28 November 2024 - Final day of election campaign in Ireland
Election 2024 Day 21: one last push from major parties deadlocked as nation goes to the polls on Friday
Irish Independent Newsdesk (Irish Independent, 28/11/2024)
With less than 24 hours to go until the country heads to the polls, it’s a short but hard fought campaign as parties and Independents attempt to fill as many of the 174 Dáil seats as possible.
Sinn Féin optimistic but breakthrough unlikely in Irish election
Lisa O'Carroll (The Guardian, 28/11/2024)
Sinn Féin, the former political wing of the IRA, is hoping to stage a last-minute revival in the Irish general election after polls put it ahead of the party led by the taoiseach, Simon Harris.
Irish election: why one single party is unlikely to win – and what it means for the next government
Eoin Daly (The Conversation, 26/11/2024)
The first leaders’ debate of Ireland’s current election campaign featured no fewer than ten party leaders. While this format was perhaps a questionable editorial choice, it was also simply a reflection of the now very diffuse – and quite messy – character of Ireland’s political system.
Ireland’s peculiar election fail
Shawn Pogatchnik (Politico, 27/11/2024)
Does anybody really want to win Ireland’s election?
The strange answer, with the nation poised to go to the polls Friday, seems to be an exhausted no.