Counting has begun in the Irish general election, as exit polls suggest a close contest between the three major parties.

Counting will start across the Republic of Ireland at 09:00 local time Exit polls in the Irish election suggest a close ...

An exit poll in the Republic of Ireland suggests that Sinn Féin has 21.1% of first preference votes with Fine Gael having 21% ...

Sinn Féin, the former political arm of the IRA, is hoping Ireland's 2024 election will bring it to power for the first time ...

Ireland's two large centre-right parties looked on course to be returned to power after an election on Friday, but they will ...

Ireland's main opposition party Sinn Fein looked on course to narrowly win the most votes at a general election on Friday, ...

The Republic of Ireland elects its government using a system of proportional representation known as the single transferable ...

Eighteen of the party’s 35 incumbents are not contesting the General Election, with incumbency historically considered an ...

The boxes holding the ballots were opened at 9am at count centres across the country. The protracted process of sorting and ...

Ged Nash looks set to hold a seat for Labour and, barring a miraculous recovery from John McGahon or Antóin Watters, the ...

The first member of the Dail has been elected in the Irish general election, a Fine Gael candidate. Jennifer Carroll MacNeill ...