Presidential Election

Battle for the Áras gets under way

The race for the presidency gathered pace on Tuesday with Fine Gael nominating former European commissioner Mairéad McGuinness to be its candidate

One-off budget payments get the chop

Presidential election race to step up a gear as Mairéad McGuinness expected to declare

Catherine Connolly gathers support for Áras run

Galway West TD looks set to secure sufficient political backing, even without Labour support

The presidential race is (finally) hotting up as one serious contender throws her hat in ring

Your essential end-of-week politics catch up: The budget will not be a giveaway - whether there is an EU-Trump deal or trade war

Catherine Connolly says she plans to launch presidential election bid next week

Veteran Donegal TD Pat the Cope Gallagher says he is considering seeking Fianna Fáil nomination to run

Fine Gael’s Seán Kelly rules himself out of presidential election race

Mairead McGuinness now the only widely tipped candidate to seek Áras election

Opposition parties likely to announce own preferred presidential candidate rather than agreed one

Greens and SF say internal deliberations not yet completed and it could be late summer before they declare intentions

Left-wing Opposition parties to meet to consider joint candidate for presidency

Some people find idea of Mary Lou McDonald candidacy ‘very exciting’, Pearse Doherty says

Could the presidential election be about to catch fire?

Sinn Féin’s Mary Lou McDonald refused to rule herself out of the race on Monday

Presidential election: Sinn Féin’s Mary Lou McDonald refuses to rule herself out as a potential candidate

SF leader says discussions ongoing around the option of selecting a joint candidate supported by left parties to succeed Michael D Higgins

The next president should be selected by lottery. It could be you

Unthinkable: In an era when crooks and despots cling to power at all costs, Ireland could model a different type of democracy by picking a president at random

Joe Duffy rules himself out of presidential race

Former RTÉ broadcaster wished to make it ‘absolutely clear’ he would not run for Áras

Race for the Áras: Mike Ryan and Bertie Ahern among names circulating but parties wary of ‘knee-jerk’ selection

Irish presidential election campaign momentum hits doldrums amid fears of chilling effect on prospective candidates of personalised attacks

Michael O’Leary calls for Ursula von der Leyen’s resignation amidst French airport strikes

Ryanair chief executive rejects presidential run rumours, backs Fine Gael’s Mairead McGuinness

Opposition parties cooling on possibility of joint left candidate for presidential race

All parties struggling to find candidates of sufficient stature to replace President Michael D Higgins

Fianna Fáil is in desperate need of a candidate for the presidential election. Applications are invited

Bertie Ahern spent months publicly offering himself – though less ubiquitously of late, suggesting some private messages of discouragement have been sent

Fine Gael’s Seán Kelly ‘could do a lot’ as president but stops short of declaring run

The highest honour in Ireland but a big change of lifestyle, says MEP, as speculation builds over potential party candidates

2025 Irish presidential election must be the last to exclude voters in North, Dáil hears

Sinn Féin leader says November poll must be last where franchise not all-Ireland

Eastwood faces big hurdles for Áras but observers of the MP in Westminster say he has an edge

Charismatic former leader of SDLP, currently MP for Foyle, is considering a run for the Irish presidency this autumn

So far nobody wants the Presidency and its quarter-of-a-million euro salary. Why?

Campaign savagery proves the system works because it weeds out the inexperienced, self-deluded and fantasists

Is Conor McGregor really the only person who wants to be President of Ireland?

In the News podcast:It’s June, so where is the list of Áras hopefuls?

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