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

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Minister for Housing and Fianna Fáil TD Darragh O’Brien has been elected in the Fingal East constituency. From Malahide in north Co Dublin, 50-year-old O’Brien has been in politics for the last 20 ...

People in Ireland are going to the polls Friday, as the country holds a general election to fill 174 seats in the Dail ...

So far, 41 of the 174 seats in the 34th Dáil have been won in Election 24. Ceann Comhairle, Seán Ó Fearghaíl was ...

As we go from evening to night, a clearer picture will emerge of the outcomes, and the transfers... and the stories of ...

Fine Gael expelled Mayo County Councillor Patsy O’Brien after he was found to have repeatedly sent pornographic material to a ...

It may be open to people from Ireland to apply for assisted dying if it is legalised in England and Wales but they would have ...

Fianna Fáil’s “celebrity candidate” Grainne Seoige looks unlikely to take a seat in the Galway West constituency.

EU survey ranks Ireland in first or second position in respondents saying it was easy to get cocaine, MDMA (ecstacy), heroin, ...

The polls are set to open for the Irish general election. Polling stations will be open between 07:00 and 22:00 local time on ...

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