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# local-elections-2014 - Monday 26 May, 2014
Opinion: The rise of the independents... what does it mean for policy-making?
The number of floating voters has increased amid weakening attachment to political parties – could the affect coherent decision-making in the Dáil?
# local-elections-2014 - Saturday 24 May, 2014
Sinn Féin set to be biggest party on Dublin City Council
The party will go from five seats to being the largest party on the capital’s local authority.
# local-elections-2014 - Friday 23 May, 2014
The 11 emotions you go through when casting your vote
From annoyance to confusion to smugness, and back again.
# local-elections-2014 - Thursday 22 May, 2014
Larry Donnelly: Do political candidates really enjoy canvassing? I’ll never fully believe that
Recent canvassing has reminded me of my own first foray as a political candidate: I was 22 years old, nomination papers in hand, knees knocking together.
# local-elections-2014 - Tuesday 20 May, 2014
What's going on in Elections 2014? We're here to help
All the information you need in one handy widget. You’re welcome.
7 surprisingly creative acts of election poster vandalism
These folks take the well-worn “fake moustache” idea and throw it out the window.
# local-elections-2014 - Monday 19 May, 2014
The Tánaiste showed off his soccer skills with Brian Kerr today
A pair of head-the-balls. Literally.
# local-elections-2014 - Sunday 18 May, 2014
Noel Rock: I'm taking €0 expenses – here's why
Unvouched expenses would not be tolerated in the any other business, and taxpayers shouldn’t have to tolerate it either.
# local-elections-2014 - Friday 16 May, 2014
Been patronised on the doorstep? You're not alone
“Is your mammy or daddy home?”
# local-elections-2014 - Friday 9 May, 2014
These Galway housemates have a brilliant way of dealing with pesky canvassers
You gotta do what you gotta do.
# local-elections-2014 - Saturday 3 May, 2014
Fianna Fáil: Mary Hanafin is NOT running in the local elections
The party refuted media reports this morning.
# local-elections-2014 - Thursday 1 May, 2014
Meet the most adorable election candidate in Dublin
Probably the fluffiest candidate, too.
# local-elections-2014 - Tuesday 29 April, 2014
Someone's had a little fun with a Luke 'Ming' Flanagan poster in Roscommon
Somewhere in Ballaghaderreen, someone is probably feeling very pleased with themselves right now.
# local-elections-2014 - Monday 28 April, 2014
There's a blog celebrating Ireland's ridiest election candidates
Hot politicians in YOUR area want to chat with you. Really, they do. They’re up for election.
# local-elections-2014 - Friday 25 April, 2014
Spoof local election poster is equal parts creepy and wonderful
A local election, for local people.
Cork TD Jonathan O'Brien got down with his bad self for charity last night
Dance like nobody’s watching, Deputy.
# local-elections-2014 - Monday 14 April, 2014
A candidate from the 'Don't Give A Feck' Party is running in the Meath East local elections
What started as a joke for Dave Keaveney of Duleek, Co Meath, turned into a very real campaign.
# local-elections-2014 - Sunday 23 March, 2014
Ex-firefighter running in locals wants whistleblower legislation for all public sector workers
John Kidd said he’ll be sticking up for middle income workers if he’s elected.
# local-elections-2014 - Thursday 6 March, 2014
'I underestimated Enda Kenny' - FG candidate who said Taoiseach spoke "twaddle"
Maurice Dockrell says that the Taoiseach has a “huge depth of character”.
# local-elections-2014 - Sunday 2 March, 2014
"The best of luck to him" - former Hayes campaigner to run for Fianna Fáil
Emmett Hegarty put 30 hours a week into Brian Hayes’ 2011 campaign. Now he will seek election to South Dublin County Council for Fianna Fáil.
# local-elections-2014 - Tuesday 25 February, 2014
Fianna Fáil candidate withdraws from election after Micheal Martin's assistant is added to ticket
Padraic Vallely said that the decision came down to “politics” and that he was “gutted”.
# local-elections-2014 - Sunday 2 February, 2014
Less than a quarter of candidates running in the local elections are women
From the candidacy selections so far, Fianna Fáil is the worst when it comes to having women stand for office in the local elections this year.
# local-elections-2014 - Friday 31 January, 2014
Clondalkin councillors say it would be 'fantastic' if Kenny Egan runs in the local elections
The Olympic silver medallist is considering running as a Fine Gael candidate after he was approached by Minister Frances Fitzgerald.
# local-elections-2014 - Tuesday 14 January, 2014
Ex-Fianna Fáil TD gets Sinn Féin local election nomination
Having been critical of the party in the past, Chris Andrews will be seeking votes for Sinn Féin in May.
# local-elections-2014 - Saturday 30 November, 2013
Meet the Congolese native who is running for Sinn Féin in next year's election
Edmond Lukusa will represent the party in the Mulhuddart ward in Blanchardstown.
# local-elections-2014 - Wednesday 6 June, 2012
Dan Boyle: Performance of Phil Hogan could help Green Party's return
The former Green Party chairman says the current environment minister is “as good an anti-Green as we could get”.
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Poll: Will you watch the seven-way leaders' debate tomorrow?
TOMORROW EVENING AT 9.35pm all seven political party leaders will debate each other on RTÉ’s Claire Byrne Live.
With the general election less than a fortnight away it’s a chance for each leader to set out their stall for the electorate and for the voter to get a better sense of where each party stands on major issues facing the country.
There’s been controversy, meanwhile, over both RTÉ and Virgin Media’s two-way debates between Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin with Sinn Féin issuing a legal letter to RTÉ over its exclusion.
Tomorrow night will see Varadkar, Martin and Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald debate each other alongside Labour leader Brendan Howlin, Green Party leader Eamon Ryan, Solidarity/People Before Profit’s Richard Boyd Barrett and the Social Democrats’ Roisín Shorthall.
So today we’re asking: Will you watch the seven-way leaders’ debate on Monday?
Poll Results:
No (5293)
Yes (5096)
I've no opinion (330)
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The Irish For: Cúpla focail for the happy couple
By Darach Ó Séaghdha - @TheIrishFor
Wedding prayers and toasts can sound so beautiful in Irish, writes Darach Ó Séaghdha.
Lise Hand: Most voters in the real world don’t give a monkey's if Leo Varadkar smoked hash
By Lise Hand - @liseinthecity
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