Ireland’s youngest ever prime minister, Simon Harris, may have thought he had a victory in Ireland’s upcoming general ...

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

The sitting Taoiseach, Simon Harris, had been confident enough in his position and that of his party, Fine Gael, that he ...

Simon Harris said it is not his place to tell people who to transfer their vote to but urged them to consider the make-up of ...

The Irish general election happens on Friday. In times past, observers would be marking the rise of Sinn Fein; now the ...

Ireland goes to the polls on Friday with the incumbent coalition parties neck-and-neck with opposition party Sinn Fein after ...

Mr Harris said not canvassing in these areas was “an intentional decision”. Videos of an altercation between Mr McGahon and ...

The three largest parties were virtually neck-and-neck heading into the vote, according to the latest opinion poll.

Politicians had three short weeks to campaign and spread their message among voters and no matter who you’re planning to ...

His more experienced coalition partner, Micheál Martin, appears best positioned to lead the next government — and insists he ...

Mr Harris said that Ireland was ready to assist Lebanon in any way possible, which included the Defence Forces continued ...

The leaders of the three biggest parties took part in a final canvass push as they hoped to gain an edge in the finely-balanced political battle.