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# local election

Last year
2023
Limerick to vote for Ireland's first directly elected mayor in 2024
Sinn Féin storming ahead in historic Northern Ireland local election
All time
All to play for as first European election counts announced
Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael securing majority of votes as Sinn Féin takes a hit
RTÉ now lists all candidates in a constituency whenever one is mentioned on air
Former UFC fighter Paddy Holohan is going into politics and admits he's 'no expert'
Fine Gael will seek Labour and Greens support as future government partners, as Leo fails to rule out 2019 election
Explainer: It's looking more likely that the property tax system will be overhauled
Exit polls: Germany's anti-migrant populists unseat Merkel's party
'The government treats people like gobshites' - John Wilson
Eamon Gilmore resigns as Labour Party leader
The post-election poster debacle has already begun
It's not over yet but these candidates have already been popping the champagne
Enda Kenny refuses to rule out coalition with Sinn Féin or Fianna Fáil
Fine Gael loses two seats in Castlebar as elected independent says people there 'go to bed hungry'
Ex-Fianna Fáil TD Chris Andrews set to top poll for Sinn Féin
Right-to-die campaigner Tom Curran looks set to miss out on Arklow seat
It will go to the late rounds but Kenny Egan looks like squeezing a seat
This MEP candidate almost wasn't allowed vote for himself (or anyone else)
'People are raging': Bríd Smith is capitalising on voter anger
Fine Gael's 'no expenses' candidate uses Seanad envelopes to send out leaflets
Noonan: We will deal with medical card issues... after the election
Rónán Mullen dancing to Pharrell and 5 other slightly odd campaign videos
Bray has some very unusual local election candidates
This Fine Gael candidate has given himself a glorious Conchita beard
Green Party candidate reports alleged racial abuse to gardaí
Fianna Fáil TD hopes Hanafin doesn't fall off her ladder as she erects posters in Blackrock
Ibec aren't a political party, but if they were, this is what their local election manifesto would say
Jillian Godsil to run in European elections after scrapping of law barring bankruptees
'Ireland is the best little country in the world in which to run as an independent'
'I underestimated Enda Kenny' - FG candidate who said Taoiseach spoke "twaddle"
Kenny Egan steps into the ring for Fine Gael, would like to be known as 'Kenneth'
A 20-year-old local election candidate is selling his PS3 to fund his campaign