The primary goals of the campaign, which sees events being held in Cork on Wednesday, are to ensure everyone eligible to vote is registered, inform under-represented and disadvantaged communities, and make young people aware of their right to vote and how to register.

“The biggest sacrifice I made to get this campaign going was giving up my time,” he says. “As a father of four, time is the most precious thing I have, and having to give any of that up to do this campaign just shows how important this is to me."

Decision will have to be made before 10am, when any recount would begin.

Are election posters visual clutter or important tools of democracy. Concubhar Ó Liatháin asks are we too quick to dismiss this campaign tradition.

The Cork South-West TD took to Instagram this afternoon to share the happy news. 

In the Republic of Ireland, we use a voting system called proportional representation with a single transferable vote (PRSTV).

Senator Jerry Buttimer's comments come after Tánaiste Micheál Martin committed to the abolition of means testing for the carers’ allowance.

The party’s mental-health policy also outlines how they will be allocating 10% of the health budget to mental health by the end of 2030, if they are elected to government.

Mary Lou McDonald was canvassing in the CastleWest Shopping Centre in Ballincollig on Saturday afternoon with her party’s two sitting Cork City TDs Thomas Gould and Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire and their respective running mates Joe Lynch and Michelle Cowhey Shahid.

The newly five-seat Cork North Central is a canvasser’s nightmare, sprawling out from the northside of the city to Ballincollig and Inniscarra on the west, Glounthane and Glenville on the east, and Mallow in the north. Donal O’Keeffe looks at the issues in the constituency

Cork South-Central candidate, Michelle Cowhey Shahid, the proposal would 'ensure there is less pressure on this already oversubscribed system.'

People Before Profit-Solidarity candidate Zoe Laplaud and Independent candidate Rachel Hurley Roche, both 22, will be taking the opportunity to vote for themselves on Friday. 

With polling day less than a week away, Donal O’Keeffe looks back more than four decades to an extraordinary general election that threatened to become a full-blown constitutional crisis.

According to the latest available data, average staff turnover in Cork stands at 26.2%.

The last general election saw several Cork city and county councillors co-opted to replace newly elected TDs. 

The council unanimously passed a motion by Labour Party councillor Laura Harmon “to request the Electoral Commission to allow the expansion of postal voting in all elections outside of the narrow current guidelines”.

In what Ms Nevin described as “a bizarre situation”, the incident saw posters of election candidates defaced from just outside Bandon to just past Clonakilty.

Mr O’Leary was endorsing Fine Gael candidate Peter Burke in Longford when he said, “The Dáil is full of teachers – nothing wrong with teachers, I love teachers – but I wouldn’t generally employ a lot of teachers to go out and get things done.” 

The pack offers guidance for candidates on what to do if they are faced with harmful or illegal content or behaviour online, and contains information on different types of scenarios that might arise during the campaign and what steps candidates can be taken.

With President Higgins anticipated to grant Taoiseach Simon Harris a dissolution of the Dáil today, Donal O'Keeffe looks back at the last general election and the drawn-out government formation talks that ensued against the outbreak of a global pandemic.

Passing the Finance Bill, which enacts measures announced in Budget 2025, has been cited as a priority before the Dail is dissolved.

Fermoy-based Fine Gael county councillor Noel McCarthy is running for the party in Cork East in the upcoming election, and he has said the town needs a relief road and another bridge across the Blackwater.

Ms Murphy Kelleher previously ran for the party in the constituency in the 2020 general election.

Fine Gael have now chosen 74 general election candidates in 42 constituencies.

The Youghal based Independent Cork county councillor and former County Mayor said she feels like 'this is the next step for me.' 

Speaking this morning, Fine Gael leader Mr Harris said he has 'a fair idea' of when the election will be held.

Taoiseach Simon Harris and Tánaiste Micheál Martin have said in recent days that if the Finance Bill, underpinning €10.5bn worth of budget measures, could be passed into law in time it would pave the way for a 2024 general election.

Ivana Bacik and Leeside Labour general elections candidates met with UCC student representatives who voiced their concerns about the housing crisis in Cork. 

Speaking in Cork on Friday Micheál Martin has stressed the importance of the current Government lasting its full term. 

Mr Rice was elected to Cork City Council in June, winning 10% of the first preference vote.

The two men were selected at the party’s convention at the Parkway Hotel in Dunmanway on Wednesday night

There had been some predictions that party headquarters might impose a female candidate in an effort to address gender balance, but in the end that did not transpire.

Councillor Gearóid Murphy will contest the convention alongside Pádraig O’Sullivan TD, northside city councillor Tony Fitzgerald and Ballincollig-based city councillor Colm Kelleher.

Taoiseach Simon Harris had predicted candidates would be “lining up” to replace Mr Coveney, and the local party faithful has proven Mr Harris correct.

Raising the issue Fianna Fáil councillor Ian Doyle, from Charleville, said that another issue was the lack of understanding among young people regarding their inclusion on the register.

The Fine Gael TD made the suggestion in the Dáil this week as he recounted experiences he had while canvassing for the recent local and European elections.