Taoiseach elected on first count with surplus of 5,454 Taoiseach Simon Harris has been elected at the first count in Wicklow to rapturous applause having amassed an impressive 16,869 first preference ...

A marathon vote-counting exercise was underway Saturday in Ireland's national election after an exit poll suggested that the ...

The outgoing government was led by the two parties that have dominated Irish politics for the past century: Fine Gael and ...

Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) and Fine Gael leader Simon Harris has said it is "too close to call" how many seats his ...

Remains to be seen if I’ll be Taoiseach’, Martin says after election - Micheal Martin was comfortably elected on the first ...

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

The Republic of Ireland elects its government using a system of proportional representation known as the single transferable vote. Voters rank candidates in their constituency in order of preference ...

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

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