Fianna Fáil fight serves Michéal Martin well – but he needs more
Row with Éamon Ó Cuív gives new leader chance to establish himself but he may need to distance party from Bertie Ahern
June 2011
Brian Lenihan obituary
Ireland business blog with Lisa O'Carroll
Lenihan was made finance minister just as credit crunch started to bite
April 2011
Irish banking collapse caused by greed and complicit public – report
An aggressive thirst for profit in which bankers followed a 'herd mentality' and a lack of regulation combined to cause the collapse of the Irish banking system, says a report
March 2011
Defeated taoiseach Brian Cowen faces seizure of UK buy-to-let property
Court ruling could mean Brian Cowen will lose his Leeds flat in row over troubled buy-to-let investment
February 2011
Fianna Fáil trounced as Fine Gael and Labour set to form coalition
Enda Kenny set to be new Taoiseach as financial crisis pushes ruling elite into fourth place in Ireland's general election
The Irish people's act of revenge
Diarmaid Ferriter
Diarmaid Ferriter: Fianna Fáil will pay heavily in the Irish election for siding with bankers and betraying its roots
Irish election frontrunner promises to drive down country's debt by 2014
Politics blog
You think the UK's got problems? Take a look at Ireland
Brian Cowen gets Irish general election campaign under way
January 2011
Brian Cowen will not stand in Ireland's general election
Brian Cowen announces dissolution of Irish parliament
Irish election: this will be Ireland's chance to move on from 1921
Martin Kettle
Fianna Fáil elects Micheál Martin as new leader
Ireland: Fianna Foiled
Ireland political crisis: Greens quit coalition after Brian Cowen's resignation - video
Greens pull out of Irish government after Brian Cowen resignation
Ireland's Green party considers whether to stay in government
Brian Cowen resigns as Fianna Fáil leader amid calls for early election
How Ireland's Fiánna Fail will elect its new leader – and the main contenders
