Jennifer Bray

Political Editor, The Sunday Times 🗞️
Debut novel The Lies Between Us out now with Penguin Sandycove 📚

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RTÉ defends €20k spending on Kevin Bakhurst card, with meals at some of the country’s finest restaurants, hotel stays and flights

https://t.co/7D44BYiVme

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Sinn Fein leadership needs to be ‘freshened up’ say members, with some now speaking publicly about future leadership contenders like Pearse Doherty. We also speak to Martin McNamara, who reveals what happened after he quit the party last month

https://t.co/2xCQmFxCOc

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All the colour from Dublin and Galway, from secret Prosecco to silent protests, from @ClaireH_Scott and myself

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The leaders of Sinn Fein and Fianna Fail are facing a significant internal backlash in the wake of poor results in the Dublin Central and Galway West by-elections

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Analysis: the three stories of the Dublin Central and Galway West by-elections, from Sinn Féin’s difficult day to a Fianna Fáil disaster and a rising Social Democrats

https://t.co/HxIKPb202J

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Galway West, FULL tally:

Thomas (INDIRL): 20.4%
Kyne (FG): 19.9%
Ogbu (LAB): 11.6%
Keane (FF): 8.9%
Welby (IND): 7.0%

Full LIVE tally result: https://t.co/6aFNPANUwa

#ByElections26

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Needless to say if Ennis does pull ahead of Boylan on the first count, that will be a big story. But so too is Fianna Fail’s abysmal performance in Dub Central, and lacklustre in Galway too

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Daniel Ennis has pulled ahead on tallies with around 96 per cent of boxes opened here in Dublin Central

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State of Play in Dublin Central: Soc Dems Daniel Ennis and Sinn Féin’s Janice Boylan are neck and neck, with around 72 pc of boxes open. It looks like around 50pc of Hutch votes transfer to Boylan. But Ennis will be looking to sweep up.

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Hutch unsurprisingly tallying well around Gardiner St along with Janice Boylan

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Janice Boylan and Gerard Hutch leading the pack at this Cabra box

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Another Paradise Place tally

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Janet Horner doing quite well in this area of Dorset Street, rivalling Janice Boylan. Lots of talk at the RDS of her exceeding poll expectations but health warning - these are tallies and just the first few boxes

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Two tally sheets for St Paul’s CBS Brunswick St

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Daniel Ennis tallying strongly in this Phibsborough box

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New: RTÉ discontinues unvouched payments for board members. Chair of the board and other members were given lump sums, with RTÉ confirming there were no receipts for the expenses. Revelations likely to pile further pressure on beleaguered broadcaster

https://t.co/Bp8yonrqmE

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Claire Scott hits the campaign trail with the frontrunners in Galway West - and also those who may feel a bit disappointed by last week’s Irish Times/TG4/Ipsos poll too

Fascinating piece

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https://t.co/mLxZ9oySqe

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Details of new voluntary returns scheme for Ukrainians to come before Cabinet shortly, including structure of financial incentives with initial departures possible sooner than next year under a pilot programme

https://t.co/Da7068wQbn