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 ...

An alleged Dublin gangland figure known as "The Monk" came close to being elected to the Irish parliament Sunday, just weeks after he was arrested in Spain for alleged money laundering.

Micheál Martin and Simon Harris are in a tight race to become Ireland’s next taoiseach, leaving Sinn Fein locked out of power ...

Gerry “The Monk” Hutch said he would “consider” running again for the Dáil after he was beaten to the final seat in Dublin ...

The gangland figure missed out on the last seat in the Dublin Central constituency to the Labour Party’s Marie Sherlock.

Current Taoiseach, Mr Harris, dismissed talk of a Sinn Fein surge and said he was “cautiously optimistic” about where his party will stand after all the votes are counted. He was also elected as a ...

Independent candidate and convicted criminal Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch runs away from the media at RDS Simmonscourt, Dublin, as ...

Ireland's election results have yet to be finalized, but exit polling suggests a coalition government between the ...

Unlike many European countries, Ireland does not have a significant far-right party, but anti-immigrant independent ...

Officials confirmed last week that Hutch, better known as “The Monk”, was on the ballot for ... questioned Hutch’s commitment to the inner city. “If Gerry Hutch wants to be a political ...

Last week, Gerry Hutch lodged his papers to stand as a candidate for Dublin Central in the Republic’s upcoming general election. A notorious figure, ‘The Monk’ is reported to have been the ...