Live debate on RTE Upfront features Peter Casey, Barry Cowen, Luke Ming Flanagan, Saoirse McHugh, Chris MacManus, Pauline O’Reilly. Peadar Tóibín and Maria Walsh
Aontú
Only eight of the 27 candidates will be allowed appear on the programme which begins at 10.35pm
Fine Gael rise and Sinn Féin decline ties support among leading parties - Fianna Fáil holds steady in third with Micheál Martin still most popular leader
Candidates face a battle where party running mates could be their most dangerous rivals transfers will in many cases be decisive
Fine Gael now level with main Opposition party while support for Fianna Fáil and most smaller parties steady
Names on European candidates’ replacement lists matter more than usual with a general election on the horizon
Party leader Peadar Tóibín says a new ‘international city’ should be built in Ireland at ardfheis in Maynooth
Party leader Peadar Tóibín calls at ardfheis for Irish Sea border which would impose passport controls on asylum seekers arriving into Northern Ireland
The conservative one-TD party is riding high after being the only party to call for no-no votes in the family and care referendums so disastrously lost by the Government parties in March
Figure for first three months of the year is 75 per cent higher than comparable figure for last year
Fianna Fáil meeting hears call for Ireland to designate more countries as safe countries of origin under international protection legislation in order to reduce asylum application numbers
Mary Lou McDonald ‘wrong-footed’ on major issues as party seeks centre ground to secure majority, Tóibín tells podcast
Fine Gael and Labour councillors become latest names of list of people hoping to become mayor of Limerick
Opposition parties demand early general election as Taoiseach shocks country by announcing he would resign as Fine Gael leader immediately and step down as the head of Government in early April
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