An alleged Dublin gangland figure known as "The Monk" came close to being elected to the Irish parliament Sunday, just weeks after he was arrested in Spain for alleged money laundering.

Can a boring election also be surprising? In a year of anti-incumbent anger, Ireland votes for more of the same ...

Ireland’s dominant political parties appear to have bucked the global trend of frustrated voters ousting incumbents, helped ...

At one level, the vote was an endorsement of continuity, but the stability in Ireland’s political center ground masked ...

Voters across Ireland cast their ballots in the country’s general election on 29 November. First preference vote shares ...

​ Sinn Fein won almost a quarter of the vote in the Republic of Ireland general election of almost five years ago. This time ...

The result is a vindication for Micheál Martin, who has led his party back from the existential brink it faced in 2011. He ...

Ireland's two large centre-right parties are set to begin their search for a coalition partner this week after Friday's ...

Ireland's election results have yet to be finalized, but exit polling suggests a coalition government between the ...

The Republic’s main opposition party Sinn Fein has taken a much bigger hit at the ballot box than the two governing parties – ...

He lost out to the Irish premier’s running mate Richard Timmins, who secured the second seat for Fine Gael in the consistency ...

Meanwhile Fine Gael’s vote is down from just over 19,000 to just over 14,000. Fianna Fáil’s vote has increased by 547 from 18 ...