As always, the major political stories for the coming year are likely to emerge from nowhere that is currently on the horizon. However, we do know that there will be two major events in 2022. An assembly election in the North may well see Sinn Fein take over as the largest party and be rewarded with the office of First Minister. And in December – if the government gets that far – there will be a change of Taoiseach in the rotation agreement between Fianna Fail and Fine Gael. But what else is likely to come dropping over the course of the year? Irish Examiner Deputy Political Editor Elaine Loughlin joined us.

ELAINE LOUGHLIN: The year ahead in politics.

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