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

The convicted Dublin criminal, also known as The Monk, received the fourth-highest first preference vote in the four-seat ...

Eight TDs have been elected to the an Dáil Éireann as first counts have come in from across the country, including Tánaiste ...

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

As the saying goes, there won’t be a cow milked in X, and that X tonight is just outside the town of Portlaoise, at the farm ...

Exit polls in the Irish election suggest a close contest between the three major parties. Figures from Friday's exit poll ...

FIANNA Fail leader Micheal Martin has been elected on first count after topping the poll in Cork South-Central. It comes ...

The main Opposition party in the last Dáil is hoping to return its two TDs as the constituency covering working-class areas ...

The outgoing Taoiseach admitted he was relieved when his party received 21% first-preference votes in the exit poll on Friday ...

Fine Gael leader Simon Harris said there has been “no Sinn Fein surge” as he topped the tallies in Wicklow today. The ...

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