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# Cork South Central

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# The Election Hot List
These are the 10 most important constituencies in the general election
Analysis: We’ve picked out the bellwether constituencies that will tell us a lot about the outcome of Election 2016.
# Summer is over
TDs and Senators coming back next week to grill bankers over mortgage arrears
TDs and Senators on the Oireachtas Finance Committee will grill the heads of the main Irish banks next week.
# Political Comeback
Former Green Party senator Dan Boyle plotting political comeback
Boyle is set to run in the local elections next year.
# Constituency Commission
Confirmed: Dáil to lose 8 TDs with confirmation of boundary changes
Ministers have agreed to table new laws enforcing cuts to the size of the Dáil, in line with independent recommendations.
# Dáil boundaries
Constituency report: Dáil loses 8 TDs in radical boundary shake-up
The report of the Constituency Commission cuts the number of TDs, with significant boundary reforms.
# Count
Six key constituencies to watch in today's referendum count
There’s a couple of bell-weather areas which, if the past is anything to go by, could give a hint as to the total outcome.
# People's Convention
Election candidate demands prosecution proceedings... against himself
Diarmaid Ó Cadhla, who ran in Cork South-Central, says legislation requiring him to disclose donations is unconstitutional.
# Keyboard warrior
Fine Gael TD defends 'keyboard warrior' comments
Jerry Buttimer’s reference to ‘keyboard warriors’ during the Dáil debate on the controversial statutory instrument reinforcing online copyright laws was criticised in some quarters.
# GE11
The Half Past Fix: 6.30pm
EVERY HOUR – on the half hour – TheJournal.ie brings you your fix of election tallies, predictions and results of the last 60 minutes. Here’s how the winners and losers of GE11 are playing out so far.
# GE11
The Half Past Fix: 2.30pm
Every hour – on the half hour – TheJournal.ie brings you your fix of election tallies, predictions and results. Here’s how the winners and losers of GE11 are playing out so far.
# Fianna Fáil
Michéal Martin says Fianna Fail may now look to Northern Ireland
Leader says party is looking to “new challenges” including getting involved in Northern political scene and changing what it means to be in Opposition.
# Cork South Central
Coveney elected, Clune eliminated in Cork South Central
# Cork South Central
Labour's Ciarán Lynch elected on the ninth count
# GE11
The Half Hour Fix: 1.30am
EVERY HOUR – on the half hour – TheJournal.ie brings you your fix of election tallies, predictions and results. Here’s how the winners and losers of GE11 are playing out so far.
# GE11
The Hot List: How the day unfolded in 12 key constituencies
Kevin Humpheys has taken the final seat for Labour in Dublin South-East. Check out how the first day of counting unfolded in key constituencies across the country.
# GE11
Micheál Martin retains seat in Cork South Central
Fianna Fáil party leader is just the third in his party to have a seat in the next Dáil.
# GE11
Fine Gael's Deirdre Clune facing battle for final seat in Cork South Central
Deirdre Clune could be in trouble in Cork.
# GE11
Martin tops the charts in election travel stakes
The party leaders are wearing out the shoeleather as canvassing hits a climax – racking up almost 1,300km between them.
# GE11
Poll: Who won last night’s final leaders’ debate?
A simple question, perhaps not a simple answer: who came out best from last night’s RTÉ leaders’ debate?
# GE11
Party leaders spar off in final election debate
Micheál Martin, Enda Kenny and Eamon Gilmore trade blows on job creation, health reform and their goals for leadership.
# Opinion Polls
Labour recovers some ground in latest opinion poll
Labour returns its share of public support to 20 per cent, while Fianna Fáil drops back to 14 and Fine Gael holds at 38.
# GE11
Newstalk denies agreeing to preconditions on Enda Kenny interview
The Fine Gael leader said yesterday evening that he would not be taking any payments from teaching pension, but Newstalk presenter suggested Kenny would not actually discuss the issue in an interview.
# GE11
Fine Gael set to top student voting trends
A nationwide survey of over 1,200 third level students shows Fine Gael set to pick up over a third of student first preferences.
# Face off
Down with the kids: Who has the best 'tots-on-the-trail' pic?
Not everyone can work well with kids… and impress their voter parents.
# Daily Fix
Daily Fix: Friday
Seven days to go until polling – time to catch up with the day’s winners and losers as the election hits the final stretch.
# In pics
On the hustings: The week in pictures on the Election 2011 campaign trail
TheJournal.ie brings you Election 2011′s candidates in their more – or less – photogenic moments of the week.
# GE11
Defence Forces and Martin play down Ned O'Keeffe's 'army coup' comments
The outgoing Cork TD had said an army coup in Ireland was “real possibility”. His son has said he is “shocked” by the comments.
# GE11
Leaders debate Irish, jobs and agriculture in TG4 debate
Eamon Gilmore, Enda Kenny and Micheál Martin take part in the first of their two three-way leaders’ debates on TG4.
# GE11
Daily Fix: Tuesday
Ten days to go now – so let’s catch up with the winners and losers from another day on the trail.
# GE11
Twitter debate reaction negative to all five parties
TheJournal.ie’s Twitter Tracker now tracks sentiment – and shows that all five parties were bemoaned during RTÉ’s debate.
# Adams
Adams dismisses Micheál Martin's "smear campaign"
Gerry Adams says Martin’s comments about the Sinn Féin leader are a distraction from Fianna Fáil’s lack of real solutions and proposals for the economy.
# GE11
Odds on FG triumph shorten after RTÉ debate
Enda Kenny’s solid performance sees the odds of a resounding Fine Gael victory shorten with the major bookmakers.
# Your Say
Poll: Should Gerry Adams open up about his past?
Have your say in today’s poll on Sinn Féin’s election candidate for Louth.
# Leaders' Debate
Slideshow: what the papers say about the debates
A round-up of today’s news and front page coverage of last nights five-way leaders’ debate.
# GE11
Poll: Who won the five-way RTÉ leaders’ debate?
A simple question, but probably no simple answer: who came out on top on The Frontline’s Valentine’s Day Debate?
# GE11
Gallery: backstage at RTÉ’s five-way election debate
Julien Behal’s PA gallery of life behind the scenes at Montrose last night – and some unexpected shows of affection…
# Leaders' Debate
Punch and Judy, red cents and Rip van Winkle: How the second leaders' debate panned out.
The missed blows, the landed punches and – maybe – the policies that emerged in last night’s five-way leaders’ debate at RTE.
# leaders' debates
Valentine's Day Massacre and other assorted debate clichés...
The outcome of tonight’s leaders’ debate isn’t certain – but the likelihood of commentators employing a few lovelorn idioms in the aftermath is odds-on…