In pictures: candidates and electorate cast their vote
The candidates, their families and plenty of others across the country are voting today.
View ArticleThe Daily Fix: Thursday
In tonight’s Fix: Ireland goes to the polls, markets embrace the Greece deal, how much you’ll pay for an iPhone 4S, and just what DID cause Monday night’s flooding?
View ArticlePoll: Does the presidential election matter?
The presidential election has been dominating our media for weeks – but how much does it really matter? Have your say in our poll…
View ArticleLiveblog: The 2011 presidential election count, 9am – 6:45pm
Tallies indicate that Michael D Higgins will be elected the ninth president of Ireland – as Seán Gallagher concedes defeat. Catch up with all the latest results and analysis
View ArticleColumn: I’m interested in who will be President – but I won’t have had my say
Film-maker and writer Liam Nolan on the disenfranchisement of Irish citizens who are still on the electoral register but have no arrangements made for them to vote if they have to move abroad.
View ArticleThe Daily Fix: Friday
In tonight’s Fix: The winners of the Presidential race and the Dublin West by-election become clearer, an interesting change to succession laws for Commonwealth countries and why Twitter is ruining...
View ArticleLiveblog: The 2011 presidential election count, 6:45pm – 3am
Part TWO of our all-day liveblog following the twists and turns of the Presidential election count (and the latest on the Dublin West by-election and the referenda results).
View ArticleCounting to resume in the presidential election at 9am
Labour’s Patrick Nulty was declared victorious in the Dublin West by-election in the early hours of this morning. The final presidential election result is still to come, along with counting in the...
View ArticleD-Day for the dragon slayer: Michael D takes over the front pages
There’s only one story dominating the papers today….
View ArticleMichael D’s campaign manager: “It’s been a fabulous night”
Dublin Central TD Joe Costello says the presidency is “the prize that every party would love to have”, but that the win will cement the coalition.
View ArticleLiveblog: The 2011 Presidential election count, Day 2: 9am-3:15pm
Michael D Higgins creeps towards the quota as the Fourth Count results begin to come in. Keep up with all the results, news and analysis on our continuing liveblog
View ArticleHigher or lower: how does Michael D’s new salary compare to other heads of...
The new President of Ireland will be paid the reduced capped wage of just under €250,000 per annum – but for the size of our country, is that a good deal?
View ArticleLiveblog: Michael D Higgins elected President – as it happened
With the support of over a million voters, Michael D Higgins was named Ireland’s ninth president in Dublin Castle. Here’s how a historical day’s events unfolded.
View ArticlePoet, politician and the ninth President of Ireland: Michael D Higgins
Labour’s #Áras11 candidate is the President Elect and will be sworn into office in the middle of next month. Here’s a bit of background on the man who will be president…
View ArticleWhere were Mary Davis and Gay Mitchell today?
Fine Gael candidate Gay Mitchell and Independent candidate Mary Davis were not present for Michael D Higgins’s victory speech at Dublin Castle today – so where were they?
View ArticleWhat’s in store for the presidential losers?
Along with a new house, Michael D Higgins has won financial security for life. But what are the prospects for the other six candidates?
View ArticleHiggins welcomed by 5,000 supporters in Galway
The President-elect has been greeted by thousands of supporters in his native Galway today.
View ArticleMitchell unlikely to attend Fine Gael’s post-election meeting
The party’s failed presidential candidate has returned to Brussels as Fine Gael looks set to examine where it went wrong in the Race for the Áras.
View ArticleGalway United play their relegation wild card… Michael D. Higgins
The President-elect and his wife will be among the crowd for the Airtricity League promotion/relegation play-off second leg on Friday.
View ArticleUK deputy prime minister to visit Michael D in the Áras
Nick Clegg will be among the first international dignitaries to visit Michael D Higgins when he takes office.
View ArticleWATCH: Remember these seven from #Áras11?
Promo from RTÉ’s Naked Presidential Election, to be broadcast tonight, shows “how it was won and lost”…
View ArticlePoll: How would you rate Mary McAleese’s presidency?
The current President of Ireland’s 14-year tenure is drawing to a close – how do you think she has managed the role over that time?
View ArticleGallagher campaign to complain to BAI over hoax tweet on RTÉ debate
Gallagher’s performance on The Frontline debate was seen as a game-changing moment in the Race for the Áras.
View ArticleHousehold charge legislation to be pushed through ahead of Budget
The final legal measures to cut judges’ pay will also be voted on by the Dáil this week.
View ArticleGallagher complains to BAI over ‘game-changing’ tweet
Gallagher’s performance on The Frontline debate was seen as a game-changing moment in the Race for the Áras but he is not happy about his treatment by RTÉ.
View ArticleTeenage president? TDs to debate changes to Áras rules
Proposed changes would reduce the minimum age to 18, and allow candidates to secure nomination with 10,000 signatures.
View ArticleNew words: the official* glossary of 2011
*Not really. But these are the words that we never used (or understood the meaning of) before 2011.
View ArticleTop 10 TheJournal.ie stories that got you talking in 2011
Alternative medicine, the Gaza flotilla and same-sex marriages – these are the stories that sparked the most debate in 2011.
View ArticleAll we want for 2012 (and what we won’t miss from 2011)
TheJournal.ie’s writers have each picked one thing that they are glad to see the back of – and one thing they are looking forward to this year.
View ArticleGuess which #Áras11 candidate spent the most on their campaign?
Hint: It wasn’t the winner…
View ArticleDavid Norris says tabloid editor told him stories about him were “payback”
Independent senator and former Presidential candidate scathing of media standards during discussion in Seanad.
View ArticleBAI backs Miriam O’Callaghan in presidential debate row
Martin McGuinness had accused the presenter of treating him unfairly during the Prime Time candidates’ debate.
View ArticleColumn: BAI report does not close file on That Tweet
Seán Gallagher’s Áras bid may have been derailed with or without the tweet from fake McGuinness account. But the point is we need to know who was behind it, says Derek Mooney who knows all about losing...
View ArticleDavid Norris to publish autobiography in October
The senator and former presidential candidate is expected to cover his long career in politics and his controversial bid for the Áras.
View ArticleOne year after #Aras11, where are the failed presidential candidates now?
One wrote a book, one went on tour, one went back up the North and one went to Strasbourg. Here’s what Seán, Martin, Gay, David, Dana and Mary did next.
View ArticlePresidential candidate Gay Mitchell is for the birds…
Enterprising designer finds new use for old election posters – he builds a little birdhouse with them…
View Article
