At first glance, Ireland’s general election has bucked global trends: the centre has held. If the exit polls are borne out, ...

The protracted process of sorting and counting votes in the general election has begun, with 174 TDs set to be elected across ...

A marathon vote-counting exercise was underway Saturday in Ireland's national election after an exit poll suggested that the ...

Micheál Martin looks set to return to the Taoiseach’s Office, with Fianna Fáil edging ahead of Fine Gael in a general election that will return the Grand Coalition for another five years. However, it ...

Outgoing coalition partners Fianna Fail and Fine Gael, however, claim they are well placed to return to power following ...

Irish premier Simon Harris has said Fine Gael will gain seats in the General Election despite a further fragmentation of ...

The outgoing government was led by the two parties that have dominated Irish politics for the past century: Fine Gael and ...

The Republic of Ireland elects its government using a system of proportional representation known as the single transferable vote. Voters rank candidates in their constituency in order of preference ...

The sitting Taoiseach, Simon Harris, had been confident enough in his position and that of his party, Fine Gael, that he ...

Ireland’s youngest ever prime minister, Simon Harris may have thought he had a victory in Ireland’s upcoming general election ...

Taoiseach Simon Harris has appealed for Government coalition parties “not to rewrite history” with attacks on each other during the election campaign. He was speaking after Fianna Fáil ...