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General Election

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GE2024Waterford
Waterford TD apologises for 'upset' caused by projecting election ad onto palliative care building
28 Nov 2024
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GE2024the race is on
Who's running in your constituency? Find out with The Journal's candidate database
28 Nov 2024
126k
GE2024ge24
Far-right parties form National Alliance in bid to win general election seats
27 Nov 2024
26.7k
Election Poll
Fine Gael and Sinn Féin neck-and-neck while Fianna Fáil enjoys slight advantage in new polling
27 Nov 2024
33.8k
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GE2024Explainer
General election: How does PR-STV work and should I vote the whole way down the ballot paper?
Allow us to explain.
Órla Ryan
Updated 27 Nov 2024
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RELATED
Here is where Ireland's political parties stand on Gaza
27 Nov 2024
FactCheck: The final debate of the campaign, with claims on housing, inflation and manifestos
27 Nov 2024
Is expanding Help to Buy the worst possible use of Ireland’s Apple tax windfall?
22 Nov 2024
GE2024Campaign Trail
At a glance: Parties enter final sprints as dust settles after leaders' debate
Updated 27 Nov 2024
20.9k
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inheritance tax
Where do the main parties (and former minister Alan Shatter) stand on inheritance tax?
27 Nov 2024
11.5k
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Social Media
TikTok approved 'obvious' election-related disinformation ads, including in Irish language
27 Nov 2024
4.4k
26
GE2024General Election
Here is where Ireland's political parties stand on Gaza
Many Irish voters feel passionately about the Palestinian cause and want their public representatives to do more on the issue.
27 Nov 2024
15.0k
GE2024Daily poll
Have you decided how you'll vote in the general election?
26 Nov 2024
25.1k
134
Far-right
Irish conspiracy theories about vote-rigging during June elections peaked around polling day
26 Nov 2024
6.1k
GE2024John McGahon
John McGahon: Harris stands by his defence of candidate found liable for assault in civil case
Updated 25 Nov 2024
16.9k
GE2024Put to the test
Environmentalists rank parties on climate (and cycling) - here’s the results
Updated 25 Nov 2024
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GE2024care workers
Simon Harris on Kanturk video: 'There's no one more annoyed with me than me'
25 Nov 2024
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GE2024General Election
Fine Gael now less popular than Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin, according to new poll
25 Nov 2024
28.6k
156
GE2024Oops
Huge €5 billion 'black hole' uncovered in Fine Gael's manifesto spending plan
The discovery is an uncomfortable one for the government party.
23 Nov 2024
64.3k
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ge2024
Larry Donnelly: It was a sleepy general election, but the storm clouds are now looming
Larry Donnelly
23 Nov 2024
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Controversy
Taoiseach says the voter who confronted him in viral video was 'absolutely owed an apology'
The woman, Charlotte Fallon, said that Harris rang her this morning to apologise for walking away from her.
Updated 23 Nov 2024
116k
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day 15
Campaign trail: With one week to go, parties are putting it all on the table
Updated 22 Nov 2024
7.3k
66
your stories
If you've emigrated, what would the next government have to promise to entice you to come home?
21 Nov 2024
11.7k
119
at a glance
Campaign trail: Simon Harris cuts ribbon on radio station and Greens pledge to tackle 'ghost buses'
Updated 21 Nov 2024
11.0k
ge2024
People with Down syndrome have been ‘under-reached’ with information about how to vote
21 Nov 2024
4.5k
29
GE2024Running mates
New(ish) kids on the block: Meet the Fine Gael hopefuls trying to hold outgoing TDs' seats
20 Nov 2024
11.1k
34
ge2024
To the politicians: 'The housing crisis has trapped us in adolescence'
Sarah Moran
Updated 19 Nov 2024
14.8k
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day 12
Campaign trail at a glance: Sinn Féin and Social Democrats release election manifestos
Updated 19 Nov 2024
16.2k
92
WhichCandidate
Unsure about who to vote for in the general election? There's a quiz that might help you
19 Nov 2024
19.1k
48
Louth
Taoiseach has 'no idea' if he'll canvass with John McGahon amid pressure on FG candidate
19 Nov 2024
9.1k
GE2024Public Funds
Sinn Féin's Doherty says Fine Gael plan to dissolve OPW 'won't solve overspending'
18 Nov 2024
7.7k
55
GE2024
Labour lash out at FG sick leave U-turn as cracks emerge between prospective coalition partners
Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil had been eyeing up Labour as possible future partners in government, if the numbers added up after the election.
Christina Finn
18 Nov 2024
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GE2024manifesto launch
Fine Gael promises lower energy bills, fewer taxes and €1,000 for every baby
Major spending commitments in areas such as housing, childcare and the cost of living are included in the document.
17 Nov 2024
17.6k
92
GE2024Working Time Directive
Labour commits to long-awaited overtime arrangements for defence forces in election manifesto
16 Nov 2024
5.7k
29
GE2024friend to foe
Campaign trail at a glance: Harris and Martin bump into each other in Killorglin
Updated 16 Nov 2024
12.7k
47
GE2024no green light
O'Gorman defends 'legitimate' objection made by Green Party housing TD to 330 homes in Dublin
16 Nov 2024
25.3k
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GE2024Day Eight
Campaign trail at a glance: Former MEP announces election bid and government parties launch safety plans
Updated 15 Nov 2024
11.2k
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Niamh O'Reilly: Simon says Friday is a good day for an election. Good for whom, exactly?
Niamh O'Reilly
Updated 15 Nov 2024
9.2k
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PodcastThe Explainer
The general election campaign is underway — what now?
GE2024General Election
New poll sees Fine Gael on course to be largest party, but support for independents jumps
14 Nov 2024
24.5k
198
GE2024Analysis
How the two big government parties are hamming up the aggro and it's all for your benefit
13 Nov 2024
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RELATED
Campaign trail at a glance: Taoiseach to be quizzed in live TV interview later
13 Nov 2024
Labour and Social Democrats vie for renters' vote (with very similar plans) as prices skyrocket
13 Nov 2024
GE2024Day Five
At a glance: Housing dominates agenda, and the first campaign trail mention of Paul Mescal
Updated 12 Nov 2024
17.9k
64
GE2024rural ireland
Simon Harris says politicians 'have to press reset on relationship with farmers'
12 Nov 2024
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