Dublin inner city council electee Malachy Steenson has vowed to “build the nationalist movement” going forward.
Simon Harris says he ‘absolutely expects’ voters will want him to work on issues related to immigration in wake of positive election results
Mary Lou McDonald has said that while immigration was “an issue” for voters, housing was “the issue” in the local and European elections.
Dublin area EU election candidate Niall Boylan says he is confident of being elected while remembering some of the highs and lows of his campaign.
Green Party leader and cabinet Minister Eamon Ryan tells Gript Media that the Green Party vote is holding up, with a majority of Green Councillors in Dublin set to hold their seats and the possibility of some gains nationwide.
Gript’s Dr. MATT TREACY, who has been tallying elections for far longer than he might like to admit, gives his very early impressions of the early trends in the Dublin Count Centre
Boxes being emptied as the count begins at RDS, Dublin
“Ideology is being driven into our schools”: European election candidate Eddie Punch says he has “huge concern” about a proposed Leaving Cert module that would teach students to engage in climate activism, adding that this is being driven by “a small, unrepresentative cabal”.
An NGO event in Cork City Hall this month heard that Gardaí should be “ashamed” of killing George Nkencho, and that his death was due to racism. Ben Scallan presses Justice Minister Helen McEntee on the fact that her Department funds the NGO behind the event.
Newtownmountkennedy grandmother says she no longer trusts Gardaí after clashes last month in which she says her daughter and son-in-law were “badly pepper sprayed”.
A Fine Gael election policy document released last week claims that under the party’s leadership, Garda numbers are “up 2,000 since 2019.”