The outgoing government was led by the two parties that have dominated Irish politics for the past century: Fine Gael and Fianna Fail. They have similar policies but are longtime rivals with origins ...

Seats filled: 0 1.30pm: 120 out of 157 boxes tallied With 73pc of the boxes open for tallies in County Wicklow, Taoiseach Simon Harris is leading the way with a 30.3pc share (11,828). In second ...

Sinn Féin, the former political arm of the IRA, is hoping Ireland's 2024 election will bring it to power for the first time ...

The Republic of Ireland elects its government using a system of proportional representation known as the single transferable vote. Voters rank candidates in their constituency in order of preference ...

An exit poll in Ireland's parliamentary election released late Friday suggests the three biggest parties have won roughly ...

The Taoiseach has said he expects a “fascinating couple of days” after he cast his vote in the General Election minutes after ...

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

Ireland’s youngest ever prime minister, Simon Harris may have thought he had a victory in Ireland’s upcoming general election ...

Taoiseach Simon Harris has appealed for Government coalition parties “not to rewrite history” with attacks on each other during the election campaign. He was speaking after Fianna Fáil ...

Taoiseach Simon Harris has appealed for Government coalition parties “not to rewrite history” with attacks on each other during the election campaign. He was speaking after Fianna Fail justice ...