ON FRIDAY, IRELAND will go to the polls to decide the makeup of the 34th Dáil.

To help people decide who to vote for, we’ve compiled a database of every candidate running in the general election – it’s HERE: 

The database contains pictures, biographies and social media profiles of almost 700 candidates from the 43 constituencies around the country.

The candidates can be searched by constituency or through their party page. 

We’ve also asked each candidate three key questions:

• Why did you decide to run in this election?
• What do you think is the greatest issue the country faces right now?
• What would you like your first speaking time in the Dáil to be about if you get elected?

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This database is just one part of The Journal’s extensive general election coverage. 

Our reporters are on the ground in constituencies across Ireland every day, talking to voters about the issues that matter the most. We’re covering what people are actually talking about, not what politicians are telling us they’re talking about. 

We’re sending a daily election newsletter for the three weeks of the campaign with behind-the-scenes news, original reporting, and everything you need to know to stay in the loop with the election. [Interested? Sign up here] 

The Candidate podcast, which covers the most interesting politics stories every week, has increased to two episodes every week on Tuesdays and Thursdays, where our brilliant panel talk about what’s really going on during the campaign.  

We liveblogged the leaders’ debates as they happened and factchecked them afterwards to see who was telling the truth and who may have been massaging it. 

And throughout the campaign, we’ve been bringing you the best of The Journal‘s public service journalism, explaining the news as well as breaking it. We’ve been doing explainers on everything you need to know, from how PR-STV works to what you’re allowed to do in the ballot box on polling day. 

Got a comment on our election coverage? A suggestion? Let us know: mail us at tips@thejournal.ie. And in the mean time, check out the database and start planning who you’ll be voting for.