After the votes are counted and the results calculated – common goals will be negotiated and a coalition formed. The shape of ...

Can a boring election also be surprising? In a year of anti-incumbent anger, Ireland votes for more of the same ...

Results from Ireland's election suggest the two dominant center-right parties look likely to form a new government.

At one level, the vote was an endorsement of continuity, but the stability in Ireland’s political center ground masked ...

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

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

In a northeast neighborhood of the capital city, deprivation and affluence exist side-by-side, and many voters feel ...

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

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

Fianna Fáil has won the most seats in the Dáil (lower house of parliament) following the Republic of Ireland's general ...

The failure of Sinn Fein to enter government in the Republic of Ireland – combined with the party’s drop in vote share in ...