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Monday 28 November 2022
Fianna Fáil have claimed two seats and it’s one each for Sinn Féin and the Greens.
The contest is for the seat vacated by Mick Wallace.
The runners and riders in the Cork North Central by-election.
The upcoming by-election is to replace MEP Clare Daly.
Candidates are contesting the seat left by Frances Fitzgerald.
Voters in constituencies in Dublin, Cork and Wexford will be heading to the polls.
The letter is seen as a rallying call as Fine Gael enters into election mode.
The votes are counted and the Dáil has two new opposition TDs, but what does it all mean?
The Sinn Féin president insists the party never said it was going to win the Dublin South-West Dáil seat.
By-election campaign videos are odd, wonderful, and informative. Sort of.
Its members spent the most in the Dublin West and Longford Westmeath by-elections, the Standards in Public Office Commission said.
The two votes are likely to take place before the Budget in October.
There are some very sensible reasons why hundreds of primary schools will close today to facilitate voting.
Voters in Dublin West and Longford-Westmeath will have an extra ballot paper later this month.
The government looks set to move to writ for elections in Dublin West and Longford-Westmeath next month catching many of the possible candidates on the hop as they focus on the local and, in some cases, European elections.
The next Constituency Commission will be told to provide for a reduced number – reducing the Dáil by about a dozen.
The cases taken by Fine Gael over the delays in the Waterford and Dublin South by-elections have both been delayed.
Recently-elected Sinn Féin TD welcomed by Dáil colleagues on his first day at the office.
Sinn Féin senator Pearse Doherty tops the polls and takes Dáil seat, after beating rivals with huge first preference vote.
The Donegal South-West by-election takes place today, 17 months after the seat came vacant, amid waning enthusiasm.
A Red C poll commissioned by Paddy Power shows Sinn Féin with substantial support ahead of next week’s ballot.
Fine Gael launch legal action after the government blocked the writs for by-elections in two Dáil constituencies.
The Dáil is held up after opposition parties demand legislation to stop a Supreme Court by-election appeal.
Jim McDaid will be handsomely rewarded for his 21 years as a TD and seven as a minister as he retires.
Chief Whip John Curran has said he expects the by-election to take place by the end of the November.
The Green Party says the government should honour the spirit of the High Court opinion, with other ballots in Spring.
The High Court deems that the delay in holding the by-election in Donegal South-West is ‘unreasonable’.
The government wins three Dáil votes defeating by-elections – but admits it will try to hold them in early 2011.
THE DETAILS OF a long-awaited deposit-return scheme have been released today, including how much the deposit will amount to.
A 15c deposit will apply to cans and bottles up to 500ml and a 25c deposit on those over 500ml under the new measure.
It’s part of an effort to reduce litter and increase recycling rates.
Machines will be fitted in shops for customers to return their containers, where they will be able to choose whether to receive their refunded deposit as cash or credit for the shop, or make a donation to charity.
So today, we’re asking you: Would you return a bottle to get your 15c or 25c back?
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Polina Bashkina speaks to older Ukrainian people left to cope on the front lines of this war.
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