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Dublin Bay South

Dublin Bay South: Fourth time’s the charm for Bacik as FF and FG lick their wounds

After falling short in the 2004 European elections, a 2009 by-election and the 2011 general election, the longtime Labour senator savoured her moment of triumph in Dublin Bay South this weekend – but it was a bad day for Fine Gael and an infinitely worse one for Fianna Fáil
  • Daniel Murray
  • July 11, 2021

Take radical action on housing or face wipeout, Martin warned

The party’s candidate Deirdre Conroy received just 4.6 per cent of first preferences in the Dublin Bay South by-election
  • Daniel Murray
  • July 11, 2021

Ivana Bacik victorious in Dublin Bay South by-election

More transfer-friendly Labour candidate was unable to be reeled in by Fine Gael’s James Geoghegan
  • Daniel Murray
  • July 9, 2021

Analysis: How social media sites were a key battleground in the Dublin Bay South by-election

The campaign was contested vigorously online with parties using increasingly sophisticated tactics to promote their candidates and attack rivals
  • Rachel Lavin
  • July 9, 2021

Dublin Bay South by-election: Candidates feel the heat of Covid frustration and climate action

Despite a difficult campaign and a poor showing in a recent poll, Fianna Fáil’s Deirdre Conroy is refusing to accept ‘anything that hasn’t happened’ while Claire Byrne insists the by-election has been a ‘unifying experience’ for the Greens
  • Michael Brennanand
  • Daniel Murray
  • July 4, 2021

Elaine Byrne: Fine Gael’s scaremongering has gifted Bacik a real chance

In its eagerness to stoke up anti-Sinn Féin sentiment in Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael appears to have cleared a path to a Dáil seat for the Labour senator
  • Elaine Byrne
  • July 4, 2021

Dublin Bay South by-election: Battling barristers wheel out party heavyweights on the campaign trail

In the leafy, well-heeled environs of Dublin Bay South, Ivana Bacik is eager to break her electoral duck, James Geoghegan is learning on the job when it comes to canvassing, and Lynn Boylan hopes to spring a surprise on the government parties
  • Michael Brennanand
  • Rosanna Cooney
  • June 27, 2021

Analysis: National Maternity Hospital issue is challenging for FG as by-election approaches

The big question the opposition is raising in liberal Dublin Bay South is whether abortions will be carried out in the new National Maternity Hospital
  • Michael Brennan
  • June 21, 2021

Battle of the barristers: Michael Brennan on the potential candidates in the Dublin Bay South by-election

It’s one of the wealthiest constituencies in the country, but its leafy streets will play host to knife-edge political intrigue and infighting in the coming months as half a dozen contenders fight to claim the seat vacated by Eoghan Murphy
  • Michael Brennan
  • May 2, 2021

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