Jane Matthew's for @TheJournal has a good report from last night's event:

"Candidates call for left transfer pact as Dublin Central competition gets off to friendly start"

https://www.thejournal.ie/dublin-central-by-election-7022100-Apr2026/

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Candidates call for left transfer pact as Dublin Central competition gets off to friendly start

Left leaning candidates in the constituency chose to play nicely as they took part in the first panel event of the electoral race.

TheJournal.ie

Keep Left emerged from the Catherine Connolly presidential election campaign in 2025.

Similar to Marriage Equality (#MarRef) and Together for Yes (#RepealThe8th), it's non-party, and aims at uniting parties on the left around shared common goals. Dublin Central is something of a test bed.

You can find out more about the Keep Left movement at: https://keepleft.ie/

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Keep Left – We are a grassroots community inspired by Catherine Connolly’s campaign and committed to making her vision of a new republic a reality. As she has said “We have the power, we have the vision and we can do it – together”

Full house tonight at the #KeepLeft event tonight in Parnell Square, ahead of the Dublin Central (#DubC) bye-election on 22 May next.

(cc @greenparty_ie @JanetPHorner @paulmurphy_td)

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🚴‍♂️ Trigger Warning: Striking terror into the stony hearts of certain columnists and their Editors and Owners. #Áras25 #Cycling #KeepLeft

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The more I think about it, the more I feel that moment where Kari Lake whipped out the hoover to vacuum off a square of carpet sitting in the dirt in advance of Trump's speech, was the moment she lost her bid for Governor. The public (it was purposefully public) bit of performative cult-worship was just embarrassing. The right can pretend this stuff doesn't exist when it suits them, but not when it's played out in view of the media like that.
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