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Interview with Florence Rees, agent at AM Heath, for Fact to Fiction open.substack.com/pub/brayje…
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New: Minister issues four-week deadline after receiving damning internal report late this week about uptake of new consultant hours; also reveals fresh discovery of issues in Rotunda thetimes.com/world/ireland-w…
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Interview with health minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill who reveals full story behind Rotunda stand-off, new details from the audit she sought from the board and a fresh row over the public only consultants contract thetimes.com/world/ireland-w…
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Sinn Fein leadership needs to be ‘freshened up’ say members, with some now speaking publicly about future leadership contenders like Pearse Doherty. We also speak to Martin McNamara, who reveals what happened after he quit the party last month thetimes.com/article/5832612…
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Jennifer Bray retweeted
The leaders of Sinn Fein and Fianna Fail are facing a significant internal backlash in the wake of poor results in the Dublin Central and Galway West by-elections @Jennifer_Bray thetimes.com/article/f6cb970…
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Analysis: the three stories of the Dublin Central and Galway West by-elections, from Sinn Féin’s difficult day to a Fianna Fáil disaster and a rising Social Democrats thetimes.com/article/2291b4a…
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Jennifer Bray retweeted
Galway West, FULL tally: Thomas (INDIRL): 20.4% Kyne (FG): 19.9% Ogbu (LAB): 11.6% Keane (FF): 8.9% Welby (IND): 7.0% Full LIVE tally result: irelandvotes.com/elections/i… #ByElections26
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Needless to say if Ennis does pull ahead of Boylan on the first count, that will be a big story. But so too is Fianna Fail’s abysmal performance in Dub Central, and lacklustre in Galway too
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Daniel Ennis has pulled ahead on tallies with around 96 per cent of boxes opened here in Dublin Central
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State of Play in Dublin Central: Soc Dems Daniel Ennis and Sinn Féin’s Janice Boylan are neck and neck, with around 72 pc of boxes open. It looks like around 50pc of Hutch votes transfer to Boylan. But Ennis will be looking to sweep up.
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Hutch unsurprisingly tallying well around Gardiner St along with Janice Boylan
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Janice Boylan and Gerard Hutch leading the pack at this Cabra box
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Another Paradise Place tally
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Janet Horner doing quite well in this area of Dorset Street, rivalling Janice Boylan. Lots of talk at the RDS of her exceeding poll expectations but health warning - these are tallies and just the first few boxes
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Two tally sheets for St Paul’s CBS Brunswick St
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