Ireland South Constituency

FG’s Regina Doherty comes in second but candidates placed third to sixth separated by less than 5,000 votes after first count

French president Emmanuel Macron calls snap parliamentary election after heavy loss to far right

Ireland's election results: Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and Green Party set to be close to the 50% won in 2020 general election, which would be a remarkable result

Election results: Sinn Féin will make gains in comparison to 2019 result but TD David Cullinane says ‘obviously we expected to do better’

Election results: Independents the big winners as voter volatility and declining party loyalty show more prominently in our politics

Far-right parties projected to make sizable gains but mainstream groups remain on course to win solid majority

Sinn Féin spent €166,800 with Meta and Google, with Fine Gael’s online advertising costing €75,900 and Fianna Fáil spending €74,900 over three months

Gardaí investigating assaults and instances of intimidation, while research finds majority of those taking part in such actions are influenced by far-right rhetoric

Counting will begin in the local elections on Saturday and the European elections on Sunday

On Saturday staff at the counting centres throughout the State will separate European ballots from local election ballots

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Coalition-building across political groups more important in European Parliament than in the Oireachtas

Five-seat constituency stretches from Bray to west Cork and from the Cliffs of Moher to Hook Head

This day next week, Ireland goes to the polls to elect councillors, MEPs and a mayor for Limerick. Here’s the state of the nation

Kilkenny TD Kathleen Funchion says housing and cost of living are main issues on the doorsteps rather than migration