social democrats

On this week's episode of Basically... Stefanie talks to Social Democrat TD Holly Cairns. They talk about the unlikelihood of Holly winning her seat, the campaign, the count, and ultimately how she won the seat. Holly talks about what a…

It is difficult to overstate how dramatic and transformative the results of GE2020 have turned out to be. Ireland's version of the two-party system has been broken. We likely will have a Taoiseach who doesn't come from the two parties that…

Elections are one method of democracy that entail a political dynamic that seems increasingly frustrating to the people they’re supposed to represent. Different parties compete to hold power and are held under a constant scrutiny not so…