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The general election is just two weeks away.
There are a lot of promises to the electorate over the 260+ combined pages in both manifestos.
Fine Gael will launch its general election manifesto today – as will Fianna Fáil.
Leo Varadkar and Micheál Martin clashed last night in a debate on Virgin Media One. We’ve looked at the main claims.
Pearse Doherty’s expected surplus could help his Sinn Féin colleague Pádraig Mac Lochlainn regain his seat, according to a new opinion poll.
In a statement, the outgoing Dún Laoghaire TD said the past few months had been “extremely difficult”.
Public hospitals earned just over €11.7 million from car parking fees last year.
Targeted Facebook ads allow political parties to select who they want to see the advert by age group, gender and where they live.
Fianna Fáil has been legally advised against ‘a flat rent freeze’.
Sinn Féin has criticised the head-to-head debates between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil.
Fianna Fáil want Sipo to carry out an investigation.
The government has defended the ad.
Fine Gael are just one point ahead of Sinn Féin in the latest Sunday Times opinion poll.
As a self-confessed political anorak, Larry Donnelly is looking forward to the race.
Leo Varadkar has defended Fine Gael’s record on law and order.
Varadkar said the video had set out to portray serious issues in a light-hearted way.
The minister was out campaigning today.
Sinn Fein has pledged to restore the pensionable age to 65
It’s day two on the election campaign, with a focus on the economy.
Gardaí were alerted to the incident at Wilton Terrace yesterday afternoon.
Some referendums have taken place on Saturdays.
Several politicians have taken to the airwaves this morning.
Leo Varadkar said that as things stand the Dáil will reconvene next Wednesday as scheduled.
Speculation is gathering pace that the Taoiseach might call an election in the coming days.
The two party leaders are due to meet on Thursday to discuss the next general election and when it might be.
The taxpayer was led to believe the USC was a temporary tax, imposed to see us through the dark days.
Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are neck-and-neck in the polls.
In a wide-ranging interview, Coveney says he isn’t trying to manoeuvre himself into a leadership contest with Leo Varadkar.
Varadkar moves ahead of John Bruton in the length of time they’ve been Taoiseach.
Coveney said the by-election campaign was ‘personally stressful’ on Murphy.
Micheál Martin and Leo Varadkar have said they don’t believe it is the right time for any border poll on reunification.
Support has also grown for Sinn Féin, according to the poll.
He also accused Fine Gael of ‘targeting’ Fianna Fáil members.
Speaking to reporters today, the Taoiseach said Murphy’s controversial comments came as a “big surprise”.
Martin says a legislative priority programme must be agreed for after Christmas.
Murphy has been removed from the Fine Gael general election ticket, the party said yesterday.
The former Fine Gael candidate says she has been called racist for ‘raising security issues’.
Leo Varadkar said that party members and activists around the country feel “intensely” that reputational damage has been done.
The Taoiseach also said the homelessness crisis is “distressing” to him.