Ireland’s winter of discontent
Ireland’s future depends on bigger forces than Dublin politics. But what the new leaders do will matter fro Europe
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Ireland’s political landscape has been transformed after voters blamed Fianna Fáil for the country’s financial crisis and resulting austerity measures, consigning the party to opposition with a record loss of seats
Irish PM names team to fight crisis
Enda Kenny warns of tough times ahead as the new government, where Michael Noonan was appointed as finance minister, attempts to tackle the country’s economic problems
Ireland’s new leader set to name cabinet
Enda Kenny, who will be voted in as prime minister, is ready to select the members of his 15-member cabinet who will face the worst economic crisis in the country’s 90-year history
Irish parties agree to form government
Ireland’s Fine Gael and Labour parties are to hold separate meetings on Sunday to approve a coalition agreement to tackle the country’s deep economic crisis
Kenny in talks with Labour on coalition
Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny, who is poised to become Ireland’s new prime minister, opened talks with the Labour party on the formation of a coalition government
Irish poll winner eyes bail-out ‘manoeuvre’
Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny, the winner of Ireland’s election, said he saw ‘room for manoeuvre’ to change the terms of Europe’s bail-out of the country’s banks
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Ireland: A vote in a void
An election triggered by the Celtic Tiger’s downfall promises to change the established order but will not solve its woes, write Tony Barber and John Murray Brown
Earthquake on the Emerald Isle
Ireland’s democracy is strong. Friday’s parliamentary election offers the chance to turn a page after the nation’s devastating financial collapse
EU star pupil Ireland becomes class bad boy
Whatever the complexion of Ireland’s next government, repairing the nation’s damaged reputation in the European Union will be among its highest priorities, writes Tony Barber
Irish meltdown
The justifiable anger of Irish voters at being saddled with the debts of their reckless bankers cannot itself explain the extraordinary implosion of Fianna Fáil
Ireland has to shed Tweedledum politics
If they are to recover from this crisis, the Irish must finally tackle the internal impediments of a malformed politics and uncompetitive economy blocking the road to mature prosperity, writes David Lynch
Ireland’s politics
Brian Cowen has managed to cling on to power to finalise the Fianna Fáil-government’s ‘rescue’ package, yet the legitimacy of this package is already impaired
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