Election campaigning hasn’t started yet, of course. Oh, dear no, whatever gave you that idea? It’s only a coincidence that the Coalition is going to great lengths to create the illusion that the recovery is in full swing

Having made such a pig’s ear of being British prime minister it is rather strange for critics to say David Cameron is now unfit for the job because of an (alleged) youthful dalliance with a dead pig.

Enda Kenny’s two-day visit to Atlanta cost us €4,300 for a chauffeur, while Europe Minister Dara Murphy commandeered a squad car, and the time and services of two gardaí, to drive him 214 miles to Dublin Airport, writes Shaun Connolly

It was Year Zero at the Ploughing Championships for Joan Burton. With an Irish Examiner opinion poll unable to find a single farmer who said they would vote Labour, the Tánaiste faced reaping a bleak harvest at the annual agri-fest.

First day back from a two-month holiday and, as ever, the Dáil was dominated by confidence tricksters.

While Irish politicians continue to peddle the currency of deceit, Jeremy Corbyn is trying to stay true to himself — and will probably destroy Britain’s Labour party and its hopes for regaining power in the process, writes Shaun Connolly

Dubbed the Minister for Hugs and Drugs, Aodhán Ó Ríordáin’s radical ideas regarding heroin and cocaine will not get a warm embrace from everyone.

Gender quotas will see more female election candidates in the field but not necessarily in the Dáil and the woman who spearheaded the policy, Joan Burton, could lose out in the capital’s battle royale, writes Shaun Connolly

The Siege of St Joan, or the Martyrdom of Paul Murphy?