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Long Read: Ireland’s Political Stalemate: Can the Left Offer a Way Out?

Donnacha Kirk and Liam McNulty

Long Read: Today Ireland goes to the polls in the shadow of a financial crisis and in the middle of an unequal recovery. Political instability is on the cards, but can the left offer a convincing vision of social transformation?

Irish Election: Austerity to Win, but Left On the Move

Simon Price

After eight years of Troika-enforced cuts it's unsurprising that the Irish general election is being fought out over austerity. A modest left has struggled to gain traction against the historic establishment parties, but their lead is beginning to wane.

7 Key Issues for the Irish General Election

Ian Maleney

This Friday sees Ireland's first general election since 2011. The Troika may be out but austerity is going nowhere, and while Fine Gael look to remain the largest party, a shifting political party is creating in-roads for the left.

3 Ways to Put Manners on Denis O’Brien

Ronan Burtenshaw

Irish oligarch Denis O'Brien is in the news again for issuing legal threats against satirical website Waterford Whispers. With an election coming up in the Republic how can this litigious billionaire’s influence on public life be curbed?

7 Reasons Irish Water is Doomed to Fail

Ian Maleney

The Irish Water saga has intensified following a decision by the EU's statistics agency that the company must stay on the state's budget sheet. With recent figures showing a mere 43% payment rate on first bills, will Irish Water survive?

An ‘Unmitigated Disaster’: 8 Reasons it’s Kicking Off in Ireland

Ian Maleney

In recent months the political maelstrom surrounding Irish Water has dominated the public agenda and rocked the Irish government. As fast as reports of cronyism have spread on social media, so too has evidence of violent state repression against growing public anger.

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