Sunday 28 February, 2021
The number of floating voters has increased amid weakening attachment to political parties – could the affect coherent decision-making in the Dáil?
The party will go from five seats to being the largest party on the capital’s local authority.
From annoyance to confusion to smugness, and back again.
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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These folks take the well-worn “fake moustache” idea and throw it out the window.
A pair of head-the-balls. Literally.
Unvouched expenses would not be tolerated in the any other business, and taxpayers shouldn’t have to tolerate it either.
You gotta do what you gotta do.
The party refuted media reports this morning.
Probably the fluffiest candidate, too.
Somewhere in Ballaghaderreen, someone is probably feeling very pleased with themselves right now.
Hot politicians in YOUR area want to chat with you. Really, they do. They’re up for election.
A local election, for local people.
Dance like nobody’s watching, Deputy.
What started as a joke for Dave Keaveney of Duleek, Co Meath, turned into a very real campaign.
John Kidd said he’ll be sticking up for middle income workers if he’s elected.
Maurice Dockrell says that the Taoiseach has a “huge depth of character”.
Emmett Hegarty put 30 hours a week into Brian Hayes’ 2011 campaign. Now he will seek election to South Dublin County Council for Fianna Fáil.
Padraic Vallely said that the decision came down to “politics” and that he was “gutted”.
From the candidacy selections so far, Fianna Fáil is the worst when it comes to having women stand for office in the local elections this year.
The Olympic silver medallist is considering running as a Fine Gael candidate after he was approached by Minister Frances Fitzgerald.
Having been critical of the party in the past, Chris Andrews will be seeking votes for Sinn Féin in May.
Edmond Lukusa will represent the party in the Mulhuddart ward in Blanchardstown.
The former Green Party chairman says the current environment minister is “as good an anti-Green as we could get”.
