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Coveney urges electorate to back directly-elected mayors
- Irish News
- May 22, 2019, 08:02
Tánaiste Simon Coveney has urged the people of Cork city to come out and back a plebiscite to allow for a directly-elected Lord Mayor. The Minister f(...)

Last summer, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez made international headlines when she defeated a ten-term incumbent Congressman in the Democratic primary for Ne(...)

North Macedonia eyes EU accession talks after presidential election
- Europe
- May 6, 2019, 16:20
The European Union has welcomed the election of Stevo Pendarovski as president of North Macedonia, the recently renamed Balkan state that hopes to sta(...)

Ellie Kisyombe to run in elections after correcting backstory, party says
- Irish News
- May 4, 2019, 12:35
The Social Democrats local election candidate Ellie Kisyombe will proceed as a candidate following a review of her case. Allegations of inconsistenci(...)

Gary Gannon seeks Social Democrats nomination to run in Europe
- Politics
- January 9, 2019, 01:00
Social Democrats councillor Gary Gannon has said he intends to seek a nomination from his party to run in Dublin in May’s European elections. Speaki(...)

German authorities seek Irish help over ‘very serious’ data hack
- Technology
- January 4, 2019, 08:35
Germany has sought assistance of Irish data protection officials and US intelligence after a “very, very serious” hack of digital communications of Ge(...)

Czech protests deepen crisis around scandal-hit leader Babis
- Europe
- November 18, 2018, 17:00
Thousands of Czechs have protested against their prime minister, Andrej Babis, and urged him to resign over a string of scandals, including claims fro(...)

Parties use millions of public funds for election war chests
- Politics
- October 31, 2018, 00:58
Political parties are using million of euros of public funding to bolster their financial position ahead of European and local elections – and perhaps(...)

Protesters and president pile pressure on Romanian government
- Europe
- August 12, 2018
Romanian prosecutors are investigating the role of police officers and protesters in clashes that injured more than 450 people during an anti-governme(...)

Macedonian rivalries threaten vote on historic deal with Greece
- Europe
- July 25, 2018, 14:30
A historic agreement to rename Macedonia and open its path to EU and Nato membership could be derailed by a bitter rivalry between the country’s main(...)