Micheal Martin, leader of Fianna Fáil and Taoiseach Enda Kenny. Of course, the document on the deal between the two parties contains the usual “motherhood and apple pie” which Irish government agreements can never avoid. No USC abolition; more spending; pressure on banks . . . and another water quango
  • Cliff Taylor
  • May 4, 2016, 12:05

Cliff Taylor’s five key points from the FG/FF deal

Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams’s often strange use of Twitter has long been a source of nervous embarrassment to the party. Photograph: Reuters Latest Gerry Adams Twitter gaffe harder to shrug off
  • Pat Leahy
  • May 2, 2016, 15:24

Analysis: SF to grin and bear controversy with usual mixture of ruefulness and defiance

Katherine Zappone: Independent TD who has already pledged her support for Enda Kenny. Photograph: Gareth Chaney Collins Independents last piece of jigsaw in forming government
  • Pat Leahy
  • May 2, 2016, 01:00

Talks with Independent TDs restart at Government Buildings on Monday morning

Ivana Bacik: who retained her seat. Photograph: Gareth Chaney Collins Lively new Seanad not part of government deal
  • Marie O'Halloran
  • May 2, 2016, 01:00

Labour transfers secure Seanad election for former Fine Gael TDs who lost Dáil seats

Credit must go to Enda Kenny who will have confounded his many critics one more time if he manages to be elected Taoiseach for a second term. Since the election setback he has displayed resilience and patience in the face of political misfortune and it looks as if that is going to be rewarded. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne Stephen Collins: Government will test Independents' mettle
  • Stephen Collins
  • April 30, 2016, 15:56

Labour, the Greens and some Independents outside government could play a constructive role

Leo Varadkar and the rest of the Fine Gael team – Simon Coveney, Frances Fitzgerald and Pascal Donoghue – arriving at Trinity. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw Analysis: Leo Varadkar’s remarks rarely careless outbursts
  • Pat Leahy
  • April 30, 2016, 01:00

Fine Gael heavyweight’s rare political skill – inside, yet slightly outside political ferment

Lynn Ruane, President of Trinity College Students Union with her daughters Jaelynne and Jordanne. “She will be one of the most interesting politicians in the new Oireachtas, irrespective of how long it lasts.” Photograph: Cyril Byrne / THE IRISH TIMES Noel Whelan: A colourful Seanad but hopefully the last of its ilk
  • Noel Whelan
  • April 29, 2016, 12:25

The most dramatic shift in the line up of the 43 senators on the vocational panels was the Sinn Féin breakthrough

A deal on government has been a long time coming between Fine Gael leader and acting Taoiseach Enda Kenny (left) and Fianna Fáil leader Micheal Martin. Photograph: Barbara Lindberg Forming a government: Anatomy of a deal
  • Pat Leahy
  • April 28, 2016, 01:00

Analysis: Kenny spent 60 days stuck between an election and giving in on Irish Water

Micheál Martin’s Fianna Fáil needs somewhere to house its newly arrived sincerity on the question of not paying for water and a wardrobe to hang the clothes it nicked from Sinn Féin. Photograph: Daragh Mac Sweeney/Provision/PA Wire Miriam Lord: New government built on foundations of fudge
  • Miriam Lord
  • April 28, 2016, 01:00

Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are out to avoid water damage and insulate their careers

Fine Gael’s negotiating team leaving talks in TCD on Tuesday. L to R: Leo Varadkar, Frances Fitzgerald, Paschal Donohue and Simon Coveney. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times Analysis: the realities facing Ireland’s next government
  • Harry McGee
  • April 27, 2016, 20:52

Difficulties of reaching deal nothing compared to what comes next

Micheál Martin faces a challenging, medium term task to position Fianna Fáil back among the middle ground voters. It is they, after all, who will decide which party leads the next government, a position it covets. Photograph: Eric Luke / The Irish Times. Fianna Fáil needs to return to the middle ground after water charges shift
  • Fiach Kelly
  • April 27, 2016, 15:34

Analysis: Party’s drift into political terrain occupied by Sinn Féin and hard left did yield a prize

The Vartry Reservoir in County Wicklow where a 153-year-old tunnel at Callow Hill is a “very vulnerable part” of the water supply system for the capital, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Cyril Byrne / THE IRISH TIMES Stephen Collins: Fianna Fáil stance on Irish Water is about politics not policy
  • Stephen Collins
  • April 27, 2016, 12:34

The events of the past week or so do not augur well for the operation of a Fine Gael-led minority government

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin: Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil know they have to do something to deliver the promised land of government to the people. Photograph: Eric Luke/The Irish Times Miriam Lord: Parties walk on water on way to promised land
  • Miriam Lord
  • April 27, 2016, 11:00

Could a biblical solution help Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael to buy time – and form a government?

Last night, after weeks of negotiation and several days stuck on the reefs of Irish Water and water charges, there were strong indications that Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil will be able to overcome their differences. Decisive point finally reached in government formation talks
  • Pat Leahy
  • April 27, 2016, 08:08

Inside Politics: Negotiation difficulties show ‘grand coalition’ would not have worked

While negotiations between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael on the establishment of a minority Fine Gael-led government are deadlocked there is still hope a deal can be reached. Time for FG and FF to decide on government has arrived
  • Pat Leahy
  • April 25, 2016, 13:37

Analysis: Long dance of government formation is unlikely to run into next week

Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams, vice-president Mary Lou McDonald and First Minister of Northern Ireland Martin McGuinness at the party ardfheis at the Convention Centre Dublin. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire Sinn Féin ardfheis listless despite Rising centenary buzz
  • Gerry Moriarty
  • April 25, 2016, 01:00

Analysis: There may be lingering deflationwithin party at not winning more Dáil seats

Enda Kenny was telling people in the Dáil canteen yesterday about his packed schedule this weekend, which includes a charity cycle in the Phoenix Park, a trip to Arbour Hill, a big day out in Croke Park and sundry other activities.’ Photograph: Eric Luke Miriam Lord’s Week: Lunch on boulevard of broken promises
  • Miriam Lord
  • April 23, 2016, 10:43

FF politicians were going around warning that the talks were ‘on the verge of collapse’

The election of Fianna Fáil’s John Curran as chair of the Dáil committee on housing and homelessness shows TDs are capable of adapting to circumstances and forming new alliances. Photograph: Eric Luke/The Irish Times Stephen Collins: Minority government faces major challenges
  • Stephen Collins
  • April 23, 2016, 01:00

The compromises needed by all sides could fatally undermine new alliance

Micheál Martin and Enda Kenny: as talks continue there are fears that the absence of a government with decision-making powers means policy problems are piling up and there are also concerns about the inherent frailty of any minority administration. File photograph: Aidan Crawley Rising swell of apprehension as political drift continues
  • Arthur Beesley
  • April 22, 2016, 11:11

Bickering over the next government brings concerns that lack of a deal could end badly

Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin. “In reality Fianna Fáil will have Enda Kenny’s new government by the proverbials in both the Dáil and the Seanad.” Photograph: Maxpix Noel Whelan: The Seanad will be Enda Kenny’s next problem
  • Noel Whelan
  • April 22, 2016, 01:00

The new government will not have working majority in the Seanad if Taoiseach true to the new politics

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