Voters share pictures of their pets as they arrive to take part in election and referendum

Q&A: What will the ballot papers look like and what will I be asked?

Next president will be at forefront of marking divisive events such as Partition, Civil War

Michael D Higgins will be a hard act to follow, but the pretenders have impressive CVs

‘We are splitting the vote and lowering the tone,’ says Gavin Duffy

Prime Time’s presidential debate had no winners – and the big losers were its viewers

Viewers of RTÉ presidential debate got an even-handed free for all

All six presidential candidates will feature in RTÉ One’s ‘Prime Time’ debate tonight

President ‘welcomes’ PSNI statement seen as challenging his claim of ‘security concerns’

Aislinne Freeman spoke of same-sex relationship to ‘silence’ Iona Institute claims

Presidential candidate ‘absolutely’ had considered dropping out of race after criticism

News, views and opinions from Student Hub contributors and Irish Times writers

On My Culture Radar: We asked Peter Casey, Gavin Duffy, Joan Freeman, Seán Gallagher, Michael D Higgins and Liadh Ní Riada for their cultural picks

The President is replaying the Mary McAleese playbook of 2004, from setting the agenda to laying down the rules of engagement

President believes remaining years of Decade of Centenaries will provide difficult challenge

It is lowest common denominator stuff, but Casey knows exactly what he is doing

Irish Times opinion poll: President set to be re-elected at his ease

President streets ahead of all challengers in Irish Times poll

In focusing on trivia, the challengers waste time they could be spending making a positive case for themselves

Oireachtas report on mental health services says lack of funding the root of the problems