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Ben Gilroy failed to file documentation related to his donations and expenses during the Meath East by-election but will qualify for reimbursement of expenses once he does.
The public expenditure minister says suggestions that Labour are in political trouble are premature.
The party’s national executive today met and agreed to hold its conference on the 29 and 30 November despite calls from party chairman Colm Keaveney for an earlier date.
The 26-year-old said it was “an honour” to take up the seat left vacant by her father, Shane.
Nenagh councillor Seamus Morris had criticised Helen McEntee for putting aside her grief to chase a high-paying job.
Opinion polls come and go, but the public are missing the real achievements of the Labour party in government, writes Rory Geraghty.
While the by-election will have no immediate impact on the arithmetic of government, the results demonstrate that Labour and Sinn Féin need to take stock of their approaches, writes Eoin O’Malley.
The Tánaiste and Labour leader says his party will “have to do some reflection” on its dramatic slump in the by-election.
The junior partner in government saw its vote collapse in Meath East. How do you feel about how it’s performing in power?
All the drama from the count centre in Ashbourne as Helen McEntee took the Dáil seat in Meath East.
McEntee, 26, sees off the challenge of FF’s Thomas Byrne – while Labour licks its wounds after dropping down to fifth place.
Overall turnout in the by-election is expected to be in the low 30s as voters decided who they wanted to replace the late Shane McEntee in the Dáil.
A Fianna Fáil senator comes out in defence of Enda Kenny after his inclusion in a Labour ‘get out the vote’ leaflet.
It’s polling day in Meath East – but if there was a general election nationwide today, who’d be getting your vote?
There are 11 candidates in the running for the Meath East seat following the death of Shane McEntee TD.
Candidates from the Workers’ Party, the Green Party and Direct Democracy Ireland have been excluded from tonight’s debate.
Campaigning in Meath East today, Enda Kenny came under fire from an off-duty garda who was unhappy with cuts to his and public sector workers’ pay.
With the by-election taking place next Wednesday the main candidates for the Meath East seat were out in force today with Enda Kenny and the Tánaiste joining them.
The Finance Minister shows us how it’s done…
Four independent candidates have filed paperwork to run against seven candidates from parties big and small.
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…
Cllr Holmes spoke of the tragic circumstances in which the by-election is taking place, paying tribute to the late TD Shane McEntee.
Helen McEntee, 26, was chosen unopposed to run as the party’s candidate to fill the seat left vacant after the death of her father, Shane McEntee.
TheJournal.ie has learned that Labour didn’t plan to pick its Meath East candidate for another fortnight – after the new deadline.
Helen McEntee is “virtually certain” to be the Fine Gael candidate in Meath East ahead of the party’s nomination convention in Kells this evening.
Voting will take place in the constituency between 8am and 9pm on 27 March.
The date has been announced today meaning there are less than three weeks to go until voters in Meath East decide who they want to fill the seat vacated by the late Shane McEntee.
Helen McEntee, who worked as a secretarial assistant to her late father, is ‘virtually certain’ to be the Fine Gael nominee.
The position became vacant following the death of Fine Gael TD Shane McEntee in December.
Fianna Fáil is set to confirm senator Thomas Byrne as its candidate on Thursday while Sinn Féin is expected to select local activist Darren O’Rourke as its candidate for the forthcoming vote.
April has been mooted as the possible month for the by-election to be held with Fianna Fáil hoping to capitalise on its growing popularity but could the promissory note deal change things?
Ministers have agreed to table new laws enforcing cuts to the size of the Dáil, in line with independent recommendations.
The report of the Constituency Commission cuts the number of TDs, with significant boundary reforms.
Thomas Byrne has criticised the decision of An Bord Pleanála today.
Labour TD for Meath East Dominic Hannigan says that the views of people in Northern Ireland has to be taken into account if there is a new constitutional convonvention.
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