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

Then, Fine Gael and Fianna Fail, two parties forged from opposing sides of Ireland’s Civil War of the 1920s ... A key factor ...

The protracted process of sorting and counting votes in Ireland’s General Election has begun, after an exit poll put the ...

As a hulking battleship, the HMS Agamemnon was more accustomed to carrying cannons rather than telecommunications technology.

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. They must first be sorted before counting formally begins, in a process which could last days because of Ireland’s ...

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

Ballot boxes were opened at 9 a.m. (0900GMT) at count centers across the country, kicking off long hours, or even days, of ...

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

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