Failed election candidate Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch became a pivotal character in the story of organised crime in Ireland when ...

Is the Green Party’s demise a classic case of what happens to a smaller party going into government with the bigger parties?

The veteran criminal had opened up a seemingly unassailable lead over rival Marie Sherlock in Dublin Central by Sunday ...

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

More than half of the Irish parliament's seats are filled, with the Fianna Fáil party leading a tight three-way battle in the ...

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.

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

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

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

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 ...

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