Ireland goes to the polls on Friday with the incumbent coalition parties neck-and-neck with opposition Sinn Fein, after a campaign marked by rancour over housing and cost-of-living crises. IMAGES ...

Voters are electing a new parliament and government. The race has tightened in recent days, and Sinn Fein -- a party with past links to Irish republican militants -- may still have a path to power.

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Ireland began voting Friday in a closely-fought general election with the incumbent coalition neck-and-neck with opposition ...

Ireland's two main governing parties looked on course to return to power as polls opened on Friday, thanks to a giveaway ...

Polls show centre-right incumbents Fine Gael and Fianna Fail running neck and neck with leftist-nationalist Sinn Fein.

A little over a year ago, the leader of Sinn Fein, Mary Lou McDonald, looked like a shoe-in to become Ireland’s next prime minister (taoiseach). As the country heads to the polls on Friday, her ...

Promises made by the Sinn Fein pro-Irish unity party to tackle a housing and cost-of-living crisis and stop young people leaving the country have bolstered its popularity ahead of a general election ...

Sinn Féin finance spokesman Pearse Doherty said there was a need for Mr Donohoe to “come clean” over the meeting, accusing Fine Gael of a lack of transparency and accountability. He said ...