Presidential Election 2025

Simon Harris, Michael Martin & Mary Lou McDonald went head-to-head-to-head in last night’s debate.  But, how was their performance?  

We discussed with Alison O’Connor, Journalist, Broadcaster and Commentator and Eoin O’Malley, Associate Professor of Politics at DCU. 

It's time for ‘Henry's Front Bench', where Henry McKean meets an election candidate on a park bench and has a chat.

Today, Henry had an impromptu meeting with Independent candidate Gerry Hutch, who is running in Dublin Central. He joins Kieran Cuddihy to discuss.

It's time for ‘Henry's Front Bench', where Henry McKean meets an election candidate on a park bench and has a chat.

Today, Henry meets Louise O'Reilly, Sinn Féin candidate running in Fingal West.

There's just over a week to go until election day, and despite the weather, candidates are out canvassing the length and breadth of the country. Our reporter, Josh Crosbie, has been travelling to constituencies to hear voters' concerns. Today, he brings us a report from Limerick.

We are into the final stretch before voters go to polls on Friday. We have heard from the party leaders, and their candidates to get a sense of who could be potentially making up the next government

But, we have also been visiting constituencies across the country to hear about the local issues affecting you. Josh Crosbie brings us his latest report from the campaign trail, and this time he is in Galway.

171 independent candidates will have their names on the ballot paper this Friday in the General Election, and many of them will be vying for seats in the 43 constituencies across the country. But what is it like for an independent out on the campaign trail? And how many of them could get elected? Our Chief Reporter Barry Whyte has been finding out.

Five years on from their historic election result in 2020, Sinn Féin are hoping to do once again what they did in 2020 rebound from a disappointing local election result.

This time they come to the election off the back of a series of internal scandals but now hope to focus on the policies. Sinn Féin Leader Mary Lou McDonald talks us through their proposals.

A common sense Manifesto, that’s what Aontú is calling their proposals for Government. They leave the current Dáil with one seat, that of leader Peadar Tóibín who joined Pat this morning on the show to go through their proposals.

Anton was joined by Eoin Ó Broin, TD and Sinn Féin's Spokesperson on Housing to discuss the early indications showing that the party has not performed as well as they had hoped in the local elections.

Tánaiste Micheál Martin tells us what the current election results mean for Fianna Fáil and how opinion polls can influence the way people vote.