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One of few journalists to call CU for Dana in 1999 has called the third seat in the Northwest euro constituency for Libertas leader Declan Ganley: Ten years ago this week, I was the only reporter to ‘call’ it for Independent candidate Dana Rosemary Scallon in advance of the Connacht-Ulster European election. Fianna Fáil and [...]

This is the second in a series of posts looking at who would or would not keep their seats if an election was called now. With not much  local polling to go on this is entirely my opinion and probably wrong. If you have any ideas on it please drop a comment. Galway West

The Oireachtas has today launched a detailed profile based on the 2006 Census of all the constituencies in the country. The information is quite interesting and comprehensive and details all 42 constituencies in the country.

Welcome to the second edition for Green Party Global Warming. This is Hot or Not but for Green Party candidates. Today it’s the turn of the young bucks of the Green Party and also possibly the semi-celebrity lookalikes. So who is hotter?

The Examiner carries news of another RedC local poll. This time in Roscommon/South Leitrim has very interesting news for trends and seats. First to trends, Fine Gael is suggested to have a larger first preference vote than Fianna Fail in the constituency 41% to 37%. This chimes with local polls elsewhere which suggest possible downturns [...]

On this beautiful day, there seems to be a good deal of election gossip filling the news pages. Below the fold are the pick of the bunch, it looks like the two weeks back in the constituencies are coming to and end and the ramping up of the national campaign begins next week.

Looking through the local papers for the local paper section I was struck by the amount of references to the cost of going back to school. Education is to me the most important thing for a country to work on and should be the most important priority for any party. So when I see parties [...]

Fianna Fail TD for Roscommon Michael Finneran has threatened not to stand for FF next year if the HSE continues with its plans to downgrade The County Hospital in Roscommon.

Round up of the news from the Local Papers. Feel free to comment on any stories. Western PeopleO’Mahony still in election race WITH a date set for the Fine Gael convention, the countdown for potential candidates to declare themselves is on with high profile football manager John O’Mahony still in the running. Speculation has been [...]

If there is any news in your area. Please let us know and drop us a comment. Longford Leader New poll predicts election success for Peter Kelly and James Bannon Its findings suggested that the four candidates elected to the Dail in this constituency will be: Deputy Kelly (FF), Senator Bannon(FG), Senator Mary O’Rourke (F [...]

Round up of the News from the Local papers. Not all the the unison Papers are online at the minute so I may have missed some inportant news. As always if there is a piece you have seen in your local paper. Tell us in the comments. The Kingdom Queen in terror plot: In an [...]