A nascent far-right movement has exploited concerns about high immigration and a housing shortage. And despite poor electoral results, it remains a force in Irish politics, writes Shane Harrison.
Ireland’s far-right candidates expected to succeed on a wave of anti-immigrant rhetoric, but the people rejected them ...
Virtually everyone of voting age in Ireland can remember what happened in 2008, when the worldwide financial crisis destroyed ...
Vote counting is underway in Ireland’s national election. An exit poll suggests the contest is a close-fought race among the ...
Ireland's two large centre-right parties looked set to be returned to power after an election on Friday, but will likely need ...
Sinn Féin, the former political arm of the IRA, is hoping Ireland's 2024 election will bring it to power for the first time ...
Voters across Ireland cast their ballots in the country’s general election on 29 November. First preference vote shares ...
The Labour Party and the Social Democrats have both made good gains in the general election. But both are understood to be ...
Ireland faces weeks of coalition talks before it gets a new government, as the country’s two major center-right parties work ...
The result shows Ireland is "still open to global companies, and as pro-business as it has been for the last 30 or 40 years." ...
Ireland has proved a partial exception to the anti-incumbent mood in elections around the world. Fianna Fail and Fine Gael, ...
Ireland’s election saw little enthusiasm for the ruling parties — but also a weakened score for opposition force Sinn Féin.