Una Mullally: Fine Gael has been complicit in debasing discourse
Verona Murphy’s candidacy saw the party validating toxic forms of discussion
The Irish Times view: Byelections provide boost for the Opposition
Fine Gael’s lacklustre performance brings home scale of work required to retain power
Taoiseach faces fallout from four byelection defeats
Pressure within Fine Gael for Varadkar to remove Verona Murphy from Wexford general election ticket
Icy byelections blast away warm glow of Varadkar’s Brexit successes
Fianna Fáil looks in good shape even in voters’ apathy is most notable takeaway
Miriam Lord: Fine Gael’s byelection hopes fall victim to Murphy’s law
Party leaders make their excuses as their Wexford candidate fails to haul in votes
New Fianna Fáil TD began his political career in student politics
Malcolm Byrne to seek leave of absence from his role in the Higher Education Authority
Who is new Green Party TD Joe O’Brien?
Profile: The Dublin Fingal representative is a hard worker with a strong record on migrant rights
Padraig O’Sullivan’s political career took off when he joined Fianna Fáil in 2012
The new Fianna Fáil TD first ran as an Independent under the New Vision banner in Cork North Central in 2011
No turnout: returning officer surprised at ‘first’ empty ballot box
Dublin Fingal sets record for lowest turnout in byelection where just 25.6% cast their vote
Byelections 2019: FF wins two seats, SF, Greens one each
Fianna Fáil on course to win seats in Cork and Wexford, Greens likely to win in Fingal
Sinn Féin’s newest TD becomes party’s talisman for hopeful resurgence
Mark Ward is a behavioural therapist, former mayor of South Dublin County Council
Dublin Fingal: Joe O’Brien wins Green Party’s first ever byelection
O’Brien topped the poll in the 12 candidate field with 5,744 first preference votes
Low byelection turnout means lessons must be looked at cautiously
Analysis: Lack of interest among voters apparent as Fianna Fáil, Greens enjoy day in the sun
Wexford byelection: Fianna Fáil’s Malcolm Byrne tops poll
Verona Murphy eliminated on fourth count but plans to run in next general election
Cork North-Central byelection: Pádraig O’Sullivan holds seat for FF
Micheál Martin says Fianna Fáil delighted to hold seat but plays down election speculation
Byelection Dublin Mid-West: Sinn Féin’s Mark Ward elected
Result shows SF are clear alternative to FF and FG at general election, says McDonald
Friday's byelections: All you need to know about candidates, constituencies and issues
Friday’s votes in Wexford, Fingal, Dublin Mid-West and Cork North Central come after TDs secured MEP seats
Varadkar presses the flesh in Wexford smash-and-grab canvass
Fine Gael big hitters row in behind controversial byelection hopeful Verona Murphy
‘Local and vocal’: What does Wexford think of Verona Murphy?
General feeling is the Fine Gael byelection candidate is unscathed by recent controversy
Constituency byelection profile: Dublin Mid West
Gogarty and Higgins frontrunners to win seat vacated by Frances Fitzgerald
Immigration not doorstep issue for byelection candidates – FF
Health, housing main issues raised; Martin says FG ‘talking out of both sides of their mouth’
TD calls for ‘zero tolerance’ in Fine Gael for attacks on minorities
Taoiseach attempts to close off byelection row sparked by Verona Murphy comments
Cautious tinge of ambition emerges among lobby groups
Interest groups moving from a ‘just leave us alone and we’ll be happy’ stance
The bog issue and why it was important in the byelection
Modern machinery has allowed even smaller bogs to be cut on a scale unimaginable a generation ago
Proud man of ‘the soil’ looks set to stir up Dáil
There was a good crowd – lots of men with huge arms and farmers’ tans
New Dublin South West TD Paul Murphy a radical since his UCD days
Socialist Party activist and law grad has known electoral defeat in the past
Sinn Féin has taken a hit on its exposed left flank
Sinn Féin’s uncertain position on water charges was exploited
Loss of coveted Roscommon-South Leitrim seat a jolt for Fianna Fáil
Analysis: Defeat in Dublin South West takes gloss off good year for Sinn Féin
Independent candidates record byelection surprises
Anti-Austerity Alliance tops SF in Dublin SW; Independent beats FF in Roscommon-South Leitrim
Voting gets under way in two Dáil byelections
Polls open in Roscommon-South Leitrim and Dublin South West
Byelection candidates: who is in the running
Roscommon-South Leitrim and Dublin South West go to the polls
Fianna Fáil Senator claims poll ‘damaging’ before byelections
Terry Leyden has been campaigning for colleague in Roscommon-South Leitrim
Nobody obsesses over polls as diligently as party strategists
‘Snapshot in time’ stock phrase is accurate as polls only have meaning at a particular time
Fine Gael TDs and Senators less sure John McNulty will win byelection
Enda Kenny asked party members to respect John McNulty’s wish not to be voted for
Dublin South West is SF’s to lose despite left-wing competition
Constituency set to become the most left wing constituency in the country
Roscommon byelection candidate in court for non-payment of debt
Court told €12,000 of Credit Union loan taken by Gerard O’Boyle is outstanding
Jobs and water charges dominate campaigning
Taoiseach Enda Kenny took to campaign trail in Roscommon-South Leitrim
Miriam Lord: Enda belts around the byways to cheer the troops
The Taoiseach is too rapid a canvasser for any dissent to catch up
Analysis: Fear and loathing in Fine Gael?
Many party members embarrassed about promises of ‘a new way of doing politics’
‘Evidence of absence everywhere’ in the byelection constituency that time forgot
Some 10 candidates are vying for Luke "Ming" Flannagan’s vacated seat
Miriam Lord: Fierce water fight for byelection prize
As frontrunners Cathal King and Paul Murphy slug it out, the other candidates in Dublin South West are in danger of drowning
Former MEP Paul Murphy accuses Sinn Féin of ‘dirty trick’
Mary Lou McDonald apologises for sharing Facebook post from fake account
Online tool helps byelection voters to assess candidates
Voters to be able to compare candidates online on WhichCandidate.ie
Candidate to withdraw statement if he gets apology
John McDermott was elbowed in the ribs a number of times by Fine Gael TD Frank Feighan
Complaint to gardaí over Feighan role in Roscommon scuffle
Byelection candidate John McDermott says he had no option other than to make statement
Candidates of the left vie to take seat left vacant by election of Hayes to Europe
The battle for this four-seater is likely to be in late September or early October
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