Far from the unified, energetic party that Varadkar took charge of in 2017, the Fine Gael of 2021 is deeply lethargic, demoralised, and fraying with internal recrimination at a level not seen since Enda Kenny’s final year

In 2011, Fianna Fáil found itself in crisis but ten years on, it is no clearer in what it stands for or who it represents

Taoiseach is boxed in by Coveney's baffling twists and turns — and the fact that he can't call for the heads of non-FF ministers

Fianna Fáil's parliamentary party, livid over the scant in-house discussion of the party's poor polling, may be inclined to rebel

The Taoiseach's address to the nation next Tuesday is a golden opportunity for him to be brave and assert his authority

Whether it was the dark hand of the establishment or the shoddy state of the bill which led to its demise, a major opportunity to make our society a little more compassionate and caring has been spurned and that is certainly a cause for regret

As a nation we have “been living on Skittles”, as one leading economist describes it, but we have to realise no party lasts forever, writes Daniel McConnell

A decade after his death, it is Garret FitzGerald’s so-called ‘Constitutional Crusade’ – in which he sought to weaken the clutch of the Catholic Church on the institutions of State and to liberalise many aspects of Irish life – which has become his enduring legacy

Next month will see the Government announce its major plan to end the housing crisis

Varadkar claimed that a united Ireland is achievable in his lifetime