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The candidate

Last week
27th April 2025 - 3rd May 2025
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Kneecap get the scrutiny Netanyahu doesn't
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Last month
April 2025
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Be careful asking when an Irish infrastructure project might be ready
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Fine Gael wants the one job it’s never had
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March
March 2025
Two days (and two fingers) that shocked the Dáil
McGregor couldn't be more at home in Trump's White House
The Oval Office meeting veered between success and humiliation
Micheál Martin better be practicing his plámás right now
Ireland gets DOGE-curious after x-ray scanner 'fury'
This year
2025
Ireland's big defence question and back garden cabin fever
The government has put the fear of God into renters
The most politically loaded bowl of shamrock to date
Leo's gift to the new Dáil is a possible constitutional mess
The government's next big test: survive five years
Dáil chaos: We can’t stress enough how unprecedented today was
A dash of Healy Rae won't liven up the government's dry five-year plan
Last year
2024
And our award for Politician of the Year goes to...
These are the winners and losers from the Irish political year 2024
As picked by The Journal team.
This year, The Journal team announced its political awards via The Candidate podcast.
We hand out a number of gongs for awards such as the Minister Who Gets Shit Done, the Must Try Harder Merit and chat about the Ah Here Moment of the Year and Whoopsie of the Year.
The top award, Politician of the Year, was put to a vote which was counted by PR-STV.
Well, that escalated quickly: the Eoin Hayes drama
How Stephen Donnelly went from firebrand independent to unseated minister
Hutch's failed election bid raises so many questions about Irish politics
Sinn Féin: great at elections, not so good at actually getting into government
Micheál Martin really doesn’t like being asked about Sinn Féin
This election was supposed to be a disaster for Sinn Féin
That was a weird leaders' debate
The two big parties turn into squabbling siblings
Michael O'Leary and jiving, two unexpected political battlegrounds
Simon (and Micheál) set the date (finally)
Parents show great restraint not rioting over childcare
Fine Gael is continuing to haemorrhage TDs
Ireland's chance to go it alone against Israel
The Candidate: How do you tell Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil apart?
The Candidate: The dust has settled - what next for Ireland and the EU after the European elections?
The Candidate: Everything you need to know about the EU elections Dublin constituency
The Candidate: Don't know who to vote for in Midlands North West? This might help
The Candidate: The big issues and potential winners in Ireland South
All time
From candidate to Council: the long road ahead of Ukraine in the EU
The Candidate Podcast: Eamon Ryan answers your election questions
'Strength together': Eamon Ryan says Greens, Soc Dems and independents will talk first after election
What's your big election question for Eamon Ryan? It's YOUR chance to ask
The Candidate Podcast: Mary Lou says undertone of 'sexism' at play with talk of 'shadowy figures' pulling her strings