Mick Wallace’s son a chip off the old block when it comes to Italian restaurants
Plus: Keith Duffy in a falling out over knees, Enda Kenny artfully backs a winner, and it turns out RTÉ and Sinn Féin can feel at home with each other after all
Mick Wallace
Winners and losers in general election 2024
Close-fought races and the tantalising prospect of power brought relief for the victorious but crushing lows for those rejected by the electorate
Clare Daly finds a Dublin Central political address once linked to her ally Mick Wallace
Plus: no sign of the next laureate for fiction; the less-than-diverse membership of Aosdána; and Niall Blaney’s poor attendance record
Mick Wallace confirms he is set to contest the general election in Wexford
The former MEP has announced he will stand two weeks before election day
Election Daily: First week of the campaign down, now it really begins
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Clare Daly to switch constituency and run as Dublin Central candidate
Election 2024: Former MEP to run in four-seater where TDs include Mary Lou McDonald and Paschal Donohoe
Agent Cobalt slips off the radar as the truth comes dropping slow from Sinn Féin
Taoiseach and his wife celebrate his birthday by going to see the musical Hamilton, which contains the perfect chorus for a young and hungry leader on the brink of his first general election
‘We are not going to say we are going to get over his loss because we won’t’, Mick Wallace tells son’s funeral
Former MEP’s son died earlier this week from a brain tumour at the age of 30 after becoming unwell at a music festival
Tributes paid to son of Mick Wallace who has died aged 30
Joseph Barry Wallace, one of the politician’s four children, played as a midfielder for Wexford Youths
Mick Wallace pledges to continue campaigning following loss of seat to Ní Mhurchú
Outgoing Ireland South MEP says he was ‘demonised’ by media as Fianna Fáil’s Cynthia Ní Mhurchú takes final seat in five-seat constituency
European election results: Who is still in line for a seat and where will the transfers flow?
Slow race towards European Parliament restarts this morning as counts in Dublin, Midlands-North-West and Ireland South resume
Fine Gael’s Seán Kelly retains Ireland South seat, with Fianna Fáil’s Billy Kelleher set to take second seat
European election: Independents Michael McNamara and Mick Wallace, Sinn Féin’s Kathleen Funchion, Green Party’s Grace O’Sullivan and Fianna Fail’s Cynthia Ní Mhurchú are battling for the other three seats
Election results: The candidates and constituencies to watch and what the main parties are hoping for
The only certainty is uncertainty, but here are the key bellwethers and battlegrounds in the European and local elections
How did Ireland’s MEPs perform in Europe over the last five years?
Coalition-building across political groups more important in European Parliament than in the Oireachtas
The psychology of election posters: to smile, frown or go full Mick Wallace?
Experts in behavioral psychology examine a selection of posters from the campaign trail to reveal hidden meanings
European Parliament elections: a few clear leaders and then a mad scramble for seats
Candidates face a battle where party running mates could be their most dangerous rivals transfers will in many cases be decisive
Substitute bench more important than usual in upcoming European elections
Names on European candidates’ replacement lists matter more than usual with a general election on the horizon
Not-quite-Independents are emerging as the new political force
One startling fact: the number of Independents elected to the Dáil in recent years has exceeded the combined number elected to all other EU member state parliaments
The Irish electorate and MEPs
Response from two elected members of the European Parliament to Stephen Collins’s Opinion piece
Wallace and Daly issue legal letter over Fine Gael statement about links to alleged Russian informant
Statement from Regina Doherty called on left MEPs to answer questions about links to Latvian politician
Who is the Latvian MEP linked to Wallace and Daly, accused of working with Russian intelligence?
Mick Wallace and Clare Daly took part in five activities in 15 months with Tatjana Ždanoka on Russian-related themes
Latvian MEP linked to Wallace and Daly accused of working with Russian intelligence
Left independent MEPs travelled to Lithuania twice with Tatjana Ždanoka, who has denied the allegations
Irish MEPs criticise von der Leyen as she leaves debate without taking questions
Six Irish MEPs also call for resignation of Hungarian commissioner Oliver Varhelyi
Nature Restoration Law could prevent farming without changes to wording – Luke Ming Flanagan
Midlands North-West MEP said line dedicated to restoring habitats could be obstacle to farming
Sinn Féin seeks another sign it is headed for power in European elections next year
Brussels votes are a distorted mirror, with anti-establishment sentiment to the fore. Can Sinn Féin wrestle it from longtime independents?
Mick Wallace caps China visit by revealing new ‘no war’ tattoo on state television
TV interview featuring Irish MEP stating ‘Taiwan is part of China’ shared by Chinese government accounts
John Burns: One half of Happy Pear gets permission for Greystones house
Happy Pear’s co-founder’s house plans, Liebherr’s love of Killarney, Mick Wallace’s complaint against the Irish Mirror, and Catherine Noone’s new role as a lobbyist
Justine McCarthy: Many hotels and restaurants are thriving at our expense
Decision to keep VAT rate for hospitality sector at 9% shows handouts go not to those in most need
European Left group await meeting on Wallace finances from wine bar restaurants ‘as soon as possible’
MEP’s earnings from wine bar business, initially omitted from financial declarations, emerged after video posted on social media
Mick Wallace gets €53 a week for wine bar ‘advice’, he tells local radio
In interview on South East Radio on Monday, Wallace claims he receives sum for providing ‘contacts with wine producers in Italy’
Mick Wallace earned undeclared money as ‘adviser’ to wine bar business
No ownership of wine bars or a vineyard was declared in the declaration of financial interests that the TD made when he joined the European Parliament in 2019
European Left group to seek answers from Mick Wallace over ‘wine bars’ claim
Ireland South MEP said in video he has three wine bars, but none feature on official register of financial interests
MEPs Wallace and Daly vote against call for tribunal to prosecute Russia for invasion of Ukraine
MEPs only two in parliament to vote against adding a debate on Dnipro to the agenda on Monday
The year in people: Who had a good one? Who didn’t?
From politics to entertainment and sport, Eoin Butler casts a critical eye over the heroes and the zeros of 2022
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