Erskine Childers was "dumbfounded" to find out he had been elected as Irish President in 1973, according to his grandson.

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Voters across the Republic of Ireland will head to the polls on October 24 to elect a new head of state to replace Michael D. Higgins. His replacement will be Ireland’s tenth president since the role ...

Ireland looks set to elect a veteran independent left-wing lawmaker backed by the main opposition parties as president on ...

Micheal Martin, Ireland’s taoiseach and Fianna Fail leader, hand-picked Mr Gavin, a hugely successful Gaelic football manager ...

With a left candidate for Irish president polling strongly, this election has the potential to benefit the Palestine movement ...

Ireland will head to the polls on Oct 24 to vote for its next president. Candidates to become the new head of state are an eclectic mix of former Gaelic football managers, singers and ex-cabinet ...

The serious problem with dismissing any election as “rigged” or a “sham” is it attempts to delegitimise the person we will lawfully elect. Some familiar old activists and pundits are getting great ...

A Humphreys victory would not entirely be a first, however. Indeed, the very first president of Ireland, Douglas Hyde, was ...

Martin Mansergh, who has died aged 78, was a former government minister in the Republic of Ireland and an important adviser to Fianna Fáil who played a key role in negotiating the Good Friday ...