It was heart breakingly sad to reflect on someone so vibrant and alive, to die so young, aged only 51, writes Alison O’Connor.

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has found her mojo. But even she, in private, must be surprised at how well her party appears to be doing in this general election campaign, writes Alison O’Connor

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We’re into the third week of the general election campaign, a crucial period for all those vying for your votes as people are now supposedly beginning to make up their minds.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar insists Fine Gael will fight to recover in the election campaign after another bruising poll for his party.

Catch up on what happened on the election trail.

The simple combination of Fianna Fáil and SSIA is enough to send shivers down the spine of anyone, writes Alison O’Connor

Fine Gael are telling us what they will do in the future and Fianna Fáil want us to forget what they did in the past.

I am still surprised, when I read an article such as Alison O’Connor’s to find that it is possible that those who hang about the corridors of power in search of the inside track still haven’t got it yet when it comes to understanding what ails the health service

We’ve learned in the past few days that all sides have engaged in button pushing for colleagues during Dáil votes, says Alison O’Connor.

Alison O’Connor There is a well known approach to delaying something, frequently employed in politics, known as “kicking the can down the road”.

Radio presenter, Matt Cooper and political correspondent Gavan Reilly are the most influential Irish journalists on Twitter, according to research.

If it weren’t for the posters people wouldn’t have a breeze that there were elections coming up, says Alison O’Connor.

There is a now traditional game of cat and mouse that goes on between politicians and medics writes Alison O’Connor.

WHILE watching the Prime Time special on transgender issues in Ireland, a third-level student of my acquaintance remarked that, during her university debates, students are asked as a matter of course to give their name “and what pronoun you prefer to be addressed as”, writes Alison O’Connor.

IS IT unreasonable to have hoped to get through the first week of 2019 without two women being brutally murdered? We are so regularly exposed to the killing of, and violence against women, it’s a concern that it becomes a part of background noise — something that is undeniably tragic, but also a fact of life, writes Alison O’Connor.

Abuse and invective directed at our elected representatives are a reflection of the times, writes Alison O’Connor.

Technology has changed, particularly through the ubiquitousness of the mobile phone but the need for research has not diminished, writes Alison O’Connor

It can bore the pants off many but for a considerable number of people politics is an addiction, says Alison O’Connor.

The Irish Examiner has been shortlisted in six categories for NewsBrands Ireland Journalism Awards 2018.

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Leo Varadkar’s reaction to the Kerry Babies case and his apology to Joanne Hayes hit the right note as the leader of our country, writes Terry Prone.

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Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

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Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.