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Heather Humphreys takes large lead over Seán Kelly in race to seek Fine Gael presidential election nomination via @IrishTimesPol.
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Former Cabinet minister and MEP both announced intentions to seek nomination on Tuesday morning
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Áras race picks up speed as Humphreys and Kelly join Fine Gael field via @IrishTimesPol.
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Former minister and Ireland South MEP are trying to enter a race they both ruled themselves out of
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Fergus Finlay sought Labour Party run for presidency via @IrishTimesPol.
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Party grandee ‘very disappointed’ to see Labour supporting Catherine Connolly in presidential election
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Seán Kelly to seek Fine Gael nomination to run in presidential election via @IrishTimesPol.
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Contest between MEP and former minister Heather Humphreys lookining increasingly likely
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Taoiseach cracks down on last-minute, ‘under the arm’ Cabinet memos from Ministers via @IrishTimesPol.
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Senior official twice warns Government members about timely filings of documents ahead of meetings to meet constitutional principle
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Donald Trump meets Volodymyr Zelenskiy and European powers in bid to seal Ukrainian peace via @IrishTimesPol.
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US president reiterates optimism for trilateral meeting involving Putin, even without ceasefire
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Heather Humphreys and Seán Kelly presidential face-off expected as Fine Gael reopens nominations via @IrishTimesPol.
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Party expects competition for Áras nomination following unexpected withdrawal of Mairead McGuinness
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Galway Labour councillors back Catherine Connolly’s Áras bid despite bitter row that led to party exit via @IrishTimesPol.
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Councillors support party’s decision to back Independent Galway West TD as united left candidate
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First Minister Michelle O’Neill among leaders seeking UK sanctions on Israel via @IrishTimesPol.
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Politicians from Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales urge Keir Starmer to recall UK parliament to take action against Israel
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Fine Gael is electrified at prospect of Heather Humphreys running for president via @IrishTimesPol.
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No obvious path to nomination for Seán Kelly
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Fresh challenges to State’s refusal to further backdate bereaved partners’ pensions via @IrishTimesPol.
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Changes to scheme followed Tipperary father’s successful Supreme Court challenge
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Tony Holohan will not run for president to protect family from campaign ‘abuse’ via @IrishTimesPol.
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Former chief medical officer says personal abuse is becoming ‘increasingly normalised in Irish politics’
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Crash, part three: Ireland hits rock bottom and Cowen bows out via @IrishTimesPol.
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Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan
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Presidential election: Heather Humphreys giving ‘very serious’ thought to running for Fine Gael via @IrishTimesPol.
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Former minister has backing of senior party figures, and a number of Independent TDs, to replace Mairead McGuinness
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Catherine Connolly says we ‘cannot trust’ the US, England and France via @IrishTimesPol.
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EU has ‘lost its moral compass’ and is becoming ‘increasingly militarised’, presidential candidate says
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Presidential election: What Catherine Connolly says on Ukraine, the EU and Syria via @IrishTimesPol.
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Independent TD Catherine Connolly is questioned on her views of global affairs
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Where does Mairead McGuinness’s shock withdrawal leave the presidential race? via @IrishTimesPol.
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Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan
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Healy-Rae backs Heather Humphreys to enter presidential race after shock McGuinness withdrawal via @IrishTimesPol.
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McDowell rules himself out again as ‘no circumstances in existence’ would tempt him
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Very small number of investors own vast bulk of shares in Gareth Sheridan’s US firm via @IrishTimesPol.
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Loss-making Nutriband had an accumulated deficit of US $39.8 million as of earlier this year
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Rarely has a race for the Áras seemed so uncertain or open – and who knows what could happen next? via @IrishTimesPol.
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After Mairead McGuinness’s department, none of the three main parties even has a candidate
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