Political Correspondent, @irishtimes. Author: The Murderer and the Taoiseach. GUBU podcast. Gaeilge. GAA. Chair @ranelaghgaels. Mountains. Athair. Céille. Rith.
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6 Dec 2023
A possible Christmas stocking filler or the right therapy for PTSD (post turkey & stuffing dinner)? #GUBU @HachetteIre
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Jun 9
What a subject combination for Keith - sport and politics. Of course they mix! Trump loudly booed in Madison Square Garden as Republicans cry foul over Los Angeles vote irishtimes.com/world/us/2026…
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What an amazing girl and family. Hope she’s flying thru junior cert! I think it’s beyond credible that they have to make a case to get prosthetic arms and hands. In any just world Sophie should be given Hero prosthetics off the bat.
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Coalition row looms with no new Irish-language schools planned to open until 2032
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Ceolchoirm áitiúil i Raghanallach eagraithe ag Nasc.
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May 24
Sean Kyne outlines the factors he thinks helped him eventually win the Galway West byelection. @irishtimes
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Simon Harris says likely by-election success in Galway West signals a moment of growth and renewal for Fine Gael.
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Helen Ogbu of Labour embraces Míde Nic Fhionnlaoich and Holly Cairns of the Social Democrats as Fine Gaels’s Sean Kyne watches on at the count centre in Galway West.
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Michael Fitzmaurice of Independent Ireland predicts the contest will be decided by Heken Ogbu’s transfers.
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Sean Kyne has arrived at the Galway Count Centre to applause from Fine Gael colleagues. Tallies indicate he has narrowed the gap with Noel Thomas to 329 after a phenomenal transfer from Cillian Keane of Fianna Fáil.
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Social Democrats’ leader Holly Cairns says strong showing of Míde Nic Fhionnlaoich showed voters looking for an alternative. Asked if Sean Kyne prospective victory might counter that she replied that name recognition played a big part in outcome of Galway West. @irishtimes
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Social Democrats’ leader Holly Cairns say that people were looking for an alternative which explains the strong showing ofMíde Nic Fhionnlaoich. Asked if a Seán Kyne victory might run counter to that argument she replied that name recognition was a “big factor” in Galway West.
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May 24
Latest state of play in Galway West as transfers of Sinn Féin’s Mark Lohan are distributed. A nail-biting dogged battle between Sean Kyne of Fine Gael and Noel Thomas of Independent Ireland. @irishtimes
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May 23
Sheila Garrity, independent candidate, talks about IDG’s brutal treatment of the Gaza flotilla activists and the left alliance in Galway West.
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Count 2 Galway West. AJ Cahill of Irish People’s Party eliminated.
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Taoiseach Micheál Martin at the Galway West count centre has acknowledged that the party did very poorly in Dublin Central. “We have a structural issue in Dublin Central that didn't start today, in fact it goes back 20 years now.”
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Labour’s Helen Ogbu responds to her performance in Galway West by-election. She says negative and offensive social media posts about her were not representative of the Galwegians she met on the campaign. @irishtimes
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