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Friday 17 September 2021
Labour was launching its local and European election manifestos in Dublin today.
However, Human Rights Ireland said that “issues still remain” with the system.
*steeples fingers, laughs maniacally*
We spent the morning with the party’s Dublin candidate Mary Fitzpatrick as she sought votes in the heart of the city.
Former Green Party TD Ciarán Cuffe is calling on the Dublin City Council to either make something of the sites they own or sell them
The election trail can be an odd place, here are a few things we’ve come across in recent days…
You need to print this out, NOW.
Raymond Whitehead wants to spread the message that there is a democratic way of running countries – “not the dictatorship we have now”.
The Jewish Representative Council of Ireland claims a canvasser made remarks regarding the former Minister for Justice Alan Shatter.
You gotta do what you gotta do.
Fine Gael said yesterday that Kenny was hoping to speak to as many people as possible in the run up to polling day and these guys were certainly ready to talk.
One council in Dublin has said it has removed over 1,000 posters as they are “dangerous positions”
With posters erected all over the country we’ve found out what work, if any, candidates have had done on their pictures.
“The portrayal on Saturday was ‘here’s a former minister muscling in’. Quite genuinely, I wasn’t.”
Some people have yet to see a canvasser come a’knocking.
They do a lot of work, walking and, no, they can’t repeal the water charges.
The election trail can be an odd place, here are a few things we’ve come across in recent days…
Independent candidate Kevin Byrne is hoping that an honest approach to campaigning will help him secure a seat on Wicklow County Council.
If you intend to engage with politicians on the doorstep, what do you plan on saying?
Three of the four main political parties launched their election campaigns with Labour bringing a special guest to town.
Left-wing parties have the most women candidates running for election.
“I challenge those who deface posters to put their own name on the ballot paper,” said one candidate.
Probably the fluffiest candidate, too.
The Tánaiste was in bullish mood as he launched the Labour party election campaign in Dublin today.
The government has also committed to lowering the local property tax “where circumstances allow”.
Local election candidate Martina Genockey was accosted by two opponents in Tallaght and the confrontation became physical.
Labour traitors was repeatedly shouted at the local election candidate.
Many are unaware that our local elections rank amongst the fairest internationally, with every legal resident of the country aged 18 and over entitled to take part.
The erection of posters on lampposts around the country this week has sparked debate about their merits. The Secret Candidate has some solutions…
Phil Prendergast hopes her record in the European Parliament will convince voters to send her back to Brussels as she battles it out in Ireland South.
A local election, for local people.
The broadcaster and environmentalist is worried that he’ll split the Green Party vote if he runs.
ALONE has made the warning as it launches a nationwide housing campaign.
Sitting councillor Mel Mac Giobúin admitted removing the 27-year-old independent candidate’s poster and said he regrets the incident.
With 29 days to go before the elections, the political parties are turning routine tasks into media events and there’s some interesting stuff being said and done as we spent the morning loitering around Temple Bar.
The party’s own candidates feature as typical voters in the video that was given to local election candidates at meetings around the country recently.
CONTROVERSY HAS RAGED following a decision by President Michael D Higgins to decline an invitation to attend a church service alongside Queen Elizabeth to mark Northern Ireland’s centenary is a political move.
Jeffrey Donaldson said it was a “retrograde step” in terms of reconciliation and added that he hopes the president will reconsider.
Unionists and the Alliance Party have asked for clarity after it emerged that Michael D Higgins would not be present at the event in Armagh next month.
The service has been titled as ‘marking the centenaries of the partition of Ireland and the foundation of Northern Ireland.’
He told reporters in Rome that what had started out as an invitation to a religious service had, in fact, become a political statement.
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