Counting has begun in the Irish general election, as exit polls suggest a close contest between the three major parties.

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

Ireland's main opposition Sinn Fein looked on course to win the most votes at a general election by the narrowest of margins ...

Sinn Fein has won Ireland’s election, according to exit polls on Friday night, but looks certain to be shut out of power by ...

Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris’s Fine Gael party is locked in a virtual dead heat with Sinn Fein in the general election, ...

Irish premier Simon Harris has said Fine Gael will gain seats in the General Election despite a further fragmentation of ...

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

An exit poll on Friday night suggested that Sinn Fein would narrowly get the highest share of first-preference votes, 21.1%, ...

Pearse Doherty has been elected on the first count in Donegal. After a long lull and very little movement, the results of the ...

The outgoing Taoiseach admitted he was relieved when his party received 21% first-preference votes in the exit poll on Friday ...

Leading so far is current TD Sinn Féin’s Louise O’Reilly with 1,705 first preference votes making up 22.3pc of the total ...