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Monday 18 October 2021
How does RTÉ achieve balance with its election coverage? The ‘stopwatch’ approach and listing all its candidates.
Holohan will be a Sinn Féin local election candidate in Tallaght South.
Fine Gael says it’s aiming to take over 60 seats in the next general election.
Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy has said he favours a new calculation of the tax.
The polls opened today, exactly a year after Angela Merkel decided to let tens of thousands of migrants into the country.
The former garda welcomed Eamon Gilmore’s resignation as Labour leader, describing him as “arrogant”.
The announcement comes after it emerged today that two motions of no-confidence in his leadership would be tabled in coming weeks.
There were tears, there was laughter and we imagine some weary heads hitting pillows last night.
The Taoiseach said Sinn Féin has emerged from the local and European elections as “a significant political entity”. He made the comments in Castlebar this afternoon, where he narrowly avoided a group of protestors.
Michael Kilcoyne was elected on the first count, almost doubling the quota. A recount has been called and will take place tomorrow afternoon.
Andrews is from a strong Fianna Fáil family but will join Dublin City Council for his new party.
The Arklow tally shows Tom Curran at 6.23 per cent. There are six seats for the taking.
He’s running seventh in the eight seater.
Direct Democracy Ireland’s Jan Van De Ven was told he could only vote in the locals, despite the fact that he voted in the last European election.
The People Before Profit MEP candidate has said she is “as equally in contention” as anyone to take the third seat in Dublin.
Council hopeful Noel Rock has admitted using €60 worth of Oireachtas stationery to distribute leaflets despite his high-profile ‘no expenses’ pledge.
The finance minister said acting this week would be dismissed as a “stunt”.
The campaign trail is proving to be an increasingly odd place to be.
There for you, whatever the feather.
Finger on the pulse.
Grazvydas Vaitekunas, originally from Lithuania, was erecting posters in Monaghan last Thursday, when he was subjected to verbal racial abuse.
The unofficial Fianna Fáil local election candidate and former minister could now be expelled from the party over her decision to defy Micheál Martin.
They want a cut in local Government charges for businesses.
At the end of February Jillian Godsil was declared bankrupt in Ireland.
A new alliance of TDs, calling itself Independents’ Network , gathered in Dublin today to give advice and support to non-party candidates running in the local elections in May.
Maurice Dockrell says that the Taoiseach has a “huge depth of character”.
The Olympic silver medalist will be running as the party’s candidate in the Clondalkin area.
Seán Tyrrell is hoping to be elected as a councillor for Dublin North-West.
IT IS AN important day for the next phase of reopening as the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) will meet this afternoon.
The body will decide the advice it will give to Government ahead of the planned easing of restrictions on Friday.
Almost all remaining Covid-19 restrictions are due to be lifted on 22 October but a recent rise in cases numbers and hospitalisations has thrown the plan into doubt.
The cabinet will make its decision tomorrow.
Government has already indicated that the requirement to show a Digital Covid-19 Certificate in hospitality settings to prove you’ve been vaccinated is likely to be extended beyond Friday.
This morning we ask: Do you think the country should remove all Covid-19 restrictions this week?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
Our columnist says Biden is doing OK but has taken a major hit on the back of Afghanistan.
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