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# Campaign Trail

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# Campaign Trail
Donald Trump and Joe Biden zero in on key swing states
Trump held a rally in Pennsylvania on Tuesday while Mr Biden spoke with seniors in Florida.
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Oct 14th 2020, 9:04 AM
# IT DID NOT
Trump claims his Covid-19 treatment led to a cure as he gears up to hold campaign rally
The rally will be President Trump’s first since he tested positive for coronavirus on October 1.
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Oct 9th 2020, 10:40 PM
# trump v biden
Trump eager to return to campaign trail as more aides test positive for Covid-19
Joe Biden has said he shouldn’t debate Trump next week if the president remains Covid-positive.
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Oct 7th 2020, 7:32 AM
# Campaign Trail
Trump enters White House without a mask and tells people 'don't be afraid of Covid' after leaving hospital
The US President may remain infectious for much of the next week, according to his own administration’s guidelines.
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Oct 6th 2020, 6:58 AM
# Campaign Trail
Abortion rates and Christy Moore's appeal in focus as campaign nears the end
Moore says that he was called a “wife-swapping sodomite” at a campaign march many years ago.
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May 17th 2018, 12:39 PM
# Campaign Trail
Angry voter confronts Theresa May over welfare cuts
“I can’t live on £100 a month.”
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May 15th 2017, 5:17 PM
# Handshakes and small talk
'Come over here': Gerry and Enda shook hands in Sligo this morning
Eventually.
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Feb 10th 2016, 1:10 PM
# On the canvass
'Get the f*** out of Wicklow': Enda met his first protesters of the election today
It got a bit heated on the campaign trail earlier.
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Feb 9th 2016, 5:15 PM
# GE16
Ten apples for a euro and selfie-mania: Sinn Féin's somewhat subdued start
Mary Lou McDonald and Peadar Tóibín and Eoin Ó Broin met with voters in Dublin City Centre today.
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Feb 4th 2016, 3:40 PM
# Pants party
Someone just dropped their trousers in front of Nick Clegg while asking for a selfie
The Lib Dem leader declined.
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May 1st 2015, 5:58 PM
# UK-ulele
"F**k off back to Eton" - Man uses ukulele to serenade David Cameron
It wasn’t even the strangest thing to happen on the UK’s campaign trail today.
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Apr 13th 2015, 6:16 PM
# on the trail
Fine Gael bottled water, giant floating heads and other strange sights from Election 2014
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro…
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May 21st 2014, 7:47 PM
# Labour Pains
Labour Senator's attack on election rival continues amid calls to withdraw 'sexist remark'
An image, posted by Lorraine Higgins’s social media accounts, branded Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan a “turkey”.
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May 8th 2014, 2:44 PM
# make it stop
This is the catchiest song about a Healy-Rae's election campaign you'll hear today
No really. It is.
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Apr 28th 2014, 1:42 PM
# By-election
11 candidates confirmed to run in Meath East by-election
Four independent candidates have filed paperwork to run against seven candidates from parties big and small.
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Mar 13th 2013, 3:28 PM
# By-election
Meath East by-election: Here are the candidates and here's what they're saying
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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Mar 9th 2013, 8:30 AM
Voices
Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads
The very best of the week’s writing from around the web.
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Jan 22nd 2012, 11:00 AM
# Roscommon
Enda Kenny 'regrets confusion' over hospital election promises
The Taoiseach has insisted he was forced to backtrack on campaign pledges by safety fears at Roscommon A&E.
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Jul 10th 2011, 6:35 PM
# Roscommon
Enda Kenny made election pledge to protect Roscommon A&E
The Taoiseach promised to “defend” the hospital’s emergency ward, which will be closed tomorrow.
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Jul 10th 2011, 12:17 PM
# canvassing
Blood on the canvass: TV and radio docs capture anger of Election 2011
The spotlight is on the campaigns of six candidates in TV doc tonight, while radio work captures the canvassing style of Conor Lenihan.
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Mar 7th 2011, 11:30 AM
# Face off
Down with the kids: Who has the best 'tots-on-the-trail' pic?
Not everyone can work well with kids… and impress their voter parents.
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Feb 21st 2011, 2:01 PM
# GE11
Campaigns focus on education and mortgages
Education, mortgage distress, and political reforms are on the party agendas today, with a number of policy launches planned for Dublin this morning.
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Feb 17th 2011, 8:01 AM