# Elections

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# Vote

Polls open in South Africa's first elections with a 'born free' generation

The run up to the vote had been marked by nostalgic rhetoric and voter fury.

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May 7th 2014, 7:11 AM

# Election Race

Eamonn Coghlan will contest the Dublin West by-election for Fine Gael

Coghlan will join the race (sorry) after being nominated tonight.

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May 6th 2014, 10:47 PM

# Election 2014

Mairead McGuinness: 'The notion that I'm a safe candidate for Fine Gael is bunkum'

The sitting MEP believes she will have to put up a fight to retain her seat in the upcoming election.

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May 5th 2014, 6:30 PM

# Election 2014

VIDEO: Labour candidate confronted in Dublin, "thuggery and intimidation" says Joan Burton

Local election candidate Martina Genockey was accosted by two opponents in Tallaght and the confrontation became physical.

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May 1st 2014, 3:28 PM

# Election 2014

Sinn Féin leads in Dublin, but Hayes faces a fight

Another good result for Sinn Féin means a bad result for the junior Finance Minister.

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Apr 27th 2014, 7:57 PM

# needled

Someone knitted this MEP an election poster out of Aran-jumper wool

Now THAT is knitting skill.

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Apr 18th 2014, 7:30 PM

# 814 million

Voting has started in the world's biggest general election in India

It’s expected that the country’s 814 milion-strong electorate will shy away from the ruling Congress party.

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Apr 7th 2014, 11:53 AM

# Election 2014

'I try to say what I mean and mean what I say' - Ronan Mullen on faith, Europe and farming

Stepping out of the Seanad to run in a massive constituency, Ronan Mullen is aiming to take a seat in the European Parliament.

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Apr 6th 2014, 7:53 PM

# Election 2014

'It's always tough' - Pat The Cope Gallagher on re-election, Fianna Fáil and crossing the country

The veteran Fianna Fáil candidate is ready for a tough fight.

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Mar 30th 2014, 5:00 PM

# Comeback Kid

Leinster House to local council: This former Fianna Fáil TD is going back into politics

Behan resigned from the party in protest to Budget 2009. He’s now throwing his hat back in the ring of local politics, this time, as an independent.

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Mar 29th 2014, 5:00 PM

# Gerrymandering

Hogan demands Martin apologise and withdraw "gerrymandering" allegations

He said he was appalled at accusations he was involved in “gerrymandering” over the boundaries for the local elections.

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Mar 23rd 2014, 2:47 PM

# Election 2014

‘Labour deserve to be slammed’: Socialist Party MEP on being a voice for the working class

Paul Murphy said Irish politicians are ‘obsessed’ with being the poster child for austerity in Europe.

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Mar 22nd 2014, 5:00 PM

# Courts

Bankrupt Jillian Godsil takes constitutional challenge to run in elections

The campaigner is fighting to be allowed run in upcoming elections, despite her bankruptcy.

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Mar 22nd 2014, 7:15 AM

# Election 2014

Here's when you'll start seeing election posters on lampposts across the country

We bet you can’t wait…

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Mar 20th 2014, 1:27 PM

# Election 2014

FG Ireland South candidate: 'If you’re in Bantry, Brussels or Bruges it’s the same.'

Fine Gael Senator Deidre Clune is facing a tough race against two of her party colleagues.

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Mar 16th 2014, 5:30 PM

# wolf of ul

Tommy Bolger wins UL election after Wolf of Wall Street parody video

My name is Tommy Bolger…

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Mar 14th 2014, 7:33 AM

# surprise surprise

North Korea had an election yesterday. Guess who won.

In the absence of any competing candidates, voters are simply required to mark “Yes” next to the name on the ballot sheet.

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Mar 10th 2014, 10:20 PM

# Election 2014

Fianna Fáil and Labour select European candidates for Ireland South

Micheál Martin paid tribute to Liam Aylward who is retiring from politics, while Eamon Gilmore said the Labour Party is ready to fight come May.

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Mar 9th 2014, 6:55 PM

Voices

Column: I call bulls*** when people say to me 'we only ever see you at election time'

In the first in a series of columns in the build-up to the local elections, The Secret Candidate takes credit for something they didn’t do.

Mar 9th 2014, 12:00 PM

Voices

Damien Kiberd: Why are the Irish not more critical of the EU?

And more to the point – are we “f**ked and brainwashed” by the ‘European Project’?

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Mar 9th 2014, 8:30 AM

# epp conference

Tymoshenko and Ukraine's new prime minister to visit Ireland this weekend

The former Ukrainian Prime Minister was released from prison last week and will join two other political figures for the EPP conference.

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Mar 4th 2014, 3:00 PM

# Election 2014

Dáil's youngest TD to be third Fine Gael candidate in Ireland South

The Wicklow TD will be added to the ticket later today.

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Feb 26th 2014, 1:43 PM

# Election 2014

Fianna Fáil candidate withdraws from election after Micheal Martin's assistant is added to ticket

Padraic Vallely said that the decision came down to “politics” and that he was “gutted”.

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Feb 25th 2014, 4:30 PM

# Election 2014

Nessa Childers: A lot of TDs don't understand what it's like to be in my position

The independent MEP is taking big financial gamble that could leave her unemployed by the summer.

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Feb 16th 2014, 5:00 PM

# Labour conference

Tánaiste: 'For six long years, our country and our people have been to hell and back'

The Tánaiste and Labour leader has given a keynote address to delegates at the one-day conference in Meath today.

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Feb 15th 2014, 9:00 PM

Voices

Column: Enda, Ireland won't crumble if emigrants are given a voice in elections

Some Irish emigrants can already vote in the election of representatives in Ireland… so long as they have the right degree, of course, write David Burns and Conor O’Neill.

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Feb 12th 2014, 1:00 PM

# Ready To Rumble

Here's definitive proof that Kenny 'Kenneth' Egan will be 'keeping it real'

If it’s on his campaign literature, then it must be true…

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Feb 10th 2014, 8:30 PM

# Election 2014

On the fringes: The smaller parties looking for your vote

It’s not all establishment parties you know.

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Feb 2nd 2014, 9:15 AM

# Election 2014

Nessa Childers will run in Dublin in effort to retain European Parliament seat

The former Labour MEP’s current Ireland East constituency is being abolished.

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Jan 29th 2014, 12:00 AM

# Election 2014

Junior Minister Brian Hayes is running for Europe

The junior minister will outline his intentions at a press conference in the morning.

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Jan 28th 2014, 10:17 PM

# Meet the candidates

One of these three people will be a Fianna Fáil election candidate by this evening

The party is selecting its candidate to run in Dublin ahead of May’s elections for the European Parliament.

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Jan 26th 2014, 8:15 AM

# Ukraine

'If it's a bullet to the head, it's a bullet to the head' says Ukrainian opposition leader

Ukrainian opposition leaders have issued an ultimatum to President Viktor Yanukovych after talks failure.

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Jan 23rd 2014, 7:16 AM

# Banking Inquiry

Banking inquiry will have powers to compel - but no witnesses until after May elections

Who chairs it and who sits on it have still to be worked out, but the banking inquiry committee is unlikely to hear evidence publicly until after the local and European elections, TheJournal.ie has learned.

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Jan 23rd 2014, 7:05 AM

Evening Wrap

The 5 at 5 Five minutes, five stories, five o’clock…

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Jan 22nd 2014, 4:53 PM