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

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

Ireland goes to the polls November 29 in an election dominated by the implications of Sinn Fein's collapsing support and ...

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

Earlier this year Sinn Fein's deputy leader Michelle O'Neill became the first Irish nationalist First Minister of the British region. Lisa Keenan, a political scientist at Trinity College Dublin ...

Sinn Féin's Michelle O'Neill has said it is a day of "optimism" after the Democratic Unionist Parry (DUP) announced it would back a deal to restore power-sharing after a 23-month absence.

First Minister and Sinn Fein vice president Michelle O’Neill (Liam McBurney/PA). “Well there has been a number of instances, we can’t escape that,” she said. “I work hard to ensure that ...