For the duration of the election Newstalk's Political Editor Shane Coleman will join George Hook to look back on some of the more memorable moments from elections gone by. This week we hear about the Kerry politician who conjured his own endorsement out of thin air and how an off-the-cuff remark almost caused a crisis with the Irish Punt.

 1927 An election that bears an uncanny resemblance to the 2016 election

 1982 Looking back at the first televised leaders' debate

Deaths during elections

1944 Outside the box politics

 1992 How an off'the-cuff remark almost caused a currency crisis

1927 Meet the politician who topped the poll in two constituencies 

1981 No love loss in a real constituency battle

1923 The politician who was elected with just 114 Votes

1961 An election time forgot

1922 The election full of intimidation

1982 The meteoric rise of Dick Spring 

1923 The most popular politician in the history of the State

1977/87 The tale of the three Marys

1809 The future British PM is elected in Ireland

1973 TV heralds a new era for Irish politics