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Irish emigrants watching Ireland's presidential race (IrishCentral)

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:34:44 PDT

By: MOLLY MULDOON

After possibly one of the most controversial election races in Irish history, voters will go to the polls this coming Thursday October 27, to elect the ninth president of Ireland.

A president with no power - what the Irish leader can and cannot do (IrishCentral)

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 06:45:17 PDT

David Norris campaigning on Moore Street in Dublin on MondayThe presidential campaign sparked into life here last week with more embarrassing revelations about the candidates uncovered by the mediaProbably the most eyebrow-lifting was the revelation that David Norris was on disability pay from Trinity College for 16 years, even though he was a senator at the timeHe wasn't well enough to lecture the students, it seems, but he was well able to lecture the nation from the SenateIt's hard to know who to blame more, him or Trinity READ MORE

Gay Mitchell would rejoin the Commonwealth if it meant an United Ireland (IrishCentral)

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 05:42:49 PDT

By: CATHY HAYES

Fine Gael’s presidential candidate Gay Mitchell has said he would join the British Commonwealth in exchange for a United Ireland.

Michael D. Higgins, ahead of Gallagher and McGuinness in Irish presidential race (IrishCentral)

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 05:48:15 PDT

By: DARA KELLY

The Labor Part's Michael D. Higgins is now leading the race of Irish presidential hopefuls, while competing candidates Gay Mitchell and Senator David Norris have lost or failed to garner support.

Presidential poll shock as Norris, Mitchell vote collapses (IrishCentral)

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 04:17:17 PDT

By: CATHAL DERVAN

Martin McGuinness, Michael D Higgins and Sean Gallagher are the big winners in the latest Presidential election opinion poll – with David Norris and Fine Gael’s Gay Mitchell the biggest losers as their support plummets.

Magnificent Seven to go to the polls in Ireland’s Presidential election (IrishCentral)

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 05:12:35 PDT

By: CATHAL DERVAN

And then there were seven – nominations closed for the election to choose the next President of Ireland at lunchtime on Wednesday with the largest field on record officially in the running.

David Norris leads Irish presidential race with Martin McGuinness in third place (IrishCentral)

Sun, 25 Sep 2011 04:33:51 PDT

By: CATHAL DERVAN

David Norris still leads in the Irish presidential race, according to a new poll that also shows Martin McGuinness in third place.

Shock as poll suggests David Norris is favorite for presidency (IrishCentral)

Sat, 24 Sep 2011 05:18:45 PDT

By: BERNIE MALONE

A new poll suggests that Senator David Norris could be well in the lead for Ireland’s race for the Irish presidency. The Millward Brown Lansdowne poll puts Sinn Fein’s candidate Martin McGuinness in third place with Labour Party candidate Michael D. Higgins in second place.

The Irish Presidential Race - David Norris won't leave the stage as Martin McGuinness brings drama (IrishCentral)

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 06:30:15 PDT

David NorrisThe Evening Herald's Andrew Lynch said it best when he described David Norris as looking increasingly like a ham actor who won't leave the stageNorris' presidential campaign may have been 're-ignited' against all the odds, but it's been met with almost total disinterest on the part of the media -- and the publicToday's news in the Sunday papers centers around Martin McGuinness' decision to throw his name into the hatEver a controversial figure, the former street fighter / paramilitary leader has polarized opinion at an early stage as to whether he should become the next president READ MORE

British PM David Cameron says working with Martin McGuinness is ‘painful’ (IrishCentral)

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:22:55 PDT

By: CATHY HAYES

Speaking to in the British house of parliament, on Wednesday, the new British Prime Minister, David Cameron, said he often found it “painful” to work with Northern Ireland’s Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness.

Virgin territory: Irish social media CEO turns ordeal into opportunity (IrishCentral)

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 10:20:11 PDT

Around St Patrick’s Day, when you’d expect to see the Irish all over the news, one Irishman monopolized the media, but not because of the holidayInternet entrepreneur David Hugh Martin, a native of Coolock, a few miles up the R107 from Dublin, became American media’s most wanted after he used his own social media platform, wwwkontain READ MORE