An initial analysis

Some notes on how this could end up different to the outcome

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What began as a fragmented field is rapidly resolving into a clearer contest and a potential fault line in Irish politics.

Labour have said they will extend the right to vote to 16-year-olds in time for the next general election. Sky's Data and Forensics unit assesses whether it will help them at the ballot box, and how m...

They recite schemes that were promised, or piloted, but seem to have gone nowhere. A council spokesperson said similar initiatives still exist.

A prerequisite of a viable new policy is popularity — if it’s woefully unpopular with the public, it will struggle to be implemented. That’s why governments tend to “fly a kite” on some policy ideas: ...

Immigration was the emerging issue throughout 2023 and much of 2024, yet it was perceived to be "the dog that didn't bark" in the general election. Candidates during the election reported that they di...

The major winner of this poll is Fianna Fáil. It will be buoyed by hitting its highest poll in the Ireland Thinks series since January 2020. The party has benefited from a “winners’ bounce”. This is a...

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What have we discovered?

What have we discovered?

Final poll comes ahead of last day of election campaign before Friday’s vote

Taoiseach Simon Harris’s path back to power has taken a further blow with the majority of voters believing he lost the last general election debate of the campaign, according to an opinion poll from I...

The winners, losers and biggest spenders of the online campaign