Election results show that center-ground stalwarts Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have won 86 seats, two short of a parliamentary ...

The two parties that have dominated Irish politics for a century have fallen just short of the combined number of TDs ...

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

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

As Irish election winners tussle for positions of power, Donald Trump’s January 20 inauguration adds a sense of urgency in ...

Michael Martin’s party is the clear winner of the Irish general election – with an eight seat lead over rivals Fine Gael and ...

A return of a Fianna Fail/Fine Gael government looks odds on, but uncertainty remains on potential junior partners.

The horrifying toll exacted by the Irish election process was shockingly visible over the last stretch in the heavily-lined ...

Three long days of counting in the General Election finished late on Monday night when the final two seats were declared in ...

In a year when voters in many ­democracies have turned against incumbent politicians, the Irish have bucked the trend by ...

Media scrutiny of the Senator was reignited with his selection as a Fine Gael candidate in the Louth constituency.