Polls open across the country at 0700 GMT and close at 2200 GMT as voters choose new members of the 174-seat lower chamber of parliament, the Dail, in Dublin.

The three largest parties were virtually neck-and-neck heading into the vote, according to the latest opinion poll.

Martin McGuinness was appointed education minister, the institutions were still wobbly - and they remain so today ...

The time is fast approaching when unionists will need to sit down with the Irish government to agree a way to express their ...

Harris twice took aim at coalition partners Fianna Fáil for claiming numerous government departments already before the polls ...

Ireland goes to the polls on Friday with the incumbent coalition parties neck-and-neck with opposition party, Sinn Fein, ...