10+ mon, 3+ week ago   (897+ words) Independent candidate’s smooth campaign has enthused younger voters but views on Nato and Hamas may concern...The emcee made barbed jokes about Ireland’s government, but there was little need to warm up the audience...Barring a last-minute political upset,…...

10+ mon, 3+ week ago   (643+ words) Leftwing independent widely expected to succeed Michael D Higgins, but fears grow over low turnout and...spoilt ballots Irish voters go to the polls on Friday to elect a new president, with final opinion polls...predicting a landslide for Catherine…...

10+ mon, 2+ week ago   (641+ words) concedes defeat after early vote tallies show insurmountable gap between candidates The leftwing independent...candidate, Catherine Connolly, has won a landslide victory in Ireland’s presidential election....She speaks Irish, espouses equality and wishes to ringfence Irish neutrality from what…...

3+ mon, 2+ day ago   (693+ words) Figures suggest common travel area being exploited in both directions, but particularly UK to Ireland...Up to 90% of asylum seekers in Ireland may have entered the country via the Northern Ireland land border...it may be more popular for those…...

11+ mon, 3+ week ago   (900+ words) legislation both sides will need to pass to create agency investigating Troubles-era crimes The British and Irish...governments are to announce a new framework to deal with the legacy of Northern Ireland’s Troubles in...Hilary Benn, the Northern Ireland…...

11+ mon, 3+ week ago   (499+ words) legislation both sides will need to pass to create agency investigating Troubles-era crimes The British and Irish...governments are to unveil a new framework to deal with the legacy of Northern Ireland’s Troubles in...Hilary Benn, the Northern Ireland…...

10+ mon, 2+ week ago   (592+ words) resounding victory for leftwinger as voters deliver humbling rebuke to government The leftwing independent...Catherine Connolly is on track to win Ireland’s presidential election, according to early vote tallies...She speaks Irish, espouses equality and wishes to ringfence Irish…...

10+ mon, 3+ day ago   (558+ words) The Irish language has scored cultural breakthroughs with the film The Quiet Girl and the controversial...When the independent leftwing politician is inaugurated as Ireland’s president on Tuesday, she will carry...“I will do my best to bring Irish…...

11+ mon, 4+ week ago   (510+ words) Former mixed martial arts fighter had vowed to curb immigration to shore up ‘Irish culture’ and give...power ‘back to the people’ The former mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor has withdrawn from Ireland...The Irish presidency is a largely…...