As the ballot boxes are opened and counting begins around the country, we examine politicians’ reactions to last night’s exit ...

The three main parties are all within 2% of each other in the exit poll but Ireland's electoral system means it is likely ...

Fianna Fáil Health Minister Stephen Donnelly currently sits in seventh position for the four-seater, with independents Shay ...

Tallies are being totted up in Laois, where 12 candidates are battling it out for just three seats. Fine Gael are edging the ...

Sinn Féin’s director of elections Matt Carthy told RTÉ last night that he believed his party will be the most popular party ...

Fine Gael has been engulfed by infighting over candidates breaking rules set by party HQ over where they could canvass in the ...

The protracted process of counting votes in Ireland’s General Election will begin as an exit poll put the three main parties ...

As nearly 3.7m voters head to the polls, what does the path to power look like for Sinn Féin, Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael?

Sinn Fein (21.1%), Fine Gael (21%) and Fianna Fail (19.5%) are virtually neck-and-neck in terms of first preference votes in ...

Fine Gael, led by Simon Harris, shows signs of stabilizing in support before the Irish general election. The party fell slightly in opinion polls but remains in contention to lead a coalition ...

The margin of error in the poll is around 1.4 percent, so there appears to be nothing between the main parties ahead of the ...

The leaders of Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and Sinn Féin were taking part in a TV debate just days before the general election.