:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/OBFPOLDU2S7TIQ3DFD5MORWMUQ.jpg "Fianna Fáil emerges as largest party of local government as European election sees high-profile exits")
Counts in the local elections were on the verge of a final conclusion last night, leaving Fianna Fáil marginally ahead on seats with Fine Gael winning...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/E462UEVGY64PP56KM3WA5PFWQM.jpg "Record number of councillors from migrant backgrounds win seats in local elections")
A record number of candidates from migrant backgrounds have been elected to county councils across the country. This year’s local election included the highest number of...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/75YHZ65IVQJCUQOQX4ARK3G7CA.jpg "After three days of counting, clear winners and losers emerge in local and European elections")
Most reporters and political anoraks who have been involved in the past three full days of counting now feel like the characters of the classic 1970s...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/MV5ZBGHHUC37WSHXBA2VD5JMJE.jpg "Election Daily: Battle of the Boylans as Dublin count continues")
Hugh Linehan is joined by Pat Leahy and Cormac McQuinn to discuss the latest developments in the local and European elections: It is day three of...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/TLG45HMFM4LDQ6QX2GIPSM23G4.jpg "Sinn Féin falls flat in hugely ambitious local election strategy")
As ballot boxes were opened in local election count centres around the country on Saturday morning an early picture began to emerge that alarmed Sinn Féin...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/3P6TAVTO5NQMRYCRD5SAWJ6I7A.jpg "Election Daily: Buoyant Taoiseach Simon Harris joins podcast to dismiss calls for early election")
As the count continues on this busy election weekend, it is delight for Taoiseach Simon Harris and Fine Gael as the local election picture becomes clearer,...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/276YHVRX5L3S5GWQHG4OGF5J7A.jpg "Local election results: Independents perform strongly as Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil battle to be largest local government party")
Sinn Fein president Mary Lou McDonald has said she is ‘disappointed’ with Sinn Fein’s performance in the local elections. Video: Enda O’Dowd The battle to be...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/RJZXLHNJMRBPBMGAPGNYTNT5UU.JPG "Local election results: Hundreds of seats yet to be filled as FF and FG set to battle it out to be largest party")
The first Dublin candidates to be elected in the local elections were James Geoghegan of Fine Gael and Hazel Chu of the Green Party. Video: Bryan...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/35ATNZM6HZGWXLCL6MY55PN6TE.jpg "Five things revealed by the election results, including the astonishing cratering of Sinn Féin support")
Counts in the local elections are ongoing around the country – and will be for quite some time. There will be no hard numbers for the...
:quality(70):focal(2572x774:2582x784)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/VMLSX2G3N5CKVNHXKYTNPXCPWE.JPG "Local and European elections: Voting begins as Ireland goes to the polls")
Polling stations around the country opened at 7am for the 2024 local and European elections, with voting also taking place for the first directly elected mayor...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/DYF2ZVDMDVDQ5BHPMBYZJSL54Q.JPG "Miriam Lord: Change in the air on Moore Street as candidates get a frosty reception from stallholders")
The atmosphere has changed. Time was when no election campaign was complete for party leaders without a cockle-warming saunter through Moore Street to pose with the...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/YNNAYNNVVBGNVLEOWBGPSK6YNQ.JPG "‘You should think more about Crumlin and not the Kremlin’: Five takeaways from RTÉ’s European election Dublin debate")
1. It was the best of the three televised debates There wasn’t too much to compare it to. The Midlands North West debate was chaotic because...