Impressive showing by Gerry Hutch, but it’s hard to see a route to the seat
Sinn Féin is clearly putting a major effort into getting Mary Lou McDonald’s vote out for Janice Boylan in the Dublin Central byelection campaign.
No wonder – failure to win the seat in her backyard would be a serious blot on McDonald’s copybook and would no doubt prompt a reprise of recent speculation about the future of her leadership.
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Daniel Ennis of Social Democrats strongly positioned to benefit from transfers in later counts
Dublin Central byelection: with four candidates in front, race may come down to transfers
Janice Boylan will be looking over her shoulder at Daniel Ennis
No party can claim to have ‘something for everyone’ when it has a woman problem like Fianna Fáil’s
British prime minister Keir Starmer on the brink; and Bertie Ahern’s long shadow over Fianna Fáil Ardfheis
Affordable housing was the top concern of voters heading into Dalymount Park for match
