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Monday 20 March 2023 Dublin: 15°C

# Race for the Áras

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# Heroics
TD hacksawed locks to get sandbags to locals
And gained a vote for Michael D Higgins in the process.
# Race for the Áras
In pictures: The last hours of the Áras11 campaign
Hand-shaking, singsongs and interviews – the candidates go all out to grab last-minute votes before the polls open tomorrow.
# Race for the Áras
Why do we need a President? Oh, here's why...
…according to this charming animation/illustration by student Grace Margetson. NOTE: There’s a plug for Mary Davis in it.
# Race for the Áras
#Aras11 diary: Where the candidates will be today
With just one day to go until polling, this is one of your last chances to meet the presidential candidates. Here’s where they will be today.
# Race for the Áras
Irish abroad have their say in #Aras11
Irish emigrants have “voted” in their own presidential election and Michael D. Higgins has come out on top.
# Race for the Áras
McGuinness correct on “substantive” amount of cheque issue, says Mary Lou McDonald
Questions have arisen over the timing of the €5,000 donation given by a Fianna Fáil supporter to Gallagher three years ago.
# Daily Fix
The Daily Fix: Tuesday
In tonight’s Fix: Gallagher’s war of words with SF over donation, the flood cleanup continues, Taoiseach still wants to cut the bailout bill… and was Muammar Gaddafi a Liverpool fan?
# Race for the Áras
Gallagher ‘doesn’t remember’ visiting Morgan to deliver photograph
Sean Gallagher says he does not recall his meeting with Hugh Morgan – as the fuel magnate says Gallagher personally accepted the cheque.
# Race for the Áras
In full: Hugh Morgan’s statement on his dealings with Seán Gallagher
The following is the full text of a statement issued by solicitors this evening on behalf of Hugh Morgan.
# Gallagher
Seán Gallagher accuses Martin McGuinness of “political assassination”
Sinn Féin’s Mary Lou McDonald responds by saying Gallagher is “cut from the same cloth” as Fianna Fáil.
# Gallagher
Fianna Fáil says Morgan cheque was lodged before fundraising event
Seán Gallagher says he does not recall receiving the cheque for Fianna Fáil as claimed by rival candidate Martin McGuinness.
# Your Say
Poll: Who came out on top in last night's final presidential debate?
The seven men and women who want to be president clashed for the final time last night, but who came out on top?
# Race for the Áras
Video: Gallagher's odds of winning lengthen following Frontline controversy
The candidate’s campaign team declined to comment about the controversial confrontation involving Martin McGuinness and a €5k cheque for Fianna Fáil.
# Race for the Áras
#Aras11 diary: Where the candidates will be today
With just two days to go until polling, this is one of your last chances to meet the presidential candidates. Here’s where they will be today.
# Race for the Áras
Frontline Gallagher tweet was from fake McGuinness campaign account
However, it further prompted the issue of whether Gallagher collected a €5,000 donation for Fianna Fáil from a convicted fuel smuggler.
AS IT HAPPENED
LIVEBLOG: The Presidential candidates' Frontline debate
TheJournal.ie brings you live debate from all the presidential debates, minute by point-scoring minute. NOW: Live from RTE’s Frontline Presidential debate.
# Daily Fix
The Daily Fix: Monday
In tonight’s Fix: Áras campaign hits the home stretch, east coast lashed by heavy rain, a dramatic mountain rescue in Wicklow and the DUP councillor’s take on THAT Rihanna video…
# Race for the Áras
David Norris admits presidential bid has left him 'in the red'
The independent presidential candidate says he is “out of money” as his bid for the Áras enters its final few days.
# Race for the Áras
Seán and Trish Gallagher wedding video a "private matter"
The Presidential candidate’s happy day is being passed around social media today – and a section of his wedding photo album is too.
# Race for the Áras
Presidential candidates split on referendums voting
While some candidates have revealed their voting intentions, others have declined to comment.
AS IT HAPPENED
The Newstalk-Google presidential debate, as it happened
Here we go again… the presidential candidates are taking part in an interactive debate on Newstalk with voting just days away. We’re liveblogging all the action.
# Dana
No evidence of criminal damage in Dana's tyre blowout
Meanwhile, Dana’s husband Damien says that the independent candidate is “very optimistic” about her chances in Thursday’s ballot.
# Island Voting
Donegal islands take to the polls as campaigns enter final days
Voting on Irish islands typically starts a few days before the rest of the state to allow adequate time for transporting and counting the votes.
# Race for the Áras
Gallagher retains major lead in Irish Times Áras opinion poll
With three days to go until polling, Seán Gallagher holds a 15 per cent lead over the field – the largest his lead has been in any poll.
# Race for the Áras
#Aras11 diary: Where the candidates will be today
With just days to go until polling, time is running out if you want to meet the presidential candidates. Here’s where they are today.
# Daily Fix
The Daily Fix: Sunday
In tonight’s Fix: Dozens killed in Turkish earthquake, more campaigning in the Áras race, and ten ways in which the future has already arrived…
# Race for the Áras
Norris says his entry averted uncontested Áras election
David Norris says his early declaration in the Presidential race stopped political parties from putting forward an agreed candidate.
# Your Say
Poll: Should the media have scrutinised the presidential candidates so closely?
It has been described as a “circus” and one of the more caustic elections Ireland has ever seen but did the media play its part in making it so. Today we ask, should the media have scrutinised the presidential candidates so closely?
# Opinion
Column: Young people want to vote so cut the rhetoric...
Niall Morahan says his voluntary organisation TellUsWhy.ie is trying to sift through the sectarianism and baggage of Irish politics – and inform young voters of the real facts and issues.
# Race for the Áras
#Aras11 diary: Where the candidates will be today
With just days to go until polling, this is one of your last chances to meet the presidential candidates. Here’s where they will be today.
# The Daily Fix
The Daily Fix: Saturday
In tonight’s Fix: Seán Gallagher in pole position for the Áras, 2,000 march to Occupy Dame Street, was Muammar Gaddafi the richest man alive? Plus: the Rubik’s Cube world record…
# Opinion Polls
Presidential polls can sometimes be wrong - but not by very much
Candidates hoping to turn their fortunes from the latest Red C poll can’t count on much historical precedent so close to polling.
# Race for the Áras
Gallagher extends lead in latest Áras opinion polls
The final Sunday Business Post poll before polling gives Seán Gallagher a 14-point lead over Michael D Higgins.
# Race for the Áras
Gallagher denies being ‘secret FF candidate’ during radio debate
Sean Gallagher insists he has the support of members of all political parties, and denies being a de facto Fianna Fáil candidate.