This may be the most open Irish presidential election we’ve ever seen, with every man and his dog seeming to have been linked to the Áras at some point. Former Taoisigh, human rights advocates and ...

TV presenter Richard Madeley suggested this week that Northern Ireland is economically "close to being a basket case". He ...

McDonald accused the Government of preparing to throw families “under the bus” in the upcoming budget, while Mr Martin said ...

The State has a surplus of €8bn but is still proposing to throw ordinary working families when it comes to the Budget, Sinn Féin has told the Taoiseach. Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald said she ...

Thompson is not indicative of a big swing from unionism toward nationalism. Still, it does show it is possible to move some ...

In response to a claim by Mr Madeley that Northern Ireland was economically “close to being a basket case”, Ms McDonald said ...

The deputy First Minister says comments by Mary Lou McDonald that Northern Ireland is “not economically viable” raises questions for Sinn Fein ministers in the Executive.

Mairead McGuinness has been confirmed as the nominee for Fine Gael’s presidential candidate. Her ratification as the party’s ...

Independent Galway TD Catherine Connolly is expected to announce her intention to run for the presidency on Wednesday.

Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald criticised Government leaders ruling out a “cost-of-living package” in October’s budget. She said election-time promises from Government parties were “disappearing ...

Independent Galway TD Catherine Connolly has already received the backing of the Social Democrats and People Before Profit.