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3 days agoIrish presidential election: Who is running and what's at stake?
Ireland's presidential election has become a hotly contested, ideologically polarized contest marking the first clear left-right presidential choice amid changing party dynamics since 1922.
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3 days agoSmall-Time Political Scandals Still Have Consequences In Island Nation Called Ireland | Defector
Friday is Presidential Election Day in Ireland. What was a ho-hum electoral season got overheated when the campaign of Jim Gavin, a Gaelic football legend turned political neanderfuck and one of only three candidates on the ballot, imploded at the 11th hour over news that he'd screwed a former tenant out of overpaid rent 16 years ago. Irish campaigns are a whole lot shorter than we're used to stateside: The presidential ballot wasn't finalized until late September.
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fromIrish Independent
1 week agoCatherine Connolly responds to pictures of her with militia leader linked to war crimes in Syria; Harris insists Humphreys can still win
I think that's something that's not much discussed. I hear a lot of reference to Heather Humphreys as the Fine Gael candidate, which she is, but she's also the candidate that's now backed by a number of members of the Labour Party, a number of members of the Green Party, a number of members of the Fianna Fáil party, including the Taoiseach and the former Fianna Fáil taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, many Independent TDs, Michael Healy Rae, Seán Canney, Marian Harkin, and many Independent councillors as well.
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World politics
fromIrish Independent
1 week agoThe Sunday Independent's View: Nobel prize is a reminder that peace is a process, not a matter of moral purity
True peace requires confronting tyranny, and leaders' rhetoric must align with practical support for alliances and defense, exemplified by responses to Venezuela and Ukraine.
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1 month agoIrish presidential election candidates confirmed as three-way race begins
A former government minister, a former sports coach and an independent leftwing politician are to contest Ireland's presidential election. The three-way race was confirmed on Wednesday when the nomination window closed without any political outsiders getting on the ballot. Heather Humphreys, a former cabinet minister, will run for the ruling centre-right Fine Gael party. Jim Gavin, who managed Dublin's Gaelic football team, will represent its centrist coalition partner, Fianna Fail.
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1 month agoAras watch: 'Malicious smears' targeting Jim Gavin appear to be first signs of outside far-right interference in an Irish election
Far-right foreign actors conducted coordinated online abuse and malicious smears targeting Jim Gavin's presidential campaign in Ireland.
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1 month agoMary Regan: Future of Micheal Martin and Simon Harris tied to presidential performance of their chosen candidates
With candidate selection marred by in-fighting, the election has become as much about internal party politics as the race for the Áras itself When they wake up on the October Bank Holiday Monday, when the votes have been counted and the 10th President of Ireland is known, either Mícheál Martin or Simon Harris - or both - will have a serious political headache.
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2 months agoSinead Ryan: From Bono and Enya to Graham Norton - there's a case for putting a celebrity in the Aras
As politicians seem so slow out of the blocks in this race, maybe it's time to look elsewhere for our next president - even Michael O'Leary would be a welcome injection of energy
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2 months agoFrom Israel to his mother's tears and a vow to 'Make Ireland home again' - here's what we learnt from Gareth Sheridan's presidential campaign launch
Gareth Sheridan, a 35-year-old businessman from Dublin, has officially announced his candidacy for the presidency of Ireland as an Independent candidate.
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