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IRISH ELECTIONS

Analysis: We had record low turnout in these elections - what does it mean?

Adrian Kavanagh

14 Jun 2024

12.1k

voter preferences

Elections 2024: General election polls are poor predictors of local elections – here’s why

Stefan Müller

12 Jun 2024

8.3k

Red C Poll

Latest opinion poll reveals a drop in support for Sinn Féin

Updated 26 Nov 2023

50.3k

259

Poll

Health and economy ranked as bigger concerns than Protocol for Northern Ireland's voters

24 Feb 2023

5.0k

Finally

Electoral Commission one step closer as government approves initial plan for regulator

30 Dec 2019

6.7k

by-election controversy

'I expect more from you': Letters of complaint sent to the Taoiseach called on him to drop Verona Murphy

24 Dec 2019

15.2k

Austria

Conservative Sebastian Kurz on track to retake power in Austrian snap election

29 Sep 2019

9.2k

Kerry

Gsoc launches public interest probe into voter registration irregularities in Kerry

23 May 2019

14.9k

Voting Rights

Residents on Ireland's islands will now vote on the same day as the rest of the country

16 Apr 2019

10.7k

Voting

Nearly a billion people expected to vote as Indian election gets underway

11 Apr 2019

5.3k

Data

Concerns over mystery Facebook ads claiming to offer 'unbiased facts' on Eighth Referendum

1 May 2018

28.2k

161

all together now

Islanders will be able to vote on the same day as the rest of the country

6 Dec 2016

10.2k

Coalition

All smiles, but Australia's in political limbo after voters punish government

3 Jul 2016

15.0k

findings

New poll shows more than twice as many people want Martin as Taoiseach over Kenny

3 Apr 2016

18.1k

135

Opinion

'I'm a first time voter and I got to see democracy unfold in front of my eyes at the RDS'

Ruby Hughes

1 Mar 2016

214

Opinion

'This is why my vote is so important to me'

Gráinne de Paor

26 Feb 2016

875

Opinion

'For me, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are virtually the same'

Julien Mercille

24 Feb 2016

2.2k

107

TV3

Vincent Browne's People's Debate wraps up after mammoth 40 shows

23 Feb 2016

19.5k

my hometown

Beautiful Bray and the demise of the Irish main street

18 Feb 2016

39.4k

Social Media

Matchy-matchy: Fine Gael ministers send the same tweets, word for word, during live debate

16 Feb 2016

26.4k

112

Opinion

You risk blowing your savings on a lifetime supply of customised pens when you run for election

Roslyn Fuller

9 Feb 2016

1.3k

column

'Power is a drug': Alan Kelly's recent interview showed the true colours of Irish politics

Tom Clonan

7 Feb 2016

1.1k

Opinion

Digital can deliver vital votes - but how do politicians earn the 'like' love?

Bob Hughes

3 Feb 2016

111

The left unites

Sinn Féin wants a vote pact with other left-wing parties - but not everyone's up for it

27 Oct 2015

28.8k

262

Coalition

If Budget 2016 was a giveaway, it hasn't convinced voters

20 Oct 2015

13.0k

Opinion

More women will be in the next Dáil — that would be the case even without gender quotas

Seamus Conboy

2 Oct 2015

241

Opinion

'People with disabilities and the homeless aren't being taken care of because of your vote'

Aaron McKenna

19 Sep 2015

299

marref

An Australian documentary about the marriage referendum has been getting a huge response

21 Jul 2015

22.7k

marriage ref effect

There has been a HUGE surge in voter registration

18 May 2015

23.0k

115

double check

Checktheregister.ie excludes some Dublin streets, but you could still be on the electoral register

24 Apr 2015

11.3k

check it

Nearly 1% of voters 'struck off' Dublin City electoral register since January

23 Apr 2015

14.6k

check it

Are you voting in the May referendums? Better check you're on the register

22 Apr 2015

19.2k

Election talk

'I shudder to think about a Sinn Féin foreign policy that would alienate allies'

27 Feb 2015

21.0k

244

Vote

Date for same-sex marriage referendum set for 22 May

20 Feb 2015

15.4k

478

Tories

Move to stop Irish people voting in UK election labelled 'perverse in the extreme'

8 Jan 2015

30.9k

ballot

'We're ready': Fianna Fáil selects two familiar faces to run in the next general election

13 Dec 2014

14.0k

shots fired

Micheál Martin: I think Enda Kenny is deluded and no one takes him seriously

1 Dec 2014

14.0k

136

voters

UKIP set to win second UK parliament seat

20 Nov 2014

7.5k

pointergate

This mayor says she wasn’t throwing gang signs with a convicted felon

14 Nov 2014

13.2k

Referendum

Living abroad, but want to vote? A decision on your rights could be made in the next 7 weeks

4 Nov 2014

6.2k

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