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# Aras11
Senator Norris: 'I had a major depression and nervous breakdown'
David Norris said media coverage during the last presidential election had a significant effect on his health.
# Aras11
RTÉ head: 'Impossible to say' whether Frontline debate changed election
Noel Curran says the swing between Sean Gallagher and Michael D Higgins is too large to attribute to one programme.
# Áras 11
One year after #Aras11, where are the failed presidential candidates now?
One wrote a book, one went on tour, one went back up the North and one went to Strasbourg. Here’s what Seán, Martin, Gay, David, Dana and Mary did next.
# Sinn Féin
McGuinness to inherit Adams’ old British title under SF reorganisation
Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness will become the new Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead.
# Leaders' Questions
Cabinet will not order review of Frontline programme - Kenny
Enda Kenny says any independent review of RTÉ’s Frontline programme is a matter for the BAI and not the cabinet.
# Frontline
BAI, Cabinet to discuss Gallagher demands for Frontline inquiry
The cabinet, and a meeting of the Broadcasting Authority, will examine claims that RTÉ suggested audience questions.
# Frontline
RTÉ invites former UTV chief to assist in editorial review
The national broadcaster has outlined the numerous actions it is taking in connection with last October’s controversial Frontline debate.
# Frontline
Gallagher writes to Rabbitte over 'deeply disturbing' Frontline claims
Seán Gallagher writes to the communications minister seeking a “full investigation” into the making of the Presidential debate.
# Your Say
Poll: Do we need a public inquiry into the RTÉ Frontline debate?
There have been calls for a further inquiry over claims that an audience member was encouraged to ask a hostile question. So what do you think?
# Frontline
Fianna Fáil call for inquiry over RTÉ Frontline debate
The party said an independent investigator should be appointed, after new claims emerged over the treatment of Seán Gallagher.
# Frontline
McGuinness blames Gallagher's undoing on 'lack of credibility' - and not RTÉ
Commentators and candidates should respect the democratic decision of the electorate, said the Sinn Féin politician.
# Frontline
Further regulatory process over Gallagher complaint is 'not a matter for RTÉ to decide or influence'
The national broadcaster has responded to an earlier statement made by lawyers for presidential candidate Seán Gallagher calling for a public inquiry into last year’s controversial Frontline debate.
# RTÉ
Seán Gallagher calls for inquiry over new RTÉ Frontline claims
Gallagher also said he is considering legal action after new reports emerged over the controversial presidential debate.
# One Year In
12 random items that convulsed Irish politics this past year
Septic tanks, dry-cleaning receipts and Michael D’s knees – just some of the strange things we never thought we’d obsess about in a political context… but we do now.
# Tweetgate
RTE failed in obligation of fairness to Sean Gallagher... says RTE Board
The Board of RTE has said it fully accepts the findings of the BAI and that it is bringing in new guidelines on social media to ensure ‘Tweetgate’ doesn’t happen again.
# Tweetgate
Rabbitte lost for words at 'innuendo' of vested interest in Gallagher probe
Fianna Fáil’s Seán Fleming accuses Rabbitte of having a “personal financial vested interest” in the Presidential election.
Voices
Column: BAI report does not close file on That Tweet
Seán Gallagher’s Áras bid may have been derailed with or without the tweet from fake McGuinness account. But the point is we need to know who was behind it, says Derek Mooney who knows all about losing a job amid a Twitter controversy…
# Frontline
RTÉ board to meet following BAI ruling on Frontline tweet
RTÉ chairman Tom Savage will convene the broadcaster’s board, while a Sean Gallagher spokesman doesn’t rule out legal action.
# Aras11
RTÉ director general apologises to Gallagher over Frontline 'mistakes'
Noel Curran’s apology comes on foot of the BAI’s decision to uphold Gallagher’s complaint regarding a controversial tweet referred to during an #Áras11 debate.
# Aras11
BAI upholds Gallagher complaint over Frontline tweet
However, the broadcasting authority says it found no evidence that the RTÉ programme had deliberately attempted to conceal information about the tweet.
# Seanad
David Norris says tabloid editor told him stories about him were "payback"
Independent senator and former Presidential candidate scathing of media standards during discussion in Seanad.
# In Numbers
Prime numbers: the week in stats
Greek MPs, Irish jobs, German cable ties, and all the other news from the week in handy numerical format…
# That Tweet
RTÉ rejects #Aras11 'bogus' tweet claims
RTÉ’s head of broadcast compliance has written to the Irish Times to dispute a sentence in yesterday’s front page article.
# Daily Fix
The Daily Fix: Tuesday
Your evening round-up of the day’s news…
# Review 2011
2011: The Year in Numbers
From #aras11 to #ge11, from Ireland’s economic black hole to the controversial household charge: We bring you all the important numbers of 2011.
# Review 2011
Obama, Cloyne and an 'elderly poet': how the world's media saw Ireland in 2011
It’s been an eventful year for the nation, here’s how the international media saw the big events.
# Review 2011
The most telling Irish political pictures of 2011
A general election, the implosion of two parties, EU drama and a Presidential campaign – can you picture all that in one year? We tried…
# homesick
Michael D admits he's (a bit) homesick in the Áras
In an interview with Vincent Browne, the President said that he found it tough to leave his native Galway.
# Inauguration
In pictures: Presenting… President Michael D Higgins
The ninth President of Ireland in his finest ceremonial hour…
# President Higgins
In full: Taoiseach Enda Kenny's speech at Presidential inauguration
The full text of the address given by Taoiseach Enda Kenny at the inauguration of Michael D Higgins as the ninth President of Ireland today.
# Aras11
Poll: How would you rate Mary McAleese's presidency?
The current President of Ireland’s 14-year tenure is drawing to a close – how do you think she has managed the role over that time?
# naked election
WATCH: Remember these seven from #Áras11?
Promo from RTÉ’s Naked Presidential Election, to be broadcast tonight, shows “how it was won and lost”…
# Local Hero
Galway United play their relegation wild card... Michael D. Higgins
The President-elect and his wife will be among the crowd for the Airtricity League promotion/relegation play-off second leg on Friday.
# Fine Gael
Mitchell unlikely to attend Fine Gael's post-election meeting
The party’s failed presidential candidate has returned to Brussels as Fine Gael looks set to examine where it went wrong in the Race for the Áras.
# Aras11
Higgins welcomed by 5,000 supporters in Galway
The President-elect has been greeted by thousands of supporters in his native Galway today.
# Race for the Áras
What's in store for the presidential losers?
Along with a new house, Michael D Higgins has won financial security for life. But what are the prospects for the other six candidates?
# Aras11
Where were Mary Davis and Gay Mitchell today?
Fine Gael candidate Gay Mitchell and Independent candidate Mary Davis were not present for Michael D Higgins’s victory speech at Dublin Castle today – so where were they?