This election includes a large crop of independent candidates, ranging from local campaigners to far-right activists and ...

Holly Cairns, leader of the Social Democrats and a candidate in the Cork South-West constituency, shares the joy of her new ...

On Friday morning, fire services and gardaí responded to a fire at a vacant building undergoing renovations in Williamstown, ...

Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch's decision to run for the General Election certainly garnered a lot of interest, with the 61-year-old ...

DUBLIN – Ireland is voting Friday in a parliamentary election that will decide the next government — and will show whether ...

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Voters in Ireland go to the polls on Friday to elect a new parliament, and many are unhappy. A housing crisis and rising ...

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Gerry Hutch, also known as The Monk, has lodged his papers to stand in the General Election in Dublin Central. He arrived at the office of the Dublin City returning officer for a preorganised ...

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Gerry Hutch at Dublin Airport on Monday. Photo: Steve Humphreys. Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch officially registered as a candidate to run in the general election in Dublin Central on Thursday ...

“Gerry does his own thing.” In the unlikely event Hutch is elected, he will be far from the first criminal to take a Dáil seat. As recently as 2020, independent TD Micheal Lowry comfortably ...