Sinn Féin incumbent Ruairí Ó Murchú was the first to be elected on day two of the count, alongside his party colleague Joanna ...

Media scrutiny of the Senator was reignited with his selection as a Fine Gael candidate in the Louth constituency.

Fine Gael’s Paula Butterly is proving transfer-friendly this morning. She picked up 181 votes from Thomas Clare and David ...

Fianna Fáil is predicted to become the biggest party in the Dail with 45 seats, Sinn Féin the second largest with 40 and Fine ...

Catherine Ardagh of Fianna Fáil has been elected to the Dail at her third attempt. She was the first TD elected out of the ...

- A full recount has been called in North Tipperary, a full recount has been called. It arose after the ninth count when the ...

Fine Gael’s Kieran O’Donnell was re-elected on count 10 in Limerick City, filling the four-seater’s second seat. Maurice ...

John McGahon has said he will be taking a step back from politics for the foreseeable future and now plans to spend more time ...

Taoiseach Simon Harris had said he was ‘not sure’ if he would canvass with McGahon had he visited Louth during the election ...

Outgoing coalition partners Fianna Fail and Fine Gael, however, claim they are well placed to return to power following Ireland’s General Election.

The country’s deputy premier Micheal Martin encouraged people to brave the wet and windy weather and to use their vote.