This afternoon.
At his campaign headquarters on Lord Edward Street, Dublin.
President Michael D Higgins speaks at the launch of his campaign to win another term in the Áras.
The launch can be watched live here
President Higgins’ website has also just gone live
UPDATE:
The Facebook live feed cut out just before journalists began asking President Higgins questions.
Meanwhile…
This morning…
Our campaign bus is hitting the road today. Join us from 2.30pm this afternoon in DCU, Santry, Finglas and Clearwater #Aras18 #Aras2018 #Sean4President pic.twitter.com/0UCcLrDYhW
— Seán Gallagher (@seangallagher1) September 26, 2018
Sigh.
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who pays for MDH’s campaign?
Us. We pay for all their campaigns. Hurrah!
Not completely true.
How much can a candidate spend?
The spending limit is €750,000 per candidate. If a candidate is elected, or gets more than 25% of the quota in the election, they can be reimbursed up to €200,000 from the State. Each candidate’s election agent must tell the Standards in Public Office Commission (SIPO) how much the candidate spent.
There are also strict limits on the value of donations to candidates and each candidate’s election agent must report details of donations to SIPO.
SIPO publishes guidelines in advance of a presidential election. To ensure compliance with the guidelines and the legislation, SIPO carries out spot-checks on the statements from election agents. It then publishes a report on the presidential election.
http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/government_in_ireland/elections_and_referenda/national_elections/presidential_election.html
Last time we paid €200,000 each to Michael D. Higgins, Sean Gallagher, & Martin McGuinness; the others got nothing.
thanks cian
so how’s Gemma’s campaign going? saw a tweet where she was thanking various TDs “for nominating me and giving Irish people the right to choose their President”
You seem a bit obsessed with GO’D, why?
i’m only responding to BS’s adoration of her
Fair enough…
Horrific bunch of candidates
+77
So true. The only question really is who is not going to make a holy show of us. #
Apart from the fraternal condolences on the death of the Cuban dictator, Squee has managed to fulfill that modest requirement.
Agreed.
I’m only surprised that anyone thinks otherwise and all the cheerleaders we are already seeing in the comments.
Still think it’s a waste of money and miggledy is the least worst of the lot.
The accent on MDH. And, what a massive ego too.
It’s a shame Gemma didn’t make he ballot. Says a lot about this country and its level of corruption when those cardboard-cutout Dragons make the cut. Everything is about commodification it seems.
Things really need stirring up.
The Gembots are as delusional as she is! The Tin Fáil party candidate wouldn’t have reached double figure percentage points.
What’s Seanie “can I be president now?” done in the last seven years? Last time out he said he’d learn Irish. I’m willing to bet he hasn’t even done that much.
They’re trying to have a go over the cash at the President’s disposal without having the self awareness to point out the waste of money this election is. Not a decent challenger in the bunch. MDH is like Dublin in the Leinster championship.
exactly- he had a go 7 years ago, cost us 200k and we said no. happy to cost the state another 200k for a second shot. arrogance of it.
the blind leading the blind
An A4 brown envelope with FF Cash written on it, would be a hilarious addition to Gallaghers hand on that bus.
Grabs envelope, sticky tape, black marker and camera.
Did Miggeldy get his photo taken and posters printed yesterday too or is he just wearing the same outfit as the posters? Continuity-tastic Mr Prez.
I knew there was something weird about those pictures but couldn’t put my finger on it. The photos in the posters look like they were taken while he making that speech – very unnerving!