Luke 'Ming' Flanagan

European election results: All Irish MEPs elected as final four seats decided in Midlands-North-West

Barry Cowen elected on 20th count overnight, as Maria Walsh, Nina Carberry and Ciarán Mullooly also set for Brussels

Fri Jun 14 2024 - 06:52

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

Fri Jun 14 2024 - 01:39

‘The one thing you’ve got to do is be remembered in politics’: Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan is heading back to Brussels

Midlands-North-West MEP secured his third consecutive term in this year’s European elections

Thu Jun 13 2024 - 20:17

European Election: Midlands-North-West results

A total of 27 candidates fighting for five seats

Wed Jun 12 2024 - 13:44

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

Tue Jun 11 2024 - 10:48

How did Ireland’s MEPs perform in Europe over the last five years?

Coalition-building across political groups more important in European Parliament than in the Oireachtas

Sun Jun 02 2024 - 06:00

Midlands-North-West: Battle for final seat could end with a small party making a breakthrough

Constituency profile - Midlands North-West: Consensus remains that the three big parties and Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan will take four of the five seats

Sat Jun 01 2024 - 12:00

The psychology of election posters: to smile, frown or go full Mick Wallace?

Experts in behavioral psychology examine a selection of posters from the campaign trail to reveal hidden meanings

Sun May 26 2024 - 06:00

‘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

Sat May 25 2024 - 06:00

European election Midlands-North-West debate: Migration a heated topic, but winning candidates hard to pick

Live debate on RTE Upfront features Peter Casey, Barry Cowen, Luke Ming Flanagan, Saoirse McHugh, Chris MacManus, Pauline O’Reilly. Peadar Tóibín and Maria Walsh

Tue May 21 2024 - 00:05

European Parliament elections: a few clear leaders and then a mad scramble for seats

Candidates face a battle where party running mates could be their most dangerous rivals transfers will in many cases be decisive

Sat May 18 2024 - 06:00

Any drift towards the right could be disastrous for Europe’s climate agenda

It’s not just the ‘far right’ who weaponise climate policies for politically opportunistic reasons

Tue May 07 2024 - 06:00

Major overhaul of EU asylum policy approved by European Parliament

MEPs approve 10 Bills making up new migration pact following efforts to reform policies stretching back to 2016

Wed Apr 10 2024 - 18:56

Nina Carberry expects to be replaced as coach on Ireland’s Fittest Family due to European election run

Former jockey says she would bring ‘resilience and perseverance’ learnt from horse racing to EU Parliament

Sat Apr 06 2024 - 17:48

Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan tweet trial: What exactly happened and was this an act of revenge or just a joke?

Former assistant retained access to MEP’s Twitter account after taking it over during National Ploughing Championships

Mon Mar 25 2024 - 16:24

Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan’s former assistant sentenced to community service over ‘skinny dipping’ tweet

Diarmuid Hayes sent post about former Green politician Saoirse McHugh from MEP’s account as ‘impulsive’ joke

Mon Mar 25 2024 - 09:14

The world is burning, but Sinn Féin is focusing on the local elections

The party decided not to be the party of change on climate change, which may be a smart political calculation, but comes at a cost

Fri Mar 01 2024 - 06:00

Thursday’s Top Stories: Mental health pressures among issues as student dropouts rise; recovering from heart failure at 36

The stories you need to start your day including; Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin on Ireland’s shameful history of attempting to hide away single mothers and boy (10) dies after crash

Thu Feb 29 2024 - 08:04

The ‘impulsive joke’ tweet that caused Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan three years of ‘torture’

In the News podcast

Thu Feb 29 2024 - 06:00

Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan's former assistant says Saoirse McHugh skinny dipping tweet an ‘impulsive joke’

Belgian court told Diarmuid Hayes still had access to MEP’s Twitter account after contract not renewed

Wed Feb 28 2024 - 14:30

People in politics, journalism, judiciary take drugs but do not end up in court, Dáil told

Labour TD Aodhán Ó Ríordáin says current policy of criminalisation for possession of drugs for personal use is not working

Wed Jan 31 2024 - 12:24

Assistant accused of seeking to damage reputation of Luke Ming Flanagan with skinny-dipping tweet

Charges carry potential prison term and fines of up to €100,000 under Belgian penal code

Sat Sept 09 2023 - 05:00

Former Luke Ming Flanagan assistant to go on trial for tweet about Saoirse McHugh

Film-maker Diarmuid Hayes accused of posting tweet about photographs of former Green Party politician Saoirse McHugh skinny dipping

Mon Sept 04 2023 - 10:03

Nature Restoration Law could prevent farming without changes to wording – Luke Ming Flanagan

Midlands North-West MEP said line dedicated to restoring habitats could be obstacle to farming

Tue Jul 11 2023 - 16:26

NTMA spends €37bn mopping up legacy of notorious IBRC promissory notes

State keen to close the door on the last of the debt used to prop up Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Nationwide whose failure triggered the financial crisis

Fri Jul 07 2023 - 15:32

‘We are paying the price of freedom,’ says Zelenskiy

Standing ovation at extraordinary European Parliament session but West rules out no-fly zone

Tue Mar 01 2022 - 20:25

Nóirín O’Sullivan: ‘Having your good name destroyed is a huge thing’

Allegations against former garda commissioner have been dismissed by tribunal

Sat Nov 20 2021 - 03:30

Garda whistleblower who said he was targeted ‘became irrational’, tribunal finds

Disclosures Tribunal dismisses 22 claims made by Garda Nicky Keogh against senior officers

Sat Jul 10 2021 - 05:00

Eerie Brussels edges back towards rubbing elbows and bashing heads

Europe Letter: Weary of online chat, capital with high death rate is back in the flesh

Wed Jun 17 2020 - 20:00

Ireland South recount gets under way as Greens poised to take final seat

Sinn Féin MEP Liadh Ní Riada has sought recount as she faces losing seat

Thu May 30 2019 - 07:57

Rechecks and recounts in Ireland South as battle continues for final MEP seat

Inside Politics: Angela Kerins wins her case in the Supreme Court against the PAC

Thu May 30 2019 - 07:56

Elections 2019: What we know so far

Varadkar refuses to rule out early general election while Green wave sweeps through locals

Mon May 27 2019 - 21:02

Election debate: ‘Peter Casey seems like a millionaire in dire need of a new hobby’

Prime Time Election Debate: Too little discussion of Europe, too much of Peter Casey

Wed May 22 2019 - 14:00

FF TD says she is being pushed aside in favour of running mate

Anne Rabbitte and Brendan Smith standing in Midlands North West as party chases seats

Fri May 17 2019 - 01:00