# meath-east-by-election - Saturday 28 December, 2013
Promissory note gone, abortion legislated for, the Seanad retained, and the bailout exited – here are few key moments from the past 12 months.
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# meath-east-by-election - Thursday 18 April, 2013
The party’s national executive today met and agreed to hold its conference on the 29 and 30 November despite calls from party chairman Colm Keaveney for an earlier date.
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# meath-east-by-election - Tuesday 16 April, 2013
The 26-year-old said it was “an honour” to take up the seat left vacant by her father, Shane.
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# meath-east-by-election - Friday 12 April, 2013
In an email to party members this evening the Labour leader insists that his party has helped bring Ireland from “a state of economic chaos to stability.”
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The party has released a short video putting a positive spin on events so far this year…
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# meath-east-by-election - Friday 5 April, 2013
A suggestion that the Tánaiste has been seeking support for his leadership from the parliamentary party has been denied by Labour and a number of its TDs though many did not return calls today.
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# meath-east-by-election - Monday 1 April, 2013
While the by-election will have no immediate impact on the arithmetic of government, the results demonstrate that Labour and Sinn Féin need to take stock of their approaches, writes Eoin O’Malley.
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# meath-east-by-election - Saturday 30 March, 2013
Debates, meetings, touching base with constituents, heading up to Meath East by-election, organising sand bags, reading the newspapers and having words with his colleagues – Kevin Humphreys recounts his busy schedule this week.
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Running in its first ever election, Direct Democracy Ireland came fourth with 6.5 per cent of the vote in Meath East, which could show the Irish people desire for a real change in how the country works, writes Aaron McKenna.
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# meath-east-by-election - Thursday 28 March, 2013
McEntee, 26, sees off the challenge of FF’s Thomas Byrne – while Labour licks its wounds after dropping down to fifth place.
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# meath-east-by-election - Wednesday 27 March, 2013
Overall turnout in the by-election is expected to be in the low 30s as voters decided who they wanted to replace the late Shane McEntee in the Dáil.
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# meath-east-by-election - Monday 25 March, 2013
Candidates from the Workers’ Party, the Green Party and Direct Democracy Ireland have been excluded from tonight’s debate.
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Campaigning in Meath East today, Enda Kenny came under fire from an off-duty garda who was unhappy with cuts to his and public sector workers’ pay.
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# meath-east-by-election - Sunday 24 March, 2013
Andrew Doyle, the chairman of the Oireachtas Agriculture Committee, has confirmed his interest in filling the vacancy at the Department of Agriculture which arose following the death of Shane McEntee last year.
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# meath-east-by-election - Saturday 23 March, 2013
With the by-election taking place next Wednesday the main candidates for the Meath East seat were out in force today with Enda Kenny and the Tánaiste joining them.
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# meath-east-by-election - Friday 15 March, 2013
The Finance Minister shows us how it’s done…
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# meath-east-by-election - Wednesday 13 March, 2013
Four independent candidates have filed paperwork to run against seven candidates from parties big and small.
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# meath-east-by-election - Saturday 9 March, 2013
With the by-election less than three weeks away TheJournal.ie spoke to the main candidates this week to find out what they’re hearing on the doorsteps and what they’re telling voters…
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# meath-east-by-election - Thursday 7 March, 2013
TheJournal.ie has learned that Labour didn’t plan to pick its Meath East candidate for another fortnight – after the new deadline.
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Helen McEntee is “virtually certain” to be the Fine Gael candidate in Meath East ahead of the party’s nomination convention in Kells this evening.
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# meath-east-by-election - Wednesday 6 March, 2013
Voting will take place in the constituency between 8am and 9pm on 27 March.
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# meath-east-by-election - Tuesday 5 March, 2013
Helen McEntee, who worked as a secretarial assistant to her late father, is ‘virtually certain’ to be the Fine Gael nominee.
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# meath-east-by-election - Tuesday 19 February, 2013
Fianna Fáil is set to confirm senator Thomas Byrne as its candidate on Thursday while Sinn Féin is expected to select local activist Darren O’Rourke as its candidate for the forthcoming vote.
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# meath-east-by-election - Sunday 10 February, 2013
April has been mooted as the possible month for the by-election to be held with Fianna Fáil hoping to capitalise on its growing popularity but could the promissory note deal change things?
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