Elections

Support for Sinn Féin and Fine Gael is tied at 23%, a new opinion poll has suggested. The Irish Times Ipsos MRBI survey estimates Sinn Féin support is down five points, following on from a six-point drop in the previous poll in February. With three weeks to go before the Local and European...

The basics of this local election are in many ways simple. On 7 June people will vote to elect 949 councillors across 31 local authorities. The political atmosphere pulsing through this election is less straightforward though. Unquestionably the big issues are immigration, housing and...

A record number of women candidates are expected to run in June's local elections. So far, 649 women have been selected or declared for the contests. Although nominations do not close until midday on Saturday, this would mean around a third of candidates would be women. The figures were...

The Labour Party has launched its election campaign ahead of the local, European Parliament and Limerick mayoral elections. The party is putting 108 candidates forward in the local elections - looking to make gains on the 54 councillors it currently has. Conor Sheehan, who is a Labour party...