An undemocratic pattern is emerging across Europe. When the public of a particular country becomes entrenched against austerity measures, a combination of politicians and civil servants in that nation do whatever they can to bypass the public's wishes... read more & comment>

On the 9th of November 2011, Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams TD received an answer to a parliamentary question, which detailed the amount of pensions paid to former ministers, totalling €8,861,515 on a yearly basis... view data alphabetically/by size of pension>

After probably the most controversial and personality-related Presidential election since the Republic became independent, the Labour Party candidate, Michael Daniel Higgins became the 9th President of the Republic of Ireland... read more & comment>

53.34% of the public who turned out to vote, polled a NO vote, which will probably ensure many more wasteful tribunals for the country, but it also means that less power will be passed over to the already too-powerful Irish political set... read more & comment>

The 2011 Judges Remuneration Referendum in Ireland was passed, by a massive majority, with nearly 80% of those who turned up to vote, polling a yes vote. As far as wages go, Judges will now be treated the exact same as every other Irish citizen... read more & comment>

Claire McGing, from the Department of Geography at NUI Maynooth, looks over the stats related to the numbers of female candidates who were elected to the Dáil. With just 25 women amongst the 166 TDs, we are currently in 79th place in the World rankings... read more & comment>

All 15 junior ministers (Ministers Of State) have been announced today by Enda Kenny, so most of the major decisions are now out of the way. View a full list, plus a breakdown of which departments and senior ministers they are all assigned to... read more & comment>

A list of the entire new Irish government cabinet, selected by Enda Kenny, with details of their ministries/portfolios + A complete list of the new Dail parliamentary groups who will be battling it out over the course of the 31st Dáil... read more & comment>

Fine Gael and Labour have resumed the second day of talks, which will most probably lead to them forming a coalition. Both parties have kept to their word of not giving any insight into how their backroom negotiations are going... read more & comment>

Get a full breakdown of how all the parties done at the ballot box, plus lists of TDs elected, female TDs, new TDs, TDs who lost their seats and a range of useful charts which compare statistics across the 43 constituences too... full party results and turnout>