Spending cuts and immigration policy main issues in EU Commission presidency...
The debate was the first of its kind to include all five parties in the running for the highest executive position in the EU.
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Jan Van De Ven is running as a candidate in the Ireland South constituency, and if elected would introduce a system of eDemocracy.
View ArticleAlmost 50 per cent of voters think Gerry Adams was involved in Jean...
And one in three Sinn Féin voters think he should resign as leader…
View ArticleEU Candidate Damon Matthew Wise says he’s not in it for money or junkets
Damon Matthew Wise is a member of Fís Nua and is a Dublin candidate in the European Elections.
View ArticlePolls show Crowley, McGuinness, Boylan favourites for EU seats
The Sunday Times/Behaviour & Analysis poll also looked at the general election, with Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil down, and Sinn Féin up since 2007.
View ArticlePhil Hogan to nation: Lend me your votes
It follows a poll which shows an expected drop of seven per cent in support for Fine Gael in Friday’s local elections, compared to the last ballot five years ago.
View ArticleCatholic Democrat MEP candidate: ‘The mother has been the Cinderella of...
Theresa Heaney is running in Ireland South, and wants to ensure that mothers are not pressured into the workplace.
View ArticleLabour facing Euro wipeout, as latest polls show support collapse
Three national papers are running new opinion polls this morning. None of them contain good news for Labour.
View ArticlePoll: Are RTÉ’s Prime Time debates fair to the candidates?
One independent called the decision to have two panels for each constituency “the lowest trick yet”. What do you think of the Euro debate format?
View ArticleA tale of two parties: Here’s how the Euros are shaping up, four days ahead...
Politicians will be blitzing the country this week. But after a raft of polls in the last few days, certain patterns are becoming clear….
View ArticleLocal election candidate born in Turkey has posters defaced with pig imagery...
Memet Uludag called the attacks “outright racism”.
View Article‘I’m done dealing with the monkey, I want to deal with the organ grinder’ –...
He’s a thorn in the side of the government, so why does Ming Flanagan want to go to Brussels?
View ArticlePoll: Have you ever lied to a politician?
Ever told someone you’d vote for them – just so they’d get out of the damn way?
View ArticleThis apparently random youth backing Emer Costello is the Labour Youth...
“If you’re suggesting we’re trying to deceive anyone here that’s not the case.”
View ArticleIf you’re not sick of opinion polls already … here’s the ‘poll of polls’
Two days out from polling day, here’s how the electoral landscape’s looking….
View ArticleEnda’s warning to FG candidates: Stick within your own battle-lines
The three FG candidates all theoretically signed up to a divide and conquer strategy. But the plan’s apparently been a ‘nightmare’ to manage…
View ArticleEuropean candidates asked about abortion legislation… here’s what they said
The Life Insitute put a number of questions to a range of candidates – 10 answered.
View ArticleFor Sinn Féin, support isn’t a problem, but turnout might be
They’re popular on the doors, but can Sinn Féin translate that into votes?
View ArticleVoters in Inishfree (all 6 of them) go the polls today, along with 2,118...
The elections come a day early, if you’re lucky enough to live on an island off the west or northwest coast.
View ArticleLarry Donnelly: Do political candidates really enjoy canvassing? I’ll never...
Recent canvassing has reminded me of my own first foray as a political candidate: I was 22 years old, nomination papers in hand, knees knocking together.
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