Shift in political gear means election is approaching
Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil are scouting for additional candidates
Rejection for Bruton, even for altruistic reason, is still rejection
Analysis: Fine Gael faces more local rebellions over strict gender quota rules
FG selects Noone to contest Dublin West with Varadkar
Senator, once based in Dublin South East, to run alongside Minister in general election
Fingal County Council votes to reduce local property tax by 15%
Move would cut almost €5m from council finances
Fingal passes motion to reduce property tax by 15%
Motion to reduce tax put forward by Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil passes easily
Fingal councillors play ball and block plebiscite
Proposal for directly elected mayor of Dublin had been engineered to fail
Fingal votes against ballot on directly elected mayor
Public ballot will not now go ahead in May, having failed to gain support of the four Dublin authorities
McGuinness byelection favourite, but will face big challenge from Coppinger
Second byelection in Dublin West since 2011, in the one Dáil term
Different rules apply to by-elections
Result of second by-election in evenly-split constituency likely to be tight
Fingal council set to block referendum on directly elected mayor for Dublin
Mayor Kieran Dennison says he wants to ‘protect minority against majority’
Religious groups face planning warning notices over worship in warehouses
Zoning prohibits places of worship in industrial estates, says Fingal Mayor
Labour plan aims to make Dublin a better place to live
Chairs of local authorities pledge to work together
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