Mary Davis first burst into the public consciousness in 2003 as the Irish woman who spearheaded the Special Olympics moving out of the US for the first time.

THE artisan milk and handmade butter movement is really gathering momentum.

Plans for a €16m international sports academy, which will be developed in two phases, were unveiled yesterday by the Institute of Technology in Tralee, Co Kerry.

SHOULD that infamous tweet have been used on the Frontline programme at the end of the presidential debate? No, not without its origin being checked first.

IN one area of Irish life, the public sector knocks hell out of its private sector equivalent — the make-up of boards of directors.

Gay Mitchell, widely regarded as the biggest loser of the presidential election battle has now been revealed as its biggest spender.

None of the candidates in last year's presidential election overspent on their campaigns, according to figures released this evening by the Standards in Public Office Commission.

The inauguration ceremony of Michael D Higgins as the ninth President of Ireland is getting underway at Dublin Castle.

A COMPANY spearheaded by the failed presidential candidate Mary Davis went into the red last year due to the costs of holding the 2010 Special Olympics Ireland Games.

WATCHING the elections and referenda from Sweden, where I’ve been working for the last week, I’ve been struck by the emerging myths around the presidential election, the first of which was that “there were no winners”.

Mary Davis has said that she did not attend yesterday's formal declaration of the Presidency at Dublin Castle because she was not aware of the protocol involved.

Ireland’s President-elect Michael D Higgins has vowed to lead the country in a necessary transformation away from values based on wealth.

Michael D Higgins will be Ireland’s ninth president after one of the most remarkable political comebacks in the history of the state.

Counting in the presidential election has been adjourned until 9am tomorrow morning.

DAVID Norris was in manic form. He leapt from voter to shopper, pressing his bumptious charm on everybody.

Dana Rosemary Scallon has not ruled out running for president in seven years’ time.

Michael D Higgins was tonight celebrating his imminent election as the ninth President of Ireland after the first official nationwide count gave him 40% of first preferences, well ahead of Seán Gallagher on 28.5%.

Seán Gallagher has conceded defeat in the presidential race and offered his congratulations to Michael D. Higgins

Veteran Labour Party politician Michael D Higgins is on course to be named Ireland’s ninth president, early reports suggest.

There have been reports of voter confusion in some polling stations over the two referendums – one on judges’ pay and another on more powers for Oireachtas inquiries.

Counting in the election for Ireland’s ninth president is underway.

The overall vote turnout to elect Ireland's ninth president is understood to have been just under 50% when polls closed tonight.

Polling stations across the country are reporting a "steady flow of voters", but turnout is so far down on the General Election earlier this year.

Presidential front-runner Seán Gallagher has admitted asking a convicted criminal and fuel smuggler for €5,000 in a fund-raising drive for Fianna Fáil.

IN the early days of the presidential race, Pat Kenny held an illuminating interview on the value of social media in an election campaign.

SINN Féin will decide who the next President of Ireland will be.

Presidential candidate Martin McGuinness of Sinn Féin has gone on the attack against Independent Seán Gallagher accusing him of being "up to his neck in Fianna Fáil".

Independent presidential candidate Mary Davis has said today that she intends to vote against the

With just days to go until the Presidential election, it is looking increasingly likely that Seán Gallagher will become the next President of Ireland.

TONIGHT’S Frontline is the last Presidential Debate.

SOME weeks ago, I wrote to your paper outlining what I considered might be the appropriate qualities for an Irish president in the current climate of financial uncertainly.

Three opinion polls just published say the Independent Seán Gallagher remains on course to be the ninth President of Ireland.

Independent Presidential candidate Mary Davis admitted today she might think twice before getting involved with promoting 100% mortgages.

IN the official polling notice published in the national press at the outset of the presidential campaign, all the candidates list their names, addresses and occupations.

The presidential campaign resumes again today after suggestions that the two leading candidates in the presidential race will square up in a one-to-one debate have been dismissed.

IMAGINE it’s 14 years into the future. Imagine that you run a major charity. Or you’re a successful MEP. Or you’re a TV star. Or a senator. You’ve done well, you’re popular, you’re happy.

CLARE Treacy (Letters, Oct 13) highlights the fact that one of the women candidates (Mary Davis) in the presidential election has been tagged with an offensive nickname “quango queen”.

Labour candidate for the presidency Michael D Higgins has blamed volatility in opinion polls for his dramatic drop from front-runner to second in the race for the Aras.

Presidential race front-runner Sean Gallagher has said he takes nothing for granted, despite a substantial advantage in the latest opinion poll.

Presidential hopeful Sean Gallagher has taken the lead in the race for the Áras, according to a new poll.

MUCH of the public debate in this presidential campaign has focused on the limitations of the office and to how the President is, for all intents and purposes, a political slave of the Government.

DANA ROSEMARY SCALLON is considering withdrawing from the presidential contest after what she claimed were further attempts to destroy her character.

Dana’s touchy-feely campaign may be time well spent — even if she loses the Áras battle

Presidential hopeful Dana Rosemary Scallon has criticised what she called a “vile and false" accuation against her family, which she said is to appear in unspecified media tomorrow.