Renua's leader quits the party, leaving it with no elected representatives
Councillor John Leahy said the party needs “a different direction”.
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Councillor John Leahy said the party needs “a different direction”.
Aontú won three seats in the local elections in the south, and one seat in the Northern Ireland local elections.
There are some very interesting takeaways from this batch of various votes.
Fewer than half of poll respondents thought it was a good idea.
Social Protection Minister Regina Doherty said there was not one issue that did the damage.
The European elections have thrown up some tricky timeline issues.
Ireland was allotted an additional two seats as part of the redistribution of seats due to UK’s vote to leave the European Union.
On Friday, people around the country turned out at local polling stations to cast their vote on the ballot papers.
Noeleen Reilly resigned from the party in 2018, citing a failure of the leadership to deal with a campaign of bullying against her.
While a green wave overtook the local elections, the Greens’ Ciaran Cuffe topped the European poll in Dublin.
We’re still waiting for seats to be filled in Ireland South and Midlands North-West.
A comprehensive list of everyone who has nabbed a seat.
More than 4% of European election votes were deemed invalid this year.
Adenuga and her family are also well-known for their appearances on TV show Gogglebox.
Dublin edges towards first MEP result, Cork and Waterford vote ‘No’ in plebiscite, and reaction to MEP elections in Europe.
Independent Mannix Flynn was elected on the fifth count, beating People Before Profit’s Annette Mooney by 12 votes.
Meanwhile, there are around 50 seats yet to be filled across Ireland’s local authorities.
The Fine Gael TD today defended her now-dropped legal action against a Dublin hotel.
There may be space for one this summer, so should we go for it?
There’ll be battles for the final seats in all three EU constituencies while the council seats are almost filled.
Stick with us as we bring you the latest updates all evening and into the night.
Ian McGarvey, who will turn 89 in July, fought a close battle to keep his seat
Leo Varadkar said he has no plans call into Aras an Uachtarain in the next couple of days.
The Labour leader said he is ‘not at all disappointed’ with his party’s result.
Housing minister Eoghan Murphy faced a similar protest at the RDS yesterday.
Albert Dolan was elected on the first count at around 1.30am this morning.
Hugh McElvaney has now been elected to Monaghan County Council for the tenth successive time.
The Healy-Rae family have seen a 19-election streak of wins.
It’s still unclear why delivery of the ballot papers was delayed.
Housing was one of the number one issues raised on the doorsteps during the campaign trail, said McDonald.
The story of Friday’s election is still being written.
All the data so far points to a Green surge in the Euro elections, meanwhile, with the party potentially claiming three seats.
So far five Green Party candidates have been elected to Dublin City Council.
McDonald said she is disappointed with her party’s results.
Party co-leader Róisín Shortall described the issue as “water under the bridge”.
Martin’s comments come as speculation mounts in Cork that the plebiscite looks set to be defeated.
Micheál Martin has a task to convince those in their teens and 20s to give his candidates first preferences.
Many of the races for EU seats are too close to call so we’re expecting a long count.
The Green Party could be in for a record-breaking election.