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Presidential election: Meet the three hopefuls who will be on the ballot paper next month
Sinn Féin yet to decide on putting candidate forward while some independents seeking support from councils
What’s the point of party think-ins when the same social problems persist?
Participants will undoubtedly focus on the presidential election campaign, which is a short-term diversion from long-standing and worsening social issues
Fianna Fáil backbenchers revolt to back ‘Netflix levy’ a ‘storm in a teacup’, says TD
Malcolm Byrne seeks to play down dispute over levy which Fine Gael Minister for Media Patrick O’Donovan has opposed
Taoiseach accuses Sinn Féin of ‘nasty’ attack on Jim Gavin over Gaza remarks
Pearse Doherty TD describes comments of presidential candidate as ‘shocking’ and ‘disgraceful’
Diarmaid Ferriter on Speaking My Mind by Leo Varadkar: Jaunty but superficial and lazy at times
Former taoiseach provides gossip and entertaining titbits but displays detachment about matters of substance
Éamon de Valera’s scientific interest can still be seen in energy revolution today
Dev had a keen intellect and understanding of cutting-edge science
Support for Catherine Connolly presidential campaign solidifying among Sinn Féin TDs
Gareth Sheridan and Maria Steen set to make presidential election pitches to Fingal County Council
Inside the Fianna Fáil presidential vote: standing ovations, ‘thunderous’ applause and tears
Fianna Fáiler emotion before the vote: excitement; nervousness; giddiness; anticipation; tension
Micheál Martin now needs his party victor Jim Gavin to win the presidential election
The closer-than-expected win for Gavin over Billy Kelleher suggests revived tensions between Fianna Fáil and its leader
Former TD Colm Keaveney pleads guilty to driving under influence of cocaine
Judge says Keaveney has had ‘significant fall from grace’ as he also pleads guilty to driving with no insurance
Fianna Fáil’s Jim Gavin ‘has all the credentials to be fine president’ - Billy Kelleher
MEP, who had contested party’s presidential nomination, says he will canvas every day he can for fomer Dublin football manager
Jim Gavin ‘honoured’ to be selected as Fianna Fáil presidential candidate
Parliamentary party voted by 41-29 favour of GAA stalwart over Ireland South MEP Billy Kelleher
Party think-ins have been dominated by one thing, and it’s not policy
With the major parties reconvening for the next Dáil term, the cut and thrust of the presidential race takes centre stage
From anonymity to first citizen of the land – aspiring presidential candidates plea for backing in the Kingdom
Independents on Kerry County Council believe they may have enough votes to back a candidate
Leo Varadkar autobiography: Six takeaways, from Golfgate to that heave against Enda Kenny
‘Eccentric’ childhood obsession with politics, criticism of Garret FitzGerald, and champagne with Nigel Farage
Presidential election: County councils most likely to nominate an Independent candidate
Candidates must be nominated by four county councils if going down this route to get their name on the ballot
Independent presidential hopefuls seek support of Kerry councillors, but Fine Gael stance now clear
Fianna Fáil yet to indicate if it will instruct councillors to not back independents
Presidential hopefuls call on Fianna Fáil not to block their route to entering election
Fine Gael has already told its councillors to oppose nomination of any other candidates
If we want fairer wealth distribution in Ireland, we need to tax property properly
As families have become smaller and household wealth has risen, inherited wealth can drive growing inequality in our society
Independent presidential hopefuls criticise Fine Gael plan to block council nominations
Independents Nick Delehanty and Gavin Sheridan describe party’s move to narrow path for outsiders as undemocratic and disappointing
Sixty years after Fine Gael’s Just Society document, is Ireland any fairer?
Ireland's decision-makers must prioritise the marginalised over the middle-class
Three (other) big issues preoccupying Irish politicians: spending, housing, neutrality
These are the things they’re thinking about when they’re not thinking about the presidential election (which is a lot of the time)
Is CMAT’s claim about suicide during the economic crash accurate?
A noticeable increase in Irish male suicide from 2007 onwards ‘can be mapped directly’ against the economic crash
Bertie Ahern defends legacy but rules out Áras bid: ‘Friends gave money, not robbers or crooks’
Former taoiseach says he respects Fianna Fáil ‘far too much’ to consider run as an Independent
Labour accuses Sinn Féin of ‘dithering’ on approach to presidential election campaign
Party leader Ivana Bacik says conversations with Alan Kelly private after TD indicates reluctance to back Catherine Connolly’s candidacy
President Geldof, Donnelly or Flatley? Is there still a path to the Áras for an Independent?
Is a route to presidential nomination via the Oireachtas open to anyone else? Theoretically, yes
Increasing Dublin parking permits to €225 a ‘slap in the face’, council hears
Dublin City councillors react to plans for annual permit increases likely to prove controversial
Áras hopeful Jim Gavin secures backing from five more Fianna Fáil TDs
Declarations bring former Dublin GAA football boss’s support to 30 members of parliamentary party
Presidential election: Everything you need to know about the runners and how to vote
Candidates must be nominated by at least 20 members of the Oireachtas or at least four local authorities
Presidential election: Just three weeks for Independent candidates to secure nomination
Nominations due to open on Friday, with polling day expected to be October 24th
No appetite in Government to unwrap reasons behind rising food prices
State agency that could get to bottom of problem denied powers required to expose unsettling facts of the matter
Seán Moran: After nearly a century, has the time come for a GAA President of Ireland?
The association has never impacted on the Áras to the same extent as on the Dáil and Seanad
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