Counting has begun in the Irish general election, as exit polls suggest a close contest between the three major parties.

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

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

David Cullinane is elected on the first count in Waterford. Sinn Féin’s David Cullinane has topped the poll with 11,936 votes ...

Keira Keogh (FG) is gaining significant ground and is now just 135 votes behind her running mate Mark Duffy in 5th place. She ...

Ireland's main opposition Sinn Fein looked on course to win the most votes at a general election by the narrowest of margins ...

Sinn Fein has won Ireland’s election, according to exit polls on Friday night, but looks certain to be shut out of power by ...

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

Promises made by the Sinn Fein pro-Irish unity party to tackle a housing and cost-of-living crisis and stop young people ...

Sinn Fein president Mary Lou McDonald has accused Fine Gael and Fianna Fail of treating her party’s voters as second-class citizens. Ms McDonald suggested her rivals’ outright dismissal of ...