Ireland's two large centre-right parties looked on course to be returned to power after an election on Friday, but they will ...

Counting is to get under way later on Saturday morning in the Irish general election, as exit polls suggest a close contest ...

An exit poll in the Republic of Ireland suggests that Sinn Féin has 21.1% of first preference votes with Fine Gael having 21% ...

The leader of Ireland's opposition Social Democrats party gave birth to a baby girl on Friday, voting day in the country's ...

Ireland's main opposition party Sinn Fein looked on course to narrowly win the most votes at a general election on Friday, ...

The polls have opened for the Irish general election. Voters are able to cast their ballot up until 22:00 local time to ...

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

Eighteen of the party’s 35 incumbents are not contesting the General Election, with incumbency historically considered an ...

The boxes holding the ballots were opened at 9am at count centres across the country. The protracted process of sorting and ...

Vote counting in Ireland's general election gets underway Saturday with an exit poll indicating a tight finish between the three main parties.

A local election poll topper like independent Michael Fleming is ... Social Democrats candidate Sinead Gibney, the former ...

Fine Gael (21%) and Fianna Fail (19.5%) are virtually neck-and-neck in terms of first preference votes in the Irish General ...