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

Michéal Martin, the leader of Fianna Fáil, is the frontrunner to be the next taoiseach (Irish prime minister).

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

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

Ireland has proved a partial exception to the anti-incumbent mood in elections around the world. Fianna Fail and Fine Gael, ...

The majority of seats in the Irish parliament have been filled, with the Fianna Fáil party leading a tight three-way battle ...

Results from Ireland's election suggest the two dominant center-right parties look likely to form a new government.

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

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

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

Sinn Féin is, by a margin, the largest party in the north with 27% of the vote but still 73% of all voters chose other ...

The three largest parties were virtually neck-and-neck heading into the vote, according to the latest opinion poll.