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<p>Ivan Yates in 2018. File picture: Collins Courts</p>

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Who is Ivan Yates? From government minister to political commentator

A former Fine Gael TD and minister, Ivan Yates was first elected to the Dáil in 1981 at just 21, making him the youngest TD elected at the time

<p>A spoiled vote at the Presidential election found at Mallow GAA complex on the morning of counting. The groups said while discussing spoiling your vote is not a threat to election integrity, images showing explicit forms of hatred on spoiled ballots circulated online. File picture: Larry Cummins</p>

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Social media's 'spoil the vote' campaign helped spread disinformation, report says

<p>A spokeswoman for Newstalk confirmed to the Irish Examiner that Ivan Yates' participation in programming during the election is now under review. File picture: Sam Boal/RollingNews.ie</p>

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Ivan Yates gave training to Jim Gavin as well as two Fianna Fáil ministers

Fury in Fianna Fáil over Ivan Yates' involvement in presidential campaign

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Fury in Fianna Fáil over Ivan Yates' involvement in presidential campaign

Michael Clifford

SMick Clifford: Catherine Connolly’s win shows how Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil keep getting elections wrong

Paul Hosford: Let's use the number of spoilt votes in Áras election to overhaul our entire political system

ELECTION: RESULTS

FULL PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 2025 RESULTS HUB HERE

Election: Analysis

Sinn Fein Building for Unity event

S Mick Clifford: Catherine Connolly’s win shows how Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil keep getting elections wrong

Catherine Connolly’s landslide wasn’t just a win — it was a warning to the establishment about how politics now works

Paul Hosford: Let's use the number of spoilt votes in Áras election to overhaul our entire political system

Paul Hosford: Let's use the number of spoilt votes in Áras election to overhaul our entire political system

North South Ministerial Council

The Taoiseach who won’t blink — Micheál Martin digs in as Fianna Fáil unrest grows

Fergus Finlay: The nomination process has to change before the next presidential election

S Fergus Finlay: The nomination process has to change before the next presidential election

ELECTION: MORE

Fianna Fáil unrest grows as Taoiseach admits party mishandled presidential race

Fianna Fáil unrest grows as Taoiseach admits party mishandled presidential race

Taoiseach admits Fianna Fáil’s presidential campaign fell short and says he learned too late of Billy Kelleher’s interest in running

Thu, 30 Oct, 2025

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S Exclusive: Micheál Martin 'not going anywhere' amid rumblings over leadership of Fianna Fáil

In an exclusive interview with the Irish Examiner, Micheál Martin says he 'absolutely would' contest any motion of no confidence in his leadership of the party, but 'hopes it doesn’t come to that'

Tue, 28 Oct, 2025

Micheal Martin attends the game 26/10/2025

Fianna Fáil unrest grows as Micheál Martin faces threat of no-confidence motion

Fianna Fáil sources say Taoiseach Micheál Martin may not survive an internal no-confidence motion amid growing party unrest

Tue, 28 Oct, 2025

Bloom festival 2025

Doctors clear President Higgins to return home after brief hospital stay

President Michael D Higgins is expected to return to Áras an Uachtaráin today after treatment for a minor infection

Tue, 28 Oct, 2025

Nemo Rangers v St Finbarr's - Cork County Senior Football Championship Final

Fianna Fáil TDs urged to unite behind Micheál Martin after election fallout

Senior Fianna Fáil figures rally behind Micheál Martin as leadership questions are paused pending a review into the Jim Gavin campaign

Tue, 28 Oct, 2025

Irish presidential election

Failed presidential candidate Gareth Sheridan returns to his company as CEO

Nutriband said Mr Sheridan would guide the company through the rest of the year with the target of a new drug filing for the US Food and Drug Administration in 2026 for its fentanyl patch

Mon, 27 Oct, 2025

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Paul Hosford: Blame for Fianna Fáil presidential election shambles laid squarely at feet of Micheál Martin

There is real anger and embarrassment among Fianna Fáil TDs about the Taoiseach's handling of the selection of Jim Gavin to the point his leadership of the party is being questioned

Mon, 27 Oct, 2025

Irish presidential election

President Higgins to remain in hospital with infection 'to continue course of antibiotics'

President Michael D Higgins travelled to St James’s Hospital on Sunday for the examination of an infection.

Mon, 27 Oct, 2025

Terry Prone: We were told vote spoiling was pointless — but it sent a message

S Terry Prone: We were told vote spoiling was pointless — but it sent a message

This wasn’t just rejection of candidates. This was people bringing their own Sharpies in sufficient numbers to leave messages which — as it turned out — made it efficiently into mainstream media

Mon, 27 Oct, 2025

Fianna Fáil minister backs Micheál Martin as TDs call for discussion on change of leadership

Fianna Fáil minister backs Micheál Martin as TDs call for discussion on change of leadership

Transport minister Darragh O'Brien came to the Taoiseach's defence, saying the 'vast majority' of the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party support Micheál Martin as leader

Mon, 27 Oct, 2025

Irish presidential election

Paul Hosford: Final tally puts Catherine Connolly in the annals of history

In a job where the functions are largely dictated by the Constitution, Irish people have, in modern times, seen the role as an aspiration of what we believe we are

Mon, 27 Oct, 2025

Mick Clifford: Catherine Connolly rises from respected fringe figure to Ireland's first citizen

S Mick Clifford: Catherine Connolly rises from respected fringe figure to Ireland's first citizen

At each small gathering, the Independent presidential candidate picked up not just voters but followers — many of whom signed up as volunteers, expanding eventually into the thousands

Sun, 26 Oct, 2025

Theresa Reidy: Catherine Connolly's victory has lessons for the Government, the left, and future candidates

Theresa Reidy: Catherine Connolly's victory has lessons for the Government, the left, and future candidates

The election result sends a sharp warning note to the Government

Sun, 26 Oct, 2025

Senior TD says Fianna Fáil needs to change leader 'in the not too distant future'

Senior TD says Fianna Fáil needs to change leader 'in the not too distant future'

Carlow-Kilkenny's John McGuinness, a long-time adversary of Micheál Martin, said the Taoiseach's leadership should be up for discussion after the presidential election

Sun, 26 Oct, 2025

Irish presidential election

Catherine Connolly's was a landslide built on months of hard work

Catherine Connolly's campaign was a movement that united the left, brought in 15,000 volunteers and saw over 914,000 people make her the most popular Irish politician of all time, writes Paul Hosford

Sun, 26 Oct, 2025

Louise Burne: Fine Gael had a respectable candidate — but not a good campaign

Louise Burne: Fine Gael had a respectable candidate — but not a good campaign

Fine Gael must accept that it did not give Heather Humphreys the chance she deserved, writes Louise Burne

Sun, 26 Oct, 2025

Campaign the 'most embarrassing election for Fianna Fáil since 2011' say angry members

Campaign the 'most embarrassing election for Fianna Fáil since 2011' say angry members

Members of the parliamentary party have now questioned how the review into the party’s botched Jim Gavin campaign is progressing

Sun, 26 Oct, 2025

Catherine Connolly: Who is Ireland's new president?

Catherine Connolly: Who is Ireland's new president?

Catherine Connolly will be Ireland's 10th president after a massive victory over Fine Gael's Heather Humphreys and Fianna Fáil candidate Jim Gavin

Sun, 26 Oct, 2025

Latest poll: Catherine Connolly on course for commanding victory in presidential race

The five key moments that shaped the presidential election

With the results now in and Catherine Connolly due to take up the role of President on November 11, it is worth reflecting on the major turning points in the campaign

Sun, 26 Oct, 2025

Presidential election: Did you spoil your vote? We want to know why

Paul Hosford: Impossible to ignore the number of spoiled votes in presidential election

In total, there were 213,738 spoiled votes in this election, which is a tenfold increase on the number of spoiled votes in the last presidential election

Sun, 26 Oct, 2025

Blanchardstown incident

Man charged over alleged assault on Catherine Connolly canvasser

The alleged assault occurred in North Strand Road on Friday as Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald joined the canvass

Sun, 26 Oct, 2025

The Deirdre O’Shaughnessy Podcast: Presidential election post-mortem

The Deirdre O’Shaughnessy Podcast: Presidential election post-mortem

In this special bonus edition of the podcast, Acting Political Editor Paul Hosford and Political Correspondent Louise Burne analyse the fallout from the race for the Áras

Listen | Sun, 26 Oct, 2025

Here's how Cork voted in the presidential election

Here's how Cork voted in the presidential election

Here's how the constituencies in Cork voted

Sat, 25 Oct, 2025

Catherine Connolly vows to be president for all after election win

Catherine Connolly vows to be president for all after election win

President-elect Catherine Connolly: 'I will be a president who listens and reflects and who speaks when it’s necessary'

Sat, 25 Oct, 2025

Taoiseach rejects assertions that Dublin Castle U-turn came after pressure from backbenchers

Taoiseach rejects assertions that Dublin Castle U-turn came after pressure from backbenchers

Spokespeople for Micheál Martin confirmed that the Taoiseach would not be in Dublin Castle, where the national results will be declared and where Catherine Connolly will be declared the winner

Sat, 25 Oct, 2025

Concerns raised over 200,000-plus spoiled votes in presidential election

Concerns raised over 200,000-plus spoiled votes in presidential election

The invalid ballots represent 13% of all votes cast on Friday, and a more than tenfold increase on the number of spoiled votes in the last presidential election

Sat, 25 Oct, 2025

As it happened: Catherine Connolly wins election and will become 10th president of Ireland

As it happened: Catherine Connolly wins election and will become 10th president of Ireland

A national tally within the Connolly campaign suggests once the spoiled votes are excluded, Catherine Connolly will have 64% of the vote

Sat, 25 Oct, 2025

Irish presidential election

See how your constituency voted in the presidential election

secured a in the 2025 presidential election, and the Independent candidate will become the 10th president of Ireland. See how your constituency voted here:

Sat, 25 Oct, 2025

Dail returns after break

Tóibín spoiled his vote and wrote in Maria Steen

The small field of candidates has drawn criticism of the nomination criteria for the post

Sat, 25 Oct, 2025

Catherine Connolly built a winning coalition that reshaped the presidential race

Catherine Connolly built a winning coalition that reshaped the presidential race

Catherine Connolly’s early start, grassroots energy, and broad left-wing coalition powered a historic victory over Fine Gael’s Heather Humphreys

Sat, 25 Oct, 2025

Ireland stock

Man arrested over alleged assault on Catherine Connolly canvasser

The alleged assault occurred in North Strand Road as Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald joined the canvass

Sat, 25 Oct, 2025

Paul Hosford: Could Connolly ‘coalition’ of parties win general election?

Paul Hosford: Could Connolly ‘coalition’ of parties win general election?

Sinn Féin's decision to join the other left-wing parties in backing Catherine Connolly may well be a dry run for a left coalition that could possibly win a general election

Sat, 25 Oct, 2025

European and local elections

MEP Sean Kelly criticises Fine Gael's selection process for presidential candidate

Mr Kelly had sought the nomination earlier this year

Fri, 24 Oct, 2025

Garda probe after Mary Lou McDonald and canvassers threatened in Dublin

Garda probe after Mary Lou McDonald and canvassers threatened in Dublin

Gardaí confirmed they responded to a report of assault on two women on the North Strand Road. Ms McDonald is not one of the women who was assaulted during the canvass

Fri, 24 Oct, 2025

Race to the Áras: Polls close in presidential election

Race to the Áras: Polls close in presidential election

In Cork City, the combined turnout was 41.6% by 8pm. In the Taoiseach’s constituency of Cork South Central, it was on 44.6%, while in Corh North Central it was on 36.8%.

Fri, 24 Oct, 2025

Who's behind the Catherine Connolly deepfake video, and why?

Who's behind the Catherine Connolly deepfake video, and why?

The AI generated video we saw this week could well be a display item for some deepfake vendor’s shop window — disturbing democracy is big business

Fri, 24 Oct, 2025

Irish presidential election 2025

Catherine Connolly taking nothing for granted as she urges 'everyone to come out and vote'

'Galway Girl' on track to become country's 10th president

Thu, 23 Oct, 2025

Irish presidential election

'Polls don't decide elections' the mantra for Heather Humphreys' final day on campaign trail

Despite it being the last day of the campaign, spirits in Camp Humphreys were higher than ever

Thu, 23 Oct, 2025

Latest poll: Catherine Connolly on course for commanding victory in presidential race

Connolly extends commanding lead over Humphreys in final presidential election poll

Catherine Connolly holds a strong 15-point lead over Heather Humphreys as voters prepare to head to the polls

Thu, 23 Oct, 2025

Irish presidential election

‘Please come out and vote’: Heather Humphreys confident she can close poll gap

Heather Humphreys ended her campaign in Sligo and Donegal, urging voters to back her as polls tighten

Thu, 23 Oct, 2025

Latest poll: Catherine Connolly on course for commanding victory in presidential race

Latest poll: Catherine Connolly on course for commanding victory in presidential race

The latest Business Post/Red C poll shows that Ms Connolly is on 44% support, an increase of eight points compared to the previous poll

Thu, 23 Oct, 2025

Steve World Premiere | Netflix

S Michael Moynihan: The (Cork) questions we should be asking presidential election hopefuls

Here are some sample questions which our candidates should really answer if they claim to represent us all. And by all I mean, of course, all of us on Leeside

Thu, 23 Oct, 2025

Irish presidential election

ieExplains: What happens if Jim Gavin wins the presidency after dropping out?

Jim Gavin’s withdrawal came too late to remove his name from the ballot, meaning he could still legally win

Wed, 22 Oct, 2025

Irish presidential election

Heather Humphreys calls on Fianna Fáil supporters to lend her their vote

The presidential candidate also insisted she did push back on covid restrictions when she was a cabinet minister

Wed, 22 Oct, 2025

IFA not backing any presidential candidate

IFA not backing any presidential candidate

Following a letter of support signed by several past IFA presidents endorsing a presidential candidate, the IFA reminds farmers it is a non-political organisation

Wed, 22 Oct, 2025

'Malicious deepfake': Condemnation of AI video falsely showing Catherine Connolly ending campaign

'Malicious deepfake': Condemnation of AI video falsely showing Catherine Connolly ending campaign

The video, which falsely shows Catherine Connolly announcing the end of her campaign, was seen tens of thousands of times on both Facebook and X

Wed, 22 Oct, 2025

voting

Presidential election: Can't decide who to vote for? This tool will help

The University of Limerick's WhichCandidate.ie is back to help inform people ahead of polling day on October 24

Wed, 22 Oct, 2025

Connolly confident, Humphreys cautious: What we learned from the final presidential debate

Connolly confident, Humphreys cautious: What we learned from the final presidential debate

Catherine Connolly projected victory, Heather Humphreys stayed on script, and both candidates revealed regrets and priorities for office

Wed, 22 Oct, 2025

Louise Burne: If this was Humphreys’ last chance, she didn’t take it

Louise Burne: If this was Humphreys’ last chance, she didn’t take it

The final debate between Catherine Connolly and Heather Humphreys lacked fire, offering voters little new insight ahead of polling day

Wed, 22 Oct, 2025

Race to the Áras: Humphreys and Connolly decry Citywest violence during final debate

Race to the Áras: Humphreys and Connolly decry Citywest violence during final debate

The final televised debate, hosted on RTÉ’s Prime Time, saw the two candidates face off ahead of polling day on Friday

Tue, 21 Oct, 2025

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