This is a disastrous day for Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael
Huge number of spoiled votes conveys a message of hostility towards established politics
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Huge number of spoiled votes conveys a message of hostility towards established politics
Final poll of the campaign confirms strong momentum behind Independent candidate
Catherine Connolly and Heather Humphreys were both questioned on their perceived vulnerabilities
Expect the final live televised debate between Catherine Connolly and Heather Humphreys to be tense and bad-tempered
Attack ad targets Catherine Connolly’s work as a barrister for banks in repossession cases during the crash
Independent TD is on 38%, almost double the support of Fine Gael’s Heather Humphreys
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Government motion is an apparent bid to offset a disabilities debate in the final week of the presidential election campaign
Catherine Connolly and Heather Humphreys have a head-to-head debate this morning
All is unlikely to be quiet on the Fianna Fáil front
Fianna Fáil backbenchers preparing to take the Taoiseach to task over the presidential campaign
Postmortem on misguided presidential campaign will pause while Government reveals spending plans
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Summit hears talk of a ‘drone wall’ to secure EU’s eastern frontier against Russian incursions
There is growing fear among EU countries that Moscow is stepping up its hostilities
Catherine Connolly was fluent and coherent but spoke only to her base of left-wing voters
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Presidential election: conservative campaigner believes the establishment has locked her out of the contest
Conservative campaigner seeking two more nominations to get on the ballot
It is ‘offensive’ that Palestinian Authority officials were blocked from travelling to New York summit, says Simon Harris
Opposition putting pressure on Government to include fresh electricity credits in Budget
The Dáil returns after two months of summer break, with weeks of pre-budget leaking to come
Our team will have our hands full during this political term with presidential election, budget 2026 and the Occupied Territories Bill
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Public has little sense the Government is getting to grips with problems
The race for the presidency gathered pace on Tuesday with Fine Gael nominating former European commissioner Mairéad McGuinness to be its candidate
Presidential election race to step up a gear as Mairéad McGuinness expected to declare
Both tariffs and the Occupied Territories Bill make the main news stories this morning
Opposition has Government in a bind on college registration fees
Sinn Féin’s Mary Lou McDonald refused to rule herself out of the race on Monday
Possible consequences of the bill continue to worry some in Government
Fine Gael are not happy but this, in a way, appears part of the post-election hangover
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