Taoiseach Simon Harris and Darragh O’Brien, the housing minister, said that close to 40,000 new homes would be completed this ...

Taoiseach Simon Harris was elected on the first count on Saturday after topping the poll with 16,869 votes, exceeding the ...

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

Ireland’s election reaffirms its centrist political leanings, with no far-right breakthrough. As Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael ...

Fine Gael members believe they could have picked up more seats had it not been for poor candidate selection, a failure to ...

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

With a Trump return to the White House looming, Ireland races to form government and repair US/Irish relations in time for St ...

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

Fianna Fail picked up 48 seats, with Sinn Fein on 39 and Fine Gael on 38 - paving the way for a similar coalition to the last ...

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

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 required for a Dail majority.