The Half Past Fix: 3.30pm
Everything you need to know from the count so far: we keep you updated every hour, on the half hour. It’s all in the Half-Past Fix.
View ArticleMary O’Rourke will retire to write a book and spend time with her grandchildren
O’Rourke has conceded she will lose her seat in Longford-Westmeath.
View ArticleThe Half Past Fix: 10.30pm
Every hour – on the half hour – TheJournal.ie brings you your fix of election tallies, predictions and results. Here’s how the winners and losers of GE11 are playing out so far.
View ArticleThe Hot List: How the day unfolded in 12 key constituencies
Kevin Humpheys has taken the final seat for Labour in Dublin South-East. Check out how the first day of counting unfolded in key constituencies across the country.
View ArticleFianna Fáil wipe out marks the end of political dynasties
Well known Fianna Fáil names like Haughey, Hanafin, Coughlan, Andrews and McEllistrim are no longer in the Dáil.
View ArticleRevealed: the ten biggest winners and losers of Election 2011
We’ve totted up the figures, quantified the quotas, and worked out the ten most – and least – popular politicians in Ireland.
View ArticleFG TD vows to continue working after Motor Neurone diagnosis
Longford-Westmeath TD Nicky McFadden was diagnosed with the disease last week.
View ArticleConstituency report: Dáil loses 8 TDs in radical boundary shake-up
The report of the Constituency Commission cuts the number of TDs, with significant boundary reforms.
View ArticleConfirmed: Dáil to lose 8 TDs with confirmation of boundary changes
Ministers have agreed to table new laws enforcing cuts to the size of the Dáil, in line with independent recommendations.
View ArticleHere’s why most political parties aren’t ready for the two by-elections...
The government looks set to move to writ for elections in Dublin West and Longford-Westmeath next month catching many of the possible candidates on the hop as they focus on the local and, in some...
View ArticleFianna Fáil is running Mary O’Rourke’s son in the Longford-Westmeath by-election
Aengus O’Rourke will run for the party in the by-election caused by the death of Fine Gael TD Nicky McFadden.
View ArticleConfirmed: There are going to be two by-elections on the 23 May
Voters in Dublin West and Longford-Westmeath will have an extra ballot paper later this month.
View ArticleWhat matters to the voters of Longford-Westmeath?
These constituents will not only be choosing politicians to represent them in the council and the European Parliament but also a new TD to speak for them in the Dáil.
View ArticleHighest number of women TDs EVER if female candidates win two by-elections
If the two female candidates tipped for the top are successful there will be 27 female TDs.
View ArticleGabrielle McFadden tops Westmeath-Longford poll to win late sister’s seat
McFadden’s win was emotional as she takes the place of her sister Nicky, who died from motor neurone disease in March.
View ArticleFianna Fáil spends the most on two by-elections – but fails to nab a seat
Its members spent the most in the Dublin West and Longford Westmeath by-elections, the Standards in Public Office Commission said.
View Article‘We would have been very grateful if it had been cancer’: The pain of Motor...
As the first anniversary of Nicky McFadden’s death approaches, her sister Gabrielle recalls when her family got the news of her diagnosis.
View ArticleFianna Fáil members express no confidence in the party’s own candidate
More gender trouble for Fianna Fáil in Longford.
View ArticleChaos turns to ‘sham’ for Fianna Fáil in Longford
An unofficial selection convention is taking place in the Longford Arms Hotel tonight.
View ArticleCouncillor considers resignation amid ‘disgust’ in Longford Fianna Fáil
Things are far from settled in Longford Fianna Fáil.
View ArticleGardaí called after Sinn Féin leaflets ‘removed from letterboxes’
A dispute between Fine Gael TD James Bannon and Sinn Féin hopeful Paul Hogan saw the gardaí called in Longford this evening.
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