Meet the 'replacements' who could take over seats in Europe if elected MEPs bow out
Sisters, sons, press officers and councillors. This election, it’s all very inside baseball.
Muiris O'Cearbhaill
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This month
May 2024
European People's Party
Fine Gael condemns political violence after EU partners refused to sign letter denouncing far right
11 May
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Former Green Party candidate Saoirse McHugh to run as an independent in European Elections
26 Apr
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44
European Parliament
Broadcaster Niall Boylan to contest European elections as Independent Ireland candidate
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72
EU Explainer
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How much do you know about the EPP? S&D? Get up to speed before you cast your vote.
Muiris O'Cearbhaill
21 Apr
7.8k
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not jumping ship
FG pulls EPP 'to the centre' says Séan Kelly as Irish MEPs say parties will remain in EU groups
Fine Gael, Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil MEPs said they would not be considering a switch.
Muiris O'Cearbhaill
20 Apr
7.7k
bid for parliament
Muslim cleric Dr Umar Al-Qadri to run in June's European elections
12 Apr
17.1k
peeping putin
Dublin MEPs debate threat of Russian interference in EU ahead of June elections
Updated
7 Apr
14.6k
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The Explainer: Everything you need to know about how the EU works but were too afraid to ask
6 Apr
2.8k
Brussels
Complaint to EU Parliament security staff over leader of Irish Freedom Party
3 Apr
23.6k
European Parliament
Alan Shatter mulls European election run as he attacks Ireland's 'dysfunctional' MEPs
2 Apr
21.1k
March
March 2024
ming flanagan
How the 'cold, calculated' hack of Flanagan's account was designed to damage his reputation
Diarmuid Pepper
reports from Brussels
25 Mar
11.5k
ME-What?
'Sausage making': What is an MEP and what do they do?
What exactly is an MEP? What do they do? And how does the job compare to being a TD, senator or councillor?
Got questions about what MEPs do ahead of the elections in June? Muiris O'Cearbhaill has got you covered.
This explainer details the many elements of the role of an MEP, including voting, negotiating and diplomacy.
Muiris O'Cearbhaill
24 Mar
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EU Enlargement
European leaders open EU membership talks with Bosnia and Herzegovina
21 Mar
7.4k
51
defective blocks
European Parliament backs call for 'improved' mica scheme
19 Mar
8.9k
26
rocky road to Brussels
'Challenging' road ahead for FG to keep its European seats, says Taoiseach
12 Mar
11.3k
63
Holy Trinity
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Muiris O'Cearbhaill
12 Mar
7.2k
18
Ireland South
Seán Kelly and John Mullins, former Bord Gáis CEO, to run for Fine Gael in European elections
10 Mar
13.2k
25
case by case
EPP willing to work with radical parties but only if they 'respect European values' - Taoiseach
7 Mar
3.4k
political reaction
Nature restoration law reveals cracks and divisions in Sinn Féin and Fine Gael
2 Mar
11.6k
February
February 2024
Slapp slapped
Ireland must introduce laws to protect journalists from strategic lawsuits, says new EU directive
27 Feb
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22
European Parliament
Sinn Féin accused of hypocrisy after voting against landmark EU nature restoration law
27 Feb
12.7k
56
European Parliament
Labour select Limerick sociologist Niamh Hourigan as EU candidate in Ireland South constituency
24 hrs ago
17.9k
55
party preferences
What parties will 18-34-year-olds vote for in the EU elections? And why?
Muiris O'Cearbhaill
12 Feb
14.7k
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eu24
New poll shows Sinn Féin out in front for upcoming European elections in June
12 Feb
30.5k
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crisis
The EU's Israel-Gaza response has been poor according to two-thirds of Irish voters
The negative feeling is most keenly felt among younger people.
A major The Journal/Ireland Thinks poll, the first in a series of EU 2024 polls, published this morning.
The EU's response to the Gaza conflict has damaged its reputation with Irish people.
There remains, however, a huge motivation across the population to vote in four months with over 80% signalling intention to make it to the polling booths.
Rónán Duffy
12 Feb
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96
European Parliament
Irish MEPs cite Catalan solidarity as reason for opposing resolution on Russian interference
8 Feb
17.0k
44
EU Directive
EU agrees on first law that combats violence against women
6 Feb
5.2k
Medicines
Government parties' MEPs pick opposing sides in Brussels row with big pharma over drug costs
3 Feb
13.2k
34
Voices
Pádraic Fogarty: Farmers must find a more sophisticated way to be heard than tractor protests
Pádraic Fogarty
2 Feb
9.1k
24
Agriculture
French farmers lift roadblocks after tense week of protests
2 Feb
5.4k
15
European Parliament
'You reap what you sow': At the scene of the farmers' protest that shut down Brussels city centre
Smoke filled the air as farmers burned bales, as well as tires and wooden pallets.
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1 Feb
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January
January 2024
mica
Families affected by the mica scandal escalate crisis to European Commission
23 Jan
9.7k
63
mica
European Parliament report says mica redress scheme needs to be improved and red tape reduced
3 hrs ago
6.5k
25
Retrofitting
MEPs take first steps to greenlight potentially €1 trillion retrofitting plan
15 Jan
37.0k
34
ICJ
Irish MEPs say Ireland should have supported South Africa's genocide case against Israel
12 Jan
11.9k
European Parliament
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2 Jan
25.1k
0
Last year
2023
European Parliament
Viktor Orban, Gaza, and an EU-wide definition of rape: Irish MEPs' top concerns going into 2024
29 Dec 2023
5.7k
Pollution
EU member states reach preliminary agreement on reducing industrial emissions
29 Nov 2023
3.2k
MEPs
Delegation from the European Parliament arrives in Ireland to investigate the Mica scandal