Overview

• Gareth Sheridan narrowly lost a Meath County Council vote 14–13, leaving him on two local authority nominations from Kerry and Tipperary with two more still required.
• His campaign plans pitches to Offaly and Louth today after downplaying an administrative glitch over Louth documentation.
• Independent Maria Steen says she has 13 Oireachtas supporters and meets the four TDs of Independent Ireland this evening, with a decision expected by tomorrow or Wednesday morning.
• Catherine Connolly launches her campaign in Dublin with backing from Sinn Féin, Labour, the Social Democrats, the Greens and People Before Profit.
• Fianna Fáil’s Jim Gavin and Fine Gael’s Heather Humphreys have lodged papers, and Gavin says Meta removed some posts after he reported online falsehoods to platforms and the media regulator.