9 h. ago Taoiseach suggests referendum on changing 'restrictive' process for getting on presidential ballot

One in eight votes were spoiled.

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32 h. ago Irish presidential election: Counting begins as ballot boxes open

Irish presidential election: Counting begins as ballot boxes open  BBC

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33 h. ago Fine Gael privately accept ‘it’s all over’ bar the counting – as ballot boxes opened in presidential election

Fine Gael privately accept ‘it’s all over’ bar the counting – as ballot boxes opened in presidential election  The Irish Independent

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34 h. ago LIVE: Ballot boxes set to open soon as presidential counting gets under way

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34 h. ago LIVE: Ballot boxes opening across the country as presidential election count to begin soon

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2 w. ago Martin put ‘extensive pressure’ on Fianna Fáil TDs to back Gavin

Cork East TD James O’Connor said Jim Gavin ‘should have never found himself on the ballot paper’ in the presidential election.

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4 w. ago I was painted as a ‘pantomime villainess’: Maria Steen reflects on failed bid for presidency

In an exclusive interview, the barrister, conservative campaigner and stay-at-home mother talks about falling short in her attempt to get her name on the presidential ballot

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last month Presidential election field thins to three, the shortest ballot paper since 1990

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