Gemma Hussey: elected to the NUI panel in 1981. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill Thirty candidates in race for Seanad NUI seats
  • Marie O'Halloran
  • April 22, 2016, 01:00

No woman elected to the panel since 1981 when Senator Gemma Hussey voted in

In Switzerland, the only peaceful country to adopt an all-party administration, parliament uses a “magic formula” to give parties seats on the seven-person Federal Council. Introduced in 1959, this “zauberformel” has worked quite well. Opinion: There is a better way to form a Government than 50 days of chaos
  • Peter Emerson
  • April 22, 2016, 00:55

The power-sharing model associated with post-conflict resolution can provide an alternative

Turning Irish Water back into a State agency means it will never be an independent entity and thus its finances will always be fully on the State books. Photograph: Thinkstock Irish Water deal thwarts new way to raise money for infrastructure
  • Cliff Taylor
  • April 21, 2016, 12:58

Analysis: Compromise either means less money for water or less for other areas of economy

The Fine Gael-Labour cabinet meets shortly after the 2011 election: “In 2011, the formation of a new government was urgent and crisis-driven . . . But the current, unprecedented delay in forming a government is due not just to the absence of a crisis.” Photograph: Maxwells Eamon Gilmore: Labour needs Fianna Fáil guarantee government would last
  • Eamon Gilmore
  • April 21, 2016, 01:00

Only reason for party to join minority government would be to implement key policies, but these take time

Wobbles on the cobbles: Fianna Fáil TD’s Jim O’Callaghan, Michael McGrath, Barry Cowen and Charlie McConalogue speaking to journalists after leaving talks in the Provost’s House, Trinity College. There seems to be an acceptance that whatever mish-mash of an administration emerges, it will stagger along like a tipsy sailor until it collapses at the first sign of trouble. Photograph: Aidan Crawley Miriam Lord: At last, a government may have been cobbled together
  • Miriam Lord
  • April 21, 2016, 01:00

With the Irish Water elephant removed from the room, a deal may finally be in sight

Political correspondents come back from their long-range patrols of the Kildare Street jungle with thousand-yard stares and wearing necklaces made of ears – the ears of the nameless politicians who confide in them. They know where this is going. Ed O’Loughlin: Dispatches from the Kildare Street trenches
  • Ed O'Loughlin
  • April 20, 2016, 01:00

Dogs will feast on the putrid, fly-blown corpses of backbench deputies forced to ‘go over the top’ in another tragic election

There are 16 candidates on the Trinity Seanad panel. Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill Novices offer independent expertise as TCD Seanad candidates
  • Marie O'Halloran
  • April 19, 2016, 14:53

Dementia activist, barrister, entrepreneur, climate action campaigner among hopefuls

A spokesman for Labour Party leader Joan Burton (above) has enumerated three positions for the party: outright opposition, a new coalition, or a halfway point between these two positions, where Labour would facilitate or support a Fine Gael-led government from outside. File photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons/The Irish Times Labour pains: Coming weeks may decide if party has a future
  • Pat Leahy
  • April 18, 2016, 23:31

Analysis: Coalition question has always been an excruciating one for the party

Maura Hopkins busy canvassing in Wicklow town for the upcoming Seanad Éireann election 2016. Photograph: Garry O’Neill All you need to know about tight race for those Seanad seats
  • Harry McGee
  • April 18, 2016, 01:00

Sidelights of Irish political life: Car parks, farm lanes and enduring absence from home

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin with TDs Lisa Chambers, Dara Calleary, Charlie McConalogue, Margaret Murphy O’Mahony and Mary Butler at Leinster House. File photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons/The Irish Times Stephen Collins: Fianna Fáil holds key to survival of minority government
  • Stephen Collins
  • April 16, 2016, 00:38

Little sign party willing to take unpopular positions required to keep administration in place

While Irish Water is to some extent a distraction, it also highlights something more fundamental. Large parts of the public have lost faith in the ability of the “system” to raise money and spend it efficiently. Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons/The Irish Times Cliff Taylor: Irish Water will show us who is serious about minority government
  • Cliff Taylor
  • April 16, 2016, 00:23

If deal does not fly, we may be told water was crunch point, but there will be more fundamental issues at play

The Seanad Chamber at Leinster House. A renewed Seanad presents a golden opportunity to have some senators representing different diaspora communities around the world. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times ‘Forgotten’ Seanad election: A farce in three acts
  • Enda O'Coineen
  • April 15, 2016, 01:00

Allocating some seats to diaspora would dramatically reshape Ireland, not by territory but as a people

The former Dún Laoghaire TD Barry Andrews, who now leads the team at the development aid charity Goal. Noel Whelan: Losing your Dáil seat is not the end of the world
  • Noel Whelan
  • April 15, 2016, 00:20

A realisation that all is not lost may help the newly elected to focus on the general political good

Acting Taoiseach Enda Kenny arriving at Government Buildings on Thursday. Photograph: Eric Luke/The Irish Times Enda Kenny will be elected taoiseach - but it won’t last long
  • Fiach Kelly
  • April 14, 2016, 20:56

Analysis: A likely scenario is one budget will be passed and then the election countdown will begin again, writes Fiach Kelly

Micheál Martin’s chances of getting his nose ahead of Enda Kenny in the run for taoiseach seem slim Latest taoiseach vote is endgame of the endgame
  • Pat Leahy
  • April 14, 2016, 10:21

Inside politics: Many Independents are likely to sit on their hands again when vote is called

Independents at Government Buildings following talks. Photograph: Cyril Byrne/The Irish Times Mixed fortunes for our dear leaders
  • Fiach Kelly
  • April 13, 2016, 10:21

Inside politics: The Independents have been telling Fine Gael that Enda Kenny is the main stumbling block to doing a deal

“As the efforts to form a minority government reach a conclusion, the thoughts of Independents are naturally turning to finalising the best deals they can get.” File photograph: Getty Images Making a government: What’s in it for the Independents?
  • Fiach Kelly
  • April 13, 2016, 01:00

TDs pledge national interest in talks while seizing their chance for local gain

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin “proved to be better at dodging questions than answering them”. File photograph: Eric Luke/The Irish Times Brendan Howlin: Fianna Fáil’s ‘new politics’ is Haughey-esque
  • Brendan Howlin
  • April 13, 2016, 01:00

Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin have nearly 70 seats - but prefer the Opposition benches

FF leader Micheál Martin: “We will agree to a process which can allow a [minority] government to be formed and for that government to have reasonable security based on a fully transparent framework.” Photograph: Eric Luke FF will press for minimal agreement framework in talks
  • Harry McGee
  • April 12, 2016, 01:00

Issues that have potential to bring down a government need to be sorted out in advance

Participants in a Robinhoodtax.ie protest outside the Dáil last week wearing masks of acting Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin TD. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times Analysis: What are today’s FG-FF talks hoping to achieve?
  • Pat Leahy
  • April 11, 2016, 13:31

Pat Leahy examines what the teams who face each other will actually be negotiating

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