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

Ballot boxes were opened at 9 a.m. (0900GMT) at count centers across the country, kicking off long hours, or even days, of ...

An exit poll in Ireland's parliamentary election released late Friday suggests the three biggest parties have won roughly ...

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

Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris’s Fine Gael party is locked in a virtual dead heat with Sinn Fein in the general election, ...

Sinn Fein has won Ireland’s election, according to exit polls on Friday night, but looks certain to be shut out of power by ...

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

Ireland's two main governing parties looked on course to return to power as polls opened on Friday, thanks to a giveaway ...

A little over a year ago, the leader of Sinn Fein, Mary Lou McDonald, looked like a shoe-in to become Ireland’s next prime minister (taoiseach). As the country heads to the polls on Friday, her ...

Taoiseach Simon Harris has said he is taking a “project truth” approach to calling out Sinn Fein’s spending pledges as fears over future economic threats took centre stage in the Irish General ...