannot keep”, according to the Anti-Austerity Alliance/People Before Profit group.

Election 2016 • 04 Feb 16

Richard Boyd Barrett won a seat in the 2011 election

Boyd Barrett hopes to profit from people power

According to Google trends, Richard Boyd Barrett was searched quite a bit during February 2011 – a sign perhaps that his electoral breakthrough in the last election led to people asking just who was the political newcomer, writes RTÉ's Ailbhe Conneely.

News • 04 Feb 16

The USC, health and crime have featured in several manifestos

Manifestos: What have the parties promised?

The main parties have now formally set out their post-election pledges in their manifestos. Take a look at the headline policies here.