Ireland will have its first ever female Taoiseach nominee on Wednesday
Ruth Coppinger is set to make history tomorrow as the first woman TD ever to be nominated to the office of Taoiseach. The Anti-Austerity Alliance/People Before Profit party is expected to nominate the Dublin West TD tomorrow. The party have chosen to nominate someone for Taoiseach as an alternative the relatively centrist policies of Fianna […]
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PICS: “Stubborn, pigheaded, redheaded bollocks” – the weirdest election leaflet has finally been found
What. On. Earth. Election season often throws up its fair share of oddities by way of vandalised posters, ‘Booby Sands’-esque typos and unfortunate gaffes – but this leaflet purporting to be from Dublin Bay South Independent candidate Willie DJ Gorman takes the whole cake. The full leaflet was shared on the @CarlosVanSRon Twitter account earlier on […]
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Ireland’s archbishops have released a lengthy statement on the upcoming general election
Quiet everyone, the archbishops have something to say! The clergy might not dominate the politics of Ireland as much as they did in the days of Father John Charles McQuaid, but it’s safe to say that the people of the cloth still have a lot of sway with many Irish voters. Ireland’s four archbishops today released […]
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PIC: Labour’s ad in today’s newspaper looks like something from a Transition Year photoshop project
It doesn’t exactly look like a lot of thought went into this. Labour came under criticism before the election campaign even started when a potential Labour ad depicting Gerry Adams and Micheál Martin getting married was leaked. They’re not going to win themselves any new fans with their latest ad, which takes up half a […]
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PIC: This election poster in Dublin Bay South is completely ‘batty’
Is this some kind of printing error? At this stage, we’ve seen some bizarre election posters – including one for Derek Zoolander – but this down in Dublin Bay South really takes the biscuit. Eoin Tierney is standing for election as part of Equal Ireland. We’re not entirely sure of all their policies, but judging […]
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TWEETS: This is how Twitter reacted to last night’s Leader’s Debate on RTÉ
Things are heating up in the race to the Dáil. Seven of Ireland’s party leaders took to the stage yesterday to debate issues such as healthcare, policing and economic recovery. The debate was a rare opportunity for minor party leaders such as Lucinda Creighton of Renua, Stephen Donnelly of the Social Democrats and Richard Boyd […]
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