Michael D Higgins 54 points ahead in position that looks unassailable

President streets ahead of all challengers in Irish Times poll

The Irish Times view on the presidential election: Higgins holds his solid lead

In focusing on trivia, the challengers waste time they could be spending making a positive case for themselves

Higgins holds huge poll lead over all rivals

Irish Times opinion poll: President set to be re-elected at his ease

Presidential debate: ‘I like the cut of that empty podium’s jib. It has a quiet dignity’

Patrick Freyne: You could argue that it would be better to run a Rose of Tralee-style pageant

Presidential election: Gallagher told not to send letters to Áras

Formal dispatch from candidate not entertained by Higgins ‘for obvious reasons’

Casey’s grenades fail to detonate first full presidential debate

Higgins defends use of helicopters as radio debate runs into heavy ground of finances

Presidential debate focuses on spending in the Áras

Gallagher concerned at the ‘extravagance attached to the office’ Michael D Higgins

‘Sean Gallagher’s electrifying exercise in grand patriotic baloney’

Donald Clarke dishes out the star ratings for the presidential candidates’ one-minute pitches

Presidential candidate Gavin Duffy says AIB should be retained in State ownership

People do not want an establishment person as president, says Sinn Féin candidate Liadh Ní Riada

Gavin Duffy expresses regret over involvement in crash that injured young woman 40 years ago

Presidential candidate says collision ‘lives vividly and painfully’ in his memory

Miriam Lord: Gavin Duffy launches himself as a Brexit secret weapon

The candidate has dramatically unveiled himself as the country’s nuclear option

Gavin Duffy: 'It’s time for a different type of president'

Launching presidential campaign, candidate says he’s best equipped for Brexit challenge

Higgins is no dark horse amid fawning crowds in Ballinasloe

Men with stout sticks, women and children were spellbound as he spoke from the ‘gig rig’

Teed off: Peter Casey faces backlash over golf video

Presidential candidate says he plunged into Lough Foyle and retrieved golf ball

Up and running: Presidential candidates kick off their campaigns

Nominations for election closed at noon on Wednesday, with six names on ballot paper

Presidential round up: Full list of who local authorities backed

Six candidates will contest the presidential election on October 26th

Nomination papers for Michael D Higgins submitted

O’Doherty nominated for presidential bid by Laois authority but falls short of required four

Peter Casey secures place on ballot for presidential election

Businessman is third ‘Dragons’ Den’ panellist to make it on to ballot and sixth overall

Peter Casey receives second council nomination for presidential race

Artist Kevin Sharkey withdraws from ‘farcical’ presidential process

Howlin suggests President Higgins will publish expenses

Labour leader says party will act as ‘ground troops’ in upcoming presidential election

Presidential hopeful Gemma O’Doherty excoriated by Veronica Guerin’s brother

‘Only John Gilligan and Gemma O’Doherty say he is not responsible for Veronica’s death’: Jimmy Guerin

Presidential election: Joan Freeman’s No vote and Knock cure

Áras hopeful speaks of miracle cure and No in abortion referendum

Joan Freeman’s track record was behind FF backing in Cork, councillor says

Nine Cork Fianna Fail councillors backed Senator to run for president on Monday

Joan Freeman receives presidential nomination from Cork City Council

Businessman Gavin Duffy gets backing for Áras bid from councillors in Meath

Kevin Sharkey says ‘first black president’ would send a message

Hopefuls for the Aras address Kilkenny County Council seeking place on ballot paper

Peter Casey: ‘Whoever wins it, it will not be President Michael D Higgins’

Businessman and former ‘Dragons’ Den’ investor seeks presidential nomination

Three ‘Dragons’ in presidential race ‘very strange’, says programme producer

Larry Bass, producer of Dragons’ Den, says ‘ego plays factor’ in seeking nomination

Kevin Sharkey’s presidential vision includes ‘red-haired girls playing harps’

Hopefuls Gavin Duffy, Joan Freeman, Jimmy Smyth and Sharkey make presentations in Kildare

Council hears from Duffy, Freeman, O’Doherty and Marilyn Monroe impersonator

O’Doherty focuses on corruption and a ‘toxic’ media

Carlow hears from presidential hopefuls as Gallagher 'considering' bid

Presidential candidate tells Carlow councillors he would avoid ‘megaphone diplomacy’

FF calls for Office of President to be subject to FOI

Fianna Fáil says it will consider legislation in September

Miriam Lord: Putting Ireland first in sweltering Carlow chamber

Potential presidential candidates display their stalls to polite Carlovian councillors

Ó Cuív wants FF to reopen decision not to contest presidential election

TDs back call for issue to be addressed at pre-Dáil think in due in September

Fleadh Cheoil festival expected to draw 400,000 to Drogheda

Traditional music festival comes to Co Louth town for first time

Presidential hopefuls set out their stalls in Waterford

Joan Freeman, Gavin Duffy and Patrick Feeney make their pitches to local authority

Lansdowne bridge 87-year Bateman Cup gap

Cup specialists Cork Con as Lansdowne close in on double

Keith Duggan: Outsiders of Irish rugby crash through front door

Connacht have become beating heart of west – and an inspiration to their GAA brethren

Alison Cowzer and Eleanor McEvoy join Dragons’ Den panel

Popular Sunday night series back for a seventh run on RTÉ

Rising interviews reveal truth behind the fiction

RTÉ releases 50 audio and visual recordings from its archives for 1916 centenary

Ian Humphreys in stronger position after playing abroad

Ulster outhalf thinks Ireland side can be improved by players moving elsewhere

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