Catherine Connolly takes office as Ireland’s president today. Her left-wing insurgent campaign took the Irish political establishment by surprise, winning a record number of votes and proving the Left ...

Voters across the Republic of Ireland will head to the polls on October 24 to elect a new head of state to replace Michael D. Higgins. His replacement will be Ireland’s tenth president since the role ...

Galway West by-election will be held in May to fill the seat vacated by Connolly when she became president of Ireland ...

All of these describe tomorrow’s (Tuesday’s) vote-a-rama on local tax questions. Boring because the outcomes are pretty much a foregone conclusion with little opposition to proposed tax increases.

Vote-counting begins on Sunday following Ireland's general election which exit polls called as a three-way tie, meaning every ballot will count in the battle to form the next government. Prime ...