grew exasperated only once during Tuesday night’s nearly two-hour debate — to shoot down the idea he might cut a postelection deal with Mary Lou, rather than his current beau, Simon, should Sinn Féin ...

Ireland is voting in a parliamentary election that will decide the next government. It also will show whether Ireland bucks ...

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

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

But former TD Shane Ross, who recently wrote a biography of the Sinn Féin leader, said that, unlike in 2020, the party has not framed its campaign around the Mary Lou McDonald brand. "Sinn Féin ...

Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald said she has detected a change in tempo in the Irish election campaign, with momentum gathering behind her party. Buoyed by improved polling ratings in recent ...

Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald says she will demand a referendum on Irish unity in her first phone call with Sir Keir Starmer if she wins Ireland's general election. In the second of our ...

But former TD Shane Ross, who recently wrote a biography of the Sinn Féin leader, said that, unlike in 2020, the party has not framed its campaign around the Mary Lou McDonald brand. "Sinn Féin ...

Four years ago it was a question of when and not if Mary Lou McDonald would one day become Ireland's first female taoiseach. She was the most popular politician in the Republic of Ireland after ...