By Padraic Halpin DUBLIN, May 24 (Reuters) - Ireland's governing centre-right Fine Gael and the Social Democrats, one of the ...

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INDEPENDENT Ireland’s Noel Thomas has topped the poll in first count of the Galway West bye-election, with 10,007 votes. He ...

Independent Ireland’s Noel Thomas topped the poll in Galway West with 10,007 votes; After the fourth count, Thomas had a 784 ...

Fine Gael's Seán Kyne has won the Galway West bye-election after leapfrogging Independent Ireland's Noel Thomas on the 11th ...

The by-election took place in Dublin Central to fill a seat left vacant by Fine Gael TD and former Irish finance minister ...

Galway West voters are streaming to the polls this morning, Friday 22 May, with data showing a clear frontrunner already.

Traditionally, government parties suffer in by-elections as the electorate use the ballot box as a form of referendum on the ...

Fine Gael and the Social Democrats have both won a seat after by-elections in the Republic of Ireland. Voters had their say ...

Mr Ennis said the party performed well because “we didn’t bend on who we were”.

Major infighting between left and right-wing factions has engulfed Sinn Féin in the wake of its disastrous by-election results at the weekend, Extra.ie can reveal. And the party is facing pressure ...