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The Olympic silver medallist was speaking to reporters in Dublin yesterday as he begins his campaign to get elected to South Dublin County Council.
The Olympic silver medallist is considering running as a Fine Gael candidate after he was approached by Minister Frances Fitzgerald.
The European and local elections were announced this week. Would you be interested in throwing your hat in the ring?
The local elections will be held in May – will you head to the polling stations?
One of the candidates said he feels compelled, as a young person, to take action on issues in his local area.
Trying to predict what’s going to happen in politics can be a fool’s game. So instead, here are a few questions…
Fine Gael’s Jim Higgins said we fought ‘long and hard’ for our democracy and people should participate in it.
The deadline for inspection of the Draft Register of Electors is the 25 November. Are you on it?
Emer Costello and Phil Prendergast’s call comes as the Cabinet is expected to decide on the matter this week.
Taoiseach Enda Kenny says we’ll have to wait until March 2016 but what if it was election day today? How would you vote?
A source in Sinn Féin said they were “disappointed” that Chris Andrews is being considered as a potential candidate for the Dublin South-East constituency.
The Green Party leader has spoken this week about the task of rebuiling the Green Party and gaining a foothold in next year’s local and European elections.
Campaign leader says that high compliance rate was achieved through “intimidation”.
The Association of Municipal Authorities of Ireland says the revised boundaries could leave rural areas without councillors.
The report of the boundary committee, the biggest overhaul of councils in decades, has been published this evening.
Boyle is set to run in the local elections next year.
UKIP leader Nigel Farage said his eurosceptic party could no longer be dismissed as a protest movement.
An influential committee wants the elections two weeks earlier, giving more time for European Commission elections.
Alan Farrell hopes to introduce legislation that would see all elections and referenda held on weekends or rest days and insists he has not been deterred by Saturday’s low turnout.
Major reforms to the structure of local government in Ireland were announced yesterday, but what do you think about them?
Phil Hogan has welcomed a formal plan to join the councils by 2014 – but some local councillors question the figures.
Miriam Murphy wanted to change things for people with disabilities – so she went into politics. Here she explains how she did it.
King Abdullah has announced that from next year women will be able to vote and stand in local elections.
The historical North and South Ridings will come to an end in 2014, when voters will elect a unified council.
In today’s fix: Greece considers euro pull out; public sector workers in decline; a recession warning from Doctor Doom; Enda and Muhammad; the price of gas and electricity may rise; Eamon Ryan and a helicopter; and the calmest man ever?
Preliminary results suggest opposition Socialists took majority of votes amid low turnout.