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On The JournalLocal elections 2024
McDonald admits Sinn Féin 'disappointed' by local election results and needs to 'reflect'
On The JournalIn Pictures
Winners, losers and some worried faces: here's all the drama of the count so far in 11 pictures
Happy faces, sad faces and a lot of watching and waiting: here’s the story of the count centres in pictures.
European elections‘Big potential for a recount’ in Midlands-North-West, according to Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan
bad day at the polls'It hasn't been our day': Mary Lou McDonald says Sinn Féin must 'reflect' after poor local election result
Liveblog
Over 100 councillors elected (out of 949) on first day of counting
Counting has been suspended in centres around the country and will resume on Sunday morning.
Polling trends showing Sinn Féin losing ground appear to have been borne out
Public Expenditure Minister Paschal Donohoe said the idea that Fine Gael is “a tired party” has been “shattered by the results that we're seeing”
in it to win
The story of the count so far: Good news for everyone, unless you're Sinn Féin
As it stands, Fine Gael may sneak ahead to become the biggest party in local government.
fighting words
Coalition bullish and sticks the boot in, saying predictions of SF-led Govt ‘have been shattered’
Questions are being asked today around whether Sinn Féin has run too many candidates across the country.
election securityGovernment websites hit with cyber attack day before elections, pro-Russian hackers suspected
On The Journalgnarly
'Not a green wave, not a wipeout', MEP Ciarán Cuffe says as he faces tough battle to hold seat
On The JournalThe Irish People
Electoral Commission unable to act over unflagged use of AI by far-right party in election posts
On The Journalintimidation
Racism, doxxing and assaults among dozens of incidents of abuse of 2024 election candidates
On The JournalElection time
Five big political questions we'll see answered as the local results come rolling in
It’s all over bar the counting.
On The Journalall politics is local
These are the key stats to help you understand who's winning and losing in the local elections
election 24
Polling stations close as turnout in local and European elections reach 50%
Turnout rates reached above 50% in some parts of the country.
On The JournalDriving prices up
Sinn Féin calls for more taxpayer funding for road safety quango after it seeks to hike NCT fees
Transport CommitteeRyanair's Michael O'Leary to discuss impact of Dublin passenger cap with TDs next week
On The JournalLocal Elections
20 years of legal migrant voting in Ireland but conspiracies about it are being shared online
On The JournalArizona
Trump returns to campaign trail and calls for appeals court to reverse his felony conviction
Explainer
Elections: Should you vote the whole way down the ballot paper?
And what exactly is PR-STV? Allow us to explain.
GazaNetanyahu to address US Congress next month, as Qatar says Hamas yet to respond to ceasefire plan
Exclusive
Cancer patients fighting Israeli government to avoid deportation to Gaza
Up to 40 people are affected and, to date, almost half have lodged petitions to stay in Israel and keep receiving medical care.
Lawyer Tamir Blank said patients who cannot receive the treatment or aftercare needed could end up in "a very dire condition"
Some people would have to return to refugee camps where the sanitation is poor and they may "not have access to even basic medical care"
On The Journalheatwaves
A third of Irish people think about climate change when choosing their holiday destination
Silent Killings
Life with cancer in Gaza: 'Access to treatment is the least we can ask for in this war'
A man speaks to The Journal’s reporter in Rafah about his wife’s diagnosis – and how she cannot access treatment or find healthy food.
On The JournalUNRWA
'Why bomb us?': At least 40 people killed in Israeli airstrike on UN school in Gaza
Osama Hamdan, a Hamas official based in Beirut, said: “There is no (ceasefire) proposal – they are just words said by Biden in a speech.”
normandyBiden, King Charles, Macron and Zelensky remember D-Day landings under the shadow of Russia's war
defective blocksParty campaigning for Mica redress running six candidates in Donegal local elections
