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Latest Election News

Live Blog

Full recount called in Cork North Central in battle between Labour and People Before Profit

We’ll be bringing you live updates on how the final constituencies shake out.

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A full recount is underway in Cork North Central as TD Mick Barry fights to retain his seat

Updated 1 hr ago

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GE2024 outgoing tds

Not returning: Here are all the TDs we're bidding farewell to after they lost their seats

Updated 6 hrs ago

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GE2024 the final stretch

We're down to the final 12 seats - here is who's fighting to get over the line

6 hrs ago

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Podcast The Candidate

Hutch's failed election bid raises so many questions about Irish politics

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Catch up

Here are all the late-night elections you were (probably) asleep for

7 hrs ago

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head count

Sinn Féin managed historic doubles in some areas, but its second-seat plan faltered in others

7 hrs ago

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GE2024 Results results results

Who's in? Who's out? Follow along with The Journal's real-time results centre

Updated 9 hrs ago

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who wants in

Former junior coalition members give their advice for government negotiations

13 hrs ago

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GE2024 foreign press

'Dodged a bullet': How international media reacted to Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch's narrow loss

14 hrs ago

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Let's talk

Who's going into this government, then? And who gets to be Taoiseach - and for how long?

Sources say Fine Gael will push for a rotating Taoiseach deal, while Labour are viewed as a preferred option, but option still open for independents.

Christina Finn

15 hrs ago

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a case of the blues

No Fine Gael TD in Wexford constituency for the first time in 91 years

15 hrs ago

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As it happened

Full recount ordered in Tipperary North and recount also requested in Cork North-Central

Stay with us for updates.

Updated 15 hrs ago

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GE2024 not donn yet

'It's going to be tight': Stephen Donnelly battles to keep his seat in Wicklow as count continues

Updated 15 hrs ago

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GE2024 fresh faces

How is Fine Gael faring after the exodus of senior figures? Here's a breakdown by constituency

Updated 20 hrs ago

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Louth

John McGahon concedes Louth election but says he got '150% support' from Taoiseach during campaign

20 hrs ago

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GE2024 ballot boxer

The Monk, the Cope, the... Chicken: How these nicknamed candidates fared in the election

20 hrs ago

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GE2024 Grá for Galway

Gráinne Seoige defends her candidacy and a controversial election ad as 'absolutely factual'

22 hrs ago

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GE2024 elected

Gerry Hutch fails in election bid as Labour's Marie Sherlock wins nail-biting race in Dublin Central

23 hrs ago

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GE2024 Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

Labour should not go into power with FF or FG, Ó Ríordáin says - but Bacik doesn't rule it out

Updated 1 Dec

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GE2024 Far-right fail

Far-right fizzle: Fringe candidates face disappointment as election results come in

1 Dec

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GE2024 GE24 Highlight

Ministers on the way out, and Monk on the way in? Five races to keep an eye on today

Updated 1 Dec

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Across the line

After counting continued into the wee hours, here are the elections you missed overnight

1 Dec

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Kerry

Healy-Rae brothers set to return to Dáil following delays at Kerry count centre

Updated 1 Dec

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Limerick

Willie O'Dea reelected as counting continues in Limerick City despite ballot paper error

Updated 30 Nov

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GE2024 The Monk

Gerry Hutch and Labour's Marie Sherlock to fight it out for fourth seat in Dublin Central

Updated 30 Nov

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GE2024 Unsuccessful

Two independents who quit Sinn Féin as TDs see support fall off a cliff

30 Nov

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GE2024 where things stand

Five key takeaways from the first day of the election count

30 Nov

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GE2024 Laois

'It has to be my time': Willie Aird elected to the Dáil... after 45 years as a councillor

Charlie Flanagan’s retirement paved the way for Willie Aird to finally run for the Dáil.

Updated 30 Nov

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elected

Simon Harris optimistic on 'competitive' election results as he's re-elected in Wicklow

30 Nov

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Galway East

25 year-old Fianna Fáil candidate tops Galway East poll as Anne Rabbitte at risk of losing seat

30 Nov

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elected

Mary Lou McDonald re-elected in Dublin Central as Hutch gains greatest benefit from her surplus

Updated 30 Nov

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it's not easy being green

Green Party struggling as junior ministers Joe O'Brien and Ossian Smyth eliminated

Updated 30 Nov

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Backfired

Mick Wallace finds his old Wexford vote has collapsed on his return to Irish politics

30 Nov

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Louth Constituency

John McGahon unlikely to be elected and could be outpolled by Fine Gael running mate Paula Butterly

Updated 30 Nov

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Celebrity candidate

Gráinne Seoige has failed to make an impact as a FF candidate in Galway West

30 Nov

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Podcast The Candidate

Sinn Féin: great at elections, not so good at actually getting into government

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GE2024 Sinn Féin

McDonald says Sinn Féin would've benefitted from campaign continuing for 'one more week'

30 Nov

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GE2024 ge24

A good day for the Social Democrats as they hope to break into double digits for seat numbers

30 Nov

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close up view

A waiting game amid the bustle of the RDS, punctuated by a visit from an Oscar nominee

Jane Matthews

reports from the RDS

30 Nov

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