39 h. ago Fingal council votes not to endorse any candidate for presidential election

Council rejects resolution to give nomination to entrepreneur Gareth Sheridan

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54 h. ago Connolly questions "strange" TG4 decision not to host Presidential election debate

Irish speakers should hear questions important to them be answered in Irish in a TG4 debate before the Presidential election, candidate suggests

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4 d. ago Fianna Fáil’s Jim Gavin ‘has all the credentials to be fine president’

MEP, who had contested party’s presidential nomination, says he will canvas every day he can for fomer Dublin football manager

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4 d. ago Jim Gavin selected as Fianna Fáil candidate for presidential election

Jim Gavin has been selected as Fianna Fáil's presidential candidate

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4 d. ago Bob Geldof rules himself out of presidency race as Fianna Fáil chooses Jim Gavin for Áras run

Bob Geldof rules himself out of presidency race as Fianna Fáil chooses Jim Gavin for Áras run  The Irish Independent

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4 d. ago Jim Gavin is Fianna Fáil's Áras candidate after beating Billy Kelleher in secret party ballot

The presidential election will take place on 24 October.

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4 d. ago Fianna Fáil chooses former Dublin football manager Jim Gavin as presidential candidate

Parliamentary party held vote to choose between GAA stalwart and MEP Billy Kelleher

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4 d. ago Jim Gavin ‘honoured’ to be selected as Fianna Fáil presidential candidate

Parliamentary party voted by 41-29 favour of GAA stalwart over Ireland South MEP Billy Kelleher

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5 d. ago Fianna Fáil to pick between Gavin and Kelleher as presidential election candidate

Parliamentary party to choose between former Dublin football manager Jim Gavin and Ireland South MEP

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5 d. ago Who is Jim Gavin? From Dublin GAA supremo to presidential election candidate

Who is Jim Gavin? From Dublin GAA supremo to presidential election candidate  Irish Examiner

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5 d. ago Billy Kelleher or Jim Gavin? Fianna Fáil to choose presidential election candidate

The secret ballot will take place at Leinster House from 11.30am on Tuesday morning

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5 d. ago Fianna Fáil councillor says party’s presidential nomination process is ‘simply not fair’

Fianna Fáil TDs, MEPs and Senators will cast their votes this morning in a secret ballot to decide who will be their presidential election candidate.

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5 d. ago Fianna Fáil to pick presidential election candidate at meeting in Leinster House

Parliamentary party to choose between former Dublin football manager Jim Gavin and MEP Billy Kelleher

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5 d. ago Galway City and County Councils to hear presidential pitches next week

This article first appeared on Galway Bay FM Galway City and County Councils are to hear pitches from aspiring presidential candidates next week. The Presidential election is scheduled for Friday, October 24th, and nominations will close on September 24th. In order to compete in the race, a candidate needs either the backing of four local […] The post Galway City and County Councils to hear presidential pitches next week appeared first on Connacht Tribune - Galway City Tribune.

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5 d. ago ‘Nonsense’ to suggest Fine Gael councillors should back independent candidates

Party leader Simon Harris said ‘the Fine Gael party is backing the Fine Gael candidate’ in the presidential election next month.

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5 d. ago Fintan O'Toole: What the presidential election needs is a candidate I wouldn’t dream of voting for: Maria Steen

There are still a lot of orthodox Irish Catholics and people of other faiths who share their views on issues like abortion, homosexuality, gender and marriage

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5 d. ago Presidential election: County councils most likely to nominate an Independent candidate

Candidates must be nominated by four county councils if going down this route to get their name on the ballot

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6 d. ago Next President should use office to advocate for unification

The Sinn Fein vice president refused to be drawn on whether her own party would be running a candidate in next month’s presidential election.

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6 d. ago Next President should advocate for reunification, Michelle O’Neill says

The Sinn Féin vice president refused to be drawn on whether her own party would be running a candidate in next month’s presidential election.

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8 d. ago Jim Gavin and Billy Kelleher confirmed as the two candidates to compete for Fianna Fáil presidential nomination

Jim Gavin and Billy Kelleher confirmed as the two candidates to compete for Fianna Fáil presidential nomination  The Irish Independent

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