What is in the next Irish government’s policy programme?

Ireland’s two dominant centre-right parties agreed a coalition deal with enough independent lawmakers on Wednesday to return to power for another five years and continue their previous high spending economic policy.

Irish parties secure ‘comfortable majority’ for new government

Talks between Ireland’s two historically dominant centre-right parties and independent lawmakers have reached an agreement that will give a new coalition government a “comfortable majority,” a negotiator for one of the parties said on Wednesday.

How the civil service system changed American government

The Pendleton Act of 1883 established a non-partisan civil service. President-elect Donald Trump says he’ll upend the law, firing non-partisan employees and replacing them with loyalists. We’ll look at how the U.

New deal reached for formation of Irish government

A new agreement has been reached which will pave the way for a new government to be formed in the Republic of Ireland. This follows a coalition between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gail after the Irish general election in November.