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GE2024 where things stand

Five key takeaways from the first day of the election count

30 Nov 2024

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GE2024 Laois

'It has to be my time': Willie Aird elected to the Dáil... after 45 years as a councillor

Charlie Flanagan’s retirement paved the way for Willie Aird to finally run for the Dáil.

Updated 30 Nov 2024

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elected

Simon Harris optimistic on 'competitive' election results as he's re-elected in Wicklow

30 Nov 2024

11.0k

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Galway East

25 year-old Fianna Fáil candidate tops Galway East poll as Anne Rabbitte at risk of losing seat

30 Nov 2024

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elected

Mary Lou McDonald re-elected in Dublin Central as Hutch gains greatest benefit from her surplus

Updated 30 Nov 2024

19.9k

it's not easy being green

Green Party struggling as junior ministers Joe O'Brien and Ossian Smyth eliminated

Updated 30 Nov 2024

29.5k

good evening

Here's What Happened Today: Saturday

30 Nov 2024

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Louth Constituency

John McGahon unlikely to be elected and could be outpolled by Fine Gael running mate Paula Butterly

Updated 30 Nov 2024

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back again

Micheál Martin first elected in Cork as his personal vote surges in South-Central constituency

Updated 30 Nov 2024

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Celebrity candidate

Gráinne Seoige has failed to make an impact as a FF candidate in Galway West

30 Nov 2024

48.3k

Podcast The Candidate

Sinn Féin: great at elections, not so good at actually getting into government

21:17

GE2024 Sinn Féin

McDonald says Sinn Féin would've benefitted from campaign continuing for 'one more week'

30 Nov 2024

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GE2024 ge24

A good day for the Social Democrats as they hope to break into double digits for seat numbers

30 Nov 2024

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Fine Gael's Jennifer Carroll MacNeill of Dún Laoghaire becomes the first person elected to the new Dáil

30 Nov 2024

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close up view

A waiting game amid the bustle of the RDS, punctuated by a visit from an Oscar nominee

Jane Matthews

reports from the RDS

30 Nov 2024

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GE2024 at a glance

State of play: What we know about the election now that most tallies have been completed

Here’s the state of play this afternoon.

30 Nov 2024

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GE2024 dogfight constituency

Stephen Donnelly looks to have a fight on his hands to hold his seat

30 Nov 2024

16.9k

As it happened

Late flurry of results means we've over 30 new TDs - but it's going to be a long weekend

Here’s how the day played out.

Updated 30 Nov 2024

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Exit Poll

Housing was the number one issue for voters yesterday (according to the exit poll, at least)

30 Nov 2024

5.9k

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 It’s the first day of the general election count.

30 Nov 2024

4.6k

PR-STV

Has a politician 'scraped through' if they were elected in the later counts?

30 Nov 2024

10.2k

The Morning Lead

The votes have been cast, but when will we know the results?

If 2020 is anything to go by, it could be quite some time before we know who all the members of the next Dáil will be.

Diarmuid Pepper

30 Nov 2024

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GE2024 rotation once again

It's pretty much deadlock: FF and FG in driving seat if parties join forces once again

Christina Finn

29 Nov 2024

17.3k

GE2024 naming names

Limerick City candidates raise fears ballot paper error could render constituency vote void

29 Nov 2024

30.7k

GE2024 now what

Exit poll: Sinn Féin on 21.1%, FG on 21% and FF on 19.5% as SocDems edge out Labour

Updated 29 Nov 2024

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Stormont

Will Northern Ireland allow assisted dying after Westminster backed a bill to make it legal?

29 Nov 2024

6.2k

The Tonight Show

Tonight Show hosts Claire Brock and Ciara Doherty announce departures from Virgin Media

29 Nov 2024

37.9k

As it happened

The nation went to the polls to elect the 174 members of the 34th Dáil

Updated 29 Nov 2024

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FactCheck

Debunked: Images of men at Dublin Airport show EU seasonal workers, not an ‘invasion’

29 Nov 2024

23.3k

in favour

MPs back historic bill to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales

29 Nov 2024

11.1k

Homelessness

Homelessness: Record 14,966 in emergency accommodation, including 4,645 children

29 Nov 2024

15.3k

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GE2024 ge24

Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns gives birth to baby girl on election day

29 Nov 2024

32.4k

border camp

'They have nothing': Aid workers struggle to save lives at edge of war-torn Sudan

News correspondent Niall O’Connor travelled to South Sudan and the border region with Sudan. This is his fourth and final dispatch that examines the situation across the disaster zone.

Niall O'Connor

Reports from South Sudan

29 Nov 2024

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GE2024 General Election

Here's everything you need to know about voting in the general election

29 Nov 2024

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Tbilisi

Over 40 pro-EU protesters arrested during major demonstrations in Georgia

29 Nov 2024

4.1k

Podcast The Explainer

How exactly does Ireland's system of voting work?

25:10

Ukraine

Putin threatens Kyiv with new hypersonic missile hours after strikes that cut power to thousands

28 Nov 2024

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GE2024 One to Watch

Crumbling homes, far-right candidates and new parties: Why Donegal is one to watch

28 Nov 2024

12.4k

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Assisted Dying

Archbishop Eamon Martin calls on NI MPs to reject assisted dying bill during Westminster vote

28 Nov 2024

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Lebanon

Taoiseach reassures Lebanon's PM of Ireland's commitment to UNIFIL in phonecall

Updated 28 Nov 2024

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