Simon McGarr

The Gist: Love in a warming climate

Green Party starts to sweat at the approach of decision time, Ireland begins to sweat at the first Coronavirus case in NI, via Dublin

The Gist: Conventional Wizards

A rare treat as the nameless voice of Ireland's leading political commentators helms a special Gist

The Gist: Events, dear boy

The political bubble pops as events start to press in on a political system still in post-election seclusion.

The Gist: Lovesongs and Negotiations

Party ins and outs are unclear, but what about the policies?

The Weekend Gist: News from Elsewhere

A quiet weekend for Irish political news prompts a quick look at other things happening.

The Gist: A bonfire of vanities

Its been two weeks since the election. I was away for the last week. Now I’m back, it’s probably time for a bit of a round up. And, it turns out, some strange things have happened. Three go in, None come out After nearly two weeks of shadow

The Gist: Party political shorts

One week on, a very very brief overview on where the parties stand

The Gist: The Next Election

While the Dáil flails about trying to put itself together, what about the Seanad?

The Gist: Mutually Assured Destruction

From no-news to all-news in one day.

Count Gist

Howlin quits, FG/FF fits

Count Gist: The sound of silence

It's three days since the vote and everything has gone very quiet. In coffee shops all around Leinster House people are huddled in clumps, speaking in hushed tones, eyes darting at the door in case an enemy or journalist comes in. But, for the rest of us, everything

Count Gist: And in the End, the transfers you give....

It's Day 2 of the Count and we are into the realm of hilarity as the losing parties- who have never both lost the same election- struggle to come to terms with what's happened. The numbers have settled down and we know what the Dáil looks