Former Dublin Mayor and European election candidate Royston Brady is the latest addition to the line up at Dublin Talk Station NewsTalk 106.

INVESTING heavily in the European elections paid off for Fine Gael, but money was no guarantee of success in the campaign.

NOTHING illustrates the cruelty of modern politics like the stitching up of Royston Brady in the run-up to the European elections, and his eventual vindication when it was too late to do him any good.

The Health minister's brother has been elected Lord Mayor of Cork tonight.

I’VE met Royston Brady only once, briefly, before he became the poster-boy for failure. And I feel guilty as hell towards him.

As well as a bruised political ego, Royston Brady is nursing the worst financial hangover of the European Elections, after having the highest spend per vote of any of the candidates.

A downcast Bertie Ahern tonight vowed to lead his Fianna Fáil party into the next general election despite the party suffering its worst defeat in almost a century.

Sinn Féin's Mary Lou McDonald is today celebrating her win of a seat in the Dublin constituency.

Counting of European election votes was due to resume in centres across Ireland today as pressure mounted on Taoiseach Bertie Ahern.

Fianna Fáil’s Eoin Ryan has been elected to the European parliament on the fifth count.

Lord Major Royston Brady has been eliminated from the European election in the fourth count.

Fianna Fail director of elections John O’Donoghue came under fire from colleagues tonight as major European election defeats were added to their local poll meltdown.

While the electorate turned out in force to make their presence felt at the polls on Friday, the same impetus was lacking at today’s count in Dublin.

The counting of votes in the local and European elections is continuing around the country.

THE counts today will throw up the usual winners and losers, but there are a few patterns to watch out for.

ROYSTON BRADY was roasted during the week for supposedly trying to grab the sympathy vote over his claim that his late father, a taxi driver, was kidnapped by the Dublin bombers of 1974.

DUBLIN European candidate Royston Brady last night gave a rare public interview in a bid to limit damaging accusations that he sought to capitalise from the 1974 Dublin-Monaghan bombings.

THERE is a new Labour Party candidate running in my local elections area and I have received two pieces of campaign literature from her.

Dublin Lord Mayor Royston Brady tonight stood over claims that his father’s taxi was used as a getaway vehicle during the 1974 Dublin bombings.

One of Fianna Fáil's highest-profile candidates in the European elections is at the centre of a major controversy this afternoon.

Fianna Fáil is unlikely to retain its six seats the European election, according to an Irish Times/TNS mrbi poll published today.

An opinion poll published this morning has predicted that Fianna Fail’s Royston Brady is set to win a European Parliament seat in Dublin at the June 11 elections.

The Lord Mayor of Dublin, Royston Brady, was invited today to a full debate on European issues by Green Party MEP Patricia McKenna.

THE photographer is complaining. “It’s a disaster. He doesn’t know what he’s doing at all,” he says of Labour’s prospective MEP for East, Peter Cassells.

GIVE a man a rope and he’ll hang himself. But give him a mayoral chain and he’ll choke himself.

HE SPOTS her straight away. “Eileen! How’s the cherry blossom?” asks Gay Mitchell.

FINE GAEL and Labour may prove to be the big winners in the European Parliament elections, according to the latest opinion poll published today.

Martin Cullen or Beverly Flynn? Both had a dismal week of it. But they needn't worry. There is one powerful consolation.

The nationalist Lord Mayor of Belfast was accused of insulting unionists today by attending a wreath-laying ceremony for republicans killed in the 1916 Easter Rising.

WHILE Martin Cullen was eating humble pie, Bertie Ahern was eating his lunch.

The first affordable housing initiative project in Dublin city is being launched by the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, today.

SADDLE soreness will take on a new meaning for Stuart Mullion when he sets off on his 80-day round-the-world challenge on his trusty Harley Davidson in September.

DOZENS of the stars of stage and screen turned out yesterday evening for the removal of one of the country’s most popular entertainers, Maureen Potter.

DESPITE protestations from Dublin’s Lord Mayor Royston Brady and many viewers, RTÉ’s popular afternoon Open House programme has been axed.

THE Labour Party has called on the Government to introduce a maximum prices order for the drinks trade after some bars in Dublin increased prices by up to a euro during last Saturday’s rugby international at Lansdowne Road.

The Lord Mayor of Dublin today accused pub landlords of creating major damage to the city’s tourism industry by overcharging for drink on special occasions.

Dublin's Lord Mayor Royston Brady is calling on the State's television companies to examine alternative venues for a concert to welcome 10 new countries to the EU.

A SHORTLIST of 10 books for the 2004 IMPAC Literary Award was announced in Dublin yesterday.

Dublin Lord Mayor Royston Brady has unveiled the shortlist for this year’s ninth annual International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.

Political Correspondent Fionnán Sheahan says FF grassroots will not accept imposed candidates.

FINE GAEL last night chose Cork South Central TD Simon Coveney as their European election candidate to replace retiring party MEP John Cushnahan in the South constituency.

FIANNA FÁIL'S European elections strategy is in turmoil as candidate infighting over constituency divides in Munster and Dublin threatens the party's chances of success.

Thousands of children with cancer are being denied basic treatment, according to campaigners.