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This afternoon.

Kildare Street, Dublin 2.

Social Democrats co-leaders Catherine Murphy and Roisin Shorthall speaking to the media outside Leinster House on the second last day of the canvass before polls open in General Election 2020. The party is pitching itself as a ‘genuine alternative’ .

Meanwhile..

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Last night.

Con’s (!), Mullingar, County Westmeath.

An unnamed parent approached Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Fine Gael Longford–Westmeath TD Peter Burke to ask about the ongoing delays in the building of Curraghmore National School (top).

Work started in September 2017 as a 12 month contract.

Cathy McGann writes:

“”We are doing our best”…”We are working really hard on this”…11 missed deadlines, your best is not good enough!  We need an answer, we need CERTAINTY.”

Video: Mullingar News and Views Facebook page

Previously: Yes. Still No School

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin, Fine Gael leader and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, and Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald at the RTÉ Prime Time debate on Tuesday night

This afternoon.

British market research agency Survation has announced the results of an online poll it conducted on behalf of Sinn Féin  between January 27-February 2.

A total of 1,074 people aged 18+ living in the Republic of Ireland were quizzed on their General Election 2020 voting intentions.

It found the distribution of first preference votes as follows:

Sinn Féin 25%
Fianna Fáil 22%
Fine Gael 17%
Green Party 9%
Labour Party 6%
Solidarity–People Before Profit  5%
Social Democrats 3%
Independent Alliance 1%
Independent candidate 10%
Another Party 2%

G’wan ‘Another Party’.

FIGHT!

Survation 2020 Irish General Election Voting Intention Poll (Survation)

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This afternoon.

Embassy of Saudi Arabia, Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin 2.

A live blogathon organised by Grace Dyas (above left) of Amnesty International Ireland to raise awareness of the plight of Raif Badawi and Waleed Abu al-Khair.

Raif was jailed for 10 years and publicly flogged in 2012 after starting a website for social and political debate in Saudi Arabia while Waleed, a human rights lawyer, was  arrested in 2014. Both men are on hunger strike.

Supporters and bloggers, including Broadsheet on the Telly‘s Vanessa Foran (above right) and middle pic from left: Kieran Clifford, Louise Conway and Valentina Lops called on King Salman and Saudi authorities to free Raif and Waleed  “immediately and unconditionally”.

Amnesty International Ireland

Previously: Where Blogging Is A Crime

This morning.

The Green Party’s final General Election 2020 press conference with, third pic from left: candidate Peter Kavanagh, Leader of the Green Party Eamon Ryan, Deputy Leader Catherine Martin and candidates Joe O’Brien and Sean McCabe.

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Rob Reeves writes:

As Election Day draws ever closer, and my resolve to not scratch my arse to vote grows ever stronger, I voyaged to the mean streets of our nation’s great capital to ask 4 simple questions.

Who are you voting for and why? What issues matter to you? Who is Ireland’s sexiest politician? Where do babies come from?

Rob Reeves Films

This morning.

Met Éireann issued a Status Yellow wind and rain warning for Ireland this weekend.

The wind warning will be valid from 9am on Saturday until midnight on Sunday.

The rain warning will be valid from noon on Saturday until 3pm on Sunday.

Thanks Sinn Féin.

Via Met Éireann

This morning.

Fianna Fail General Election HQ.

Justice Spokesperson Jim O’Callaghan TD (left) & Housing Spokesperson Johnny Vegas Darragh O’Brien TD present their party’s justice package aka another bash at Sinn Féin.

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