Simon Harris’s Fine Gael party and coalition partner Fianna Fail look set to return to government after the Irish election, ...

Ireland's two large centre-right parties looked set to be returned to power after an election on Friday, but will likely need ...

Ballot boxes were opened at 9 a.m. (0900GMT) at count centers across the country, kicking off long hours, or even days, of ...

An exit poll in Ireland’s general election suggests the three biggest parties have won roughly equal shares and the country ...

Despite having spent the last four years in Government, the Green Party is potentially facing a total wipeout in the current ...

The Republic of Ireland elects its government using a system of proportional representation known as the single transferable ...

Both Tánaiste Micheál Martin and Seamus McGrath, the brother of the new European Commissioner and a prolific vote-getter ...

Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are neck and neck for the last seat, with Aisling Dempsey and Linda Nelson Murray vying for the win ...

Outgoing Aindrias Moynihan (FF) is in the lead with close to 18.85pc of the vote while his party colleague Michael Moynihan, ...

Early tallies suggested the centrist Fianna Fáil could emerge as the largest party, with 21.9 per cent of the votes, with conservative Fine Gael on 20.5 per cent and the main opposition party Sinn ...

Catherine Connolly has branded Fianna Fáil’s decision to run Gráinne Seoige as a candidate “a daft strategy”. The independent ...

Fianna Fáil’s “celebrity candidate” Grainne Seoige looks unlikely to take a seat in the Galway West constituency.