{"id":463526,"date":"2026-05-23T14:48:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T14:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/463526\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T14:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T14:48:09","slug":"mcdonald-defends-byelection-candidate-choice-as-tallies-show-janice-boylan-in-second-place-the-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/463526\/","title":{"rendered":"McDonald defends byelection candidate choice as tallies show Janice Boylan in second place &#8211; The Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivwFBVV95cUxQLTFqR2pnaGRtVVN1MHJkSlJBcWF3alVudWVUcjQ5SXlDWGZpeE1BMUE1Z0k4bWxjVjRXZDNucktRSjVCQVdWYktVYmFTUUpNVUt1SGVISGs3MEQzRzdLLVZlWll2eHFYS2xCcUpSMkZldU9mRzZYWXhYN29DT3RSQ0dfcDNmVElqSW9YVDVxdldNdmNEZFVtTWxES0xaNzZRNUpsaDZyeTByTzFvbTlKZ2RKZXU0emJoVHYyRUlHVQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">McDonald defends byelection candidate choice as tallies show Janice Boylan in second place<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Journal<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMicEFVX3lxTE5pT0RIbDV3eTRHWUZGNjVyVldhVGFxZFdUVGdZRlNvem1OeGszQVhfRDdRSm9VbERobDFURnFJclBmdWZYNnBfaEN4blZESlJmaXhWdUswcmRpd0Nwa0JJS2pZbXdxS2Q5bE9VOFFZQXU?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Live: Tallies show &#8216;huge anger&#8217; with Government &#8211; McDonald<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RTE.ie<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi8gFBVV95cUxPWHhVcnRtb0hHM3dOalhTYVRuSktMVDdyNFk0bWtlMnl6MGRhbXlTdWN4WGNLbm1tV1c2X0d6UmQwTkRTdGtpb0FXUnlyOEdQb3lBZU9VWUl1U3NZcnhGaUZnNW5qZG5WR1V5N0l5Ym56bV9FZktMd2IwVGtyM0M3OFJaTXRMNnF3dW9QbnBHWHRvcHZMejlfTV8xMGxtZHR6aVlMUVlxY2trZmRxNFQzZGRHUHRwVm1lMzE1V3NReE9lSVVfcngwNkZoVHF0NFNISlBMRUVXWFdtMkJaTElaVzRpR25pRU5pWlAwcHVhVWhXZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018Not Sinn F\u00e9in\u2019s day\u2019 in Galway West as Social Democrats Daniel Ennis to top poll in Dublin Central<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Irish Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMie0FVX3lxTFBJaHZseGxDeWJfQnRyX1BPZE8tYzVENjZFR2tWZEpkaVpjODVCY3BOSUlHb1JKektWSzdLMy1WbWszelJ2c2dKc0FGcHA1RHNoZV9xLUJrZEFIZ1pTLU4tcmkzcTV1N2RndWMzN3lBTGphR1h3VlhzQ1BnNA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tallying well underway in Galway-West<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Midwest Radio<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikgFBVV95cUxQV19JRl9nblNuVENSOE54WVk0Ukx3MTJpZXA1LWdzZWpRenZDeGoyUFZvSVdsMlBLX0wyYngwNnVoWW5rWkZVbjJ0V0RNbENmYnVQV05HWnNmWER1cjdQUnFzZnZpVkNiSTBLSUtVOUM3eDFvd2Z4SzBpOTM1RV9ac3k4TXgzZkhLZzdGcjNLUUlBUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Counting to begin in two by-elections<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BreakingNews.ie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"McDonald defends byelection candidate choice as tallies show Janice Boylan in second place&nbsp;&nbsp;The JournalLive: Tallies show &#8216;huge anger&#8217;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":463527,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[68707,84679,61,60,7038,148084,3658,43,3415],"class_list":["post-463526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-by-election","tag-dublin-central","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-irish-politics","tag-janice-boylan","tag-mary-lou-mcdonald","tag-news","tag-sinn-fein"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=463526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463526\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/463527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=463526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=463526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=463526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}