Don’t write off Gráinne Seoige. The original celebrity candidate was Jack Lynch
Lynch is a prime example of the problem with lazy monikers and a label that lumps all candidates with name recognition, but wildly varying backgrounds, together
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Limerick mayor’s ‘great frustration’ over pay during his time in Land Development Agency revealed
Plus: Cynthia Ní Mhurchú's pay cut, Irish Ambassador to the US gets a profile boost, and Simon Coveney sails again
First week of school: New Irish MEPs find their feet in European Parliament
Irish MEPs sitting in centre coalition among the few to publicly break ranks to oppose Ursula von der Leyen
Mick Wallace pledges to continue campaigning following loss of seat to Ní Mhurchú
Outgoing Ireland South MEP says he was ‘demonised’ by media as Fianna Fáil’s Cynthia Ní Mhurchú takes final seat in five-seat constituency
European Election: Mick Wallace loses out as Kathleen Funchion (SF), Michael McNamara (Ind) and Cynthia Ní Mhurchú (FF) win final seats in Ireland South
Election results: Barry Cowen expected to be elected alongside Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan as Midlands-North-West counting continues
European election results: Who is still in line for a seat and where will the transfers flow?
Slow race towards European Parliament restarts this morning as counts in Dublin, Midlands-North-West and Ireland South resume
Fine Gael’s Seán Kelly retains Ireland South seat, with Fianna Fáil’s Billy Kelleher set to take second seat
European election: Independents Michael McNamara and Mick Wallace, Sinn Féin’s Kathleen Funchion, Green Party’s Grace O’Sullivan and Fianna Fail’s Cynthia Ní Mhurchú are battling for the other three seats
Local election results: Hundreds of seats yet to be filled as FF and FG set to battle it out to be largest party
Election results: Sinn Féin will make gains in comparison to 2019 result but TD David Cullinane says ‘obviously we expected to do better’
Election results: The candidates and constituencies to watch and what the main parties are hoping for
The only certainty is uncertainty, but here are the key bellwethers and battlegrounds in the European and local elections
At least €423,000 spent on online advertising for political parties and candidates in lead-up to polling day
Sinn Féin spent €166,800 with Meta and Google, with Fine Gael’s online advertising costing €75,900 and Fianna Fáil spending €74,900 over three months
‘Celebrity’ election candidates: On the campaign trail with Ciaran Mullooly, Nina Carberry and Cynthia Ní Mhurchú
Mullooly and Carberry are contesting the European elections in Midlands-North-West, Mhurchú in the South constituency
Seán Bán Breathnach: ‘They probably saw me as . . . a showman.'
Sports, music and Irish broadcaster Seán Bán Breathnach on luck, risk and the craic
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