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# Aras18
Seán Gallagher set to announce he is seeking a nomination to run for president
A number of councillors have already said they will support the former presidential candidate.
# Áras 11
One year after #Aras11, where are the failed presidential candidates now?
One wrote a book, one went on tour, one went back up the North and one went to Strasbourg. Here’s what Seán, Martin, Gay, David, Dana and Mary did next.
# Aras11
Where were Mary Davis and Gay Mitchell today?
Fine Gael candidate Gay Mitchell and Independent candidate Mary Davis were not present for Michael D Higgins’s victory speech at Dublin Castle today – so where were they?
# Race for the Áras
#Aras11 diary: Where the candidates will be today
With just two days to go until polling, this is one of your last chances to meet the presidential candidates. Here’s where they will be today.
# Opinion
Column: Young people want to vote so cut the rhetoric...
Niall Morahan says his voluntary organisation TellUsWhy.ie is trying to sift through the sectarianism and baggage of Irish politics – and inform young voters of the real facts and issues.
# Race for the Áras
Behind every successful president... meet the spouses vying for the Áras
All the candidates aside from David Norris will bring a spouse into the Áras with them if elected.
# Race for the Áras
#Áras11 Quickfire Video Quiz: David Norris
TheJournal.ie put a series of quickfire questions to the Presidential candidates. Here is how they did – on camera.
# Race for the Áras
#Áras11 Quickfire Video Quiz: Martin McGuinness
TheJournal.ie put a series of quickfire questions to the Presidential candidates. Here is how they did – on camera.
# Race for the Áras
#Áras11: The Friday question for Presidential candidates
Each day this week, TheJournal.ie will be hosting Tell Us Why’s question campaign for clarity on the seven candidates’ priorities. Today: Ireland’s greatest contribution to the world.
# Race for the Áras
#Áras11 diary: Where the candidates will be today
As the election comes into full view with a week to polling, here’s your daily guide to where each candidate will spend their day.
# Race for the Áras
#Áras11 diary: Where the candidates will be today
Your daily guide to where each candidate will spend their day – with just eight days remaining until the all-important polling day.
# Race for the Áras
#Áras11 diary: Where the candidates will be today
Your daily guide to where each candidate will spend their day – with just nine days remaining until the all-important polling day.
# Aras11
#Áras11 diary: Where the candidates will be today
Want to meet the presidential candidates? Keep tabs on where they are campaigning with TheJournal.ie’s daily updates.
# Race for the Áras
Flanagan denies Mitchell's presidential bid is "doomed"
Charlie Flanagan TD has refuted claims that Gay Mitchell’s election campaign is doomed and that the focus is now on “saving face”.
# Race for the Áras
Big falls for Norris and Mitchell but gains for Gallagher in latest Áras poll
Michael D Higgins leads the latest Ipsos/MRBI poll to be published in tomorrow’s Irish Times.
# Race for the Áras
Dana insists: 'I am not anti-Europe'
The independent presidential candidate has hit back at accusations levelled at her on the campaign trail.
# Michael?
Has Michael McDowell joined Twitter to discuss #Áras11?
A Twitter account, claiming to belong to the former Justice Minister, has sprung up.
# Race for the Áras
Mary Davis reiterates independence and defends quango payments
There are reports today that Mary Davis was appointed to three state boards by FF ministers, and paid almost €190,000 in total. She says she has no political affiliations.
# Your Say
Poll: Who came out on top in last night's debate?
The seven presidential candidates took part in the first of three live televised debates last night. Were you watching? Who impressed you the most?
# Race for the Áras
No interview slot for David Norris on tonight's Late Late Show
The Presidential debate on RTE1 tonight consists of short interviews with candidates, followed by debate among all seven – but Norris already had his Late Late interview.
# Race for the Áras
'I am a unifier': McGuinness reacts to campaign criticism
As Fine Gael’s Gay Mitchell questions Martin McGuinness’ fitness to hold the office of the presidency, the Sinn Féin candidate says he is confident he can lead the effort “to build a new republic”.
# Daily Fix
The Daily Fix: Monday
Catch up on the day’s biggest news stories as well as the bits and pieces you may have missed.
# Race for the Áras
Seán Gallagher secures fourth local authority nomination
A second independent candidate has secured enough support from county and city councils to get their name on the ballot.
# Snap!
What new slogans would you give Davis and Mitchell?
As two presidential candidates run with essentially the same slogan, we’re asking what you would consider replacing that slogan with for each.
# Race for the Áras
SNAP! Presidential hopefuls have EXACT same campaign slogan
Uh-oh… someone’s going to be in trouble as Gay Mitchell and Mary Davis campaigns both end up with the slogan: Pride at home, Respect abroad.
Voices
Column: Why Norris had to jump – and who pushed him
Blogger Sinéad Keogh questions if David Norris was the subject of a ‘witch hunt’, the architect of his own downfall or a combination of inexperience, an inconsistent public and all of the above.
# David Norris
In pictures: Norris steps out of the Presidential race
The scene at No.18 North Great George’s Street this afternoon…
# Ezra Nawi
Michael D Higgins says previous support for Ezra Nawi was a "human rights issue"
Higgins and Senator Mark Daly “did not know” of Norris ex-partner’s rape conviction when they backed David Norris in a 2009 Oireachtas Joint Committee motion for support of Nawi in Israeli defence forces’ attack claim.
# David Norris
Norris: Who's supporting him now?
Senator David Norris and his remaining campaigners say his bid for the Presidency continues – but many of those who were to nominate him are staying quiet this evening.
Voices
Column: David Norris on why an independent CAN and SHOULD run for the Áras
Senator David Norris writes for TheJournal.ie on the value of political independence in the presidential race.
Voices
Column: Why the Irish abroad threaten the status quo
US-based Irish publisher Niall O’Dowd says the Diaspora represents a financial, tourism and cultural juggernaut and yet is treated with ambivalence and disrespect – and its members made to feel less than Irish.