Counting has begun in the Irish general election, as exit polls suggest a close contest between the three major parties.

Sinn Féin, the former political arm of the IRA, is hoping Ireland's 2024 election will bring it to power for the first time ...

Ireland's main opposition Sinn Fein looked on course to win the most votes at a general election by the narrowest of margins ...

Sinn Fein has won Ireland’s election, according to exit polls on Friday night, but looks certain to be shut out of power by ...

Outgoing coalition partners Fianna Fail and Fine Gael, however, claim they are well placed to return to power following ...

We will have live updates from the Waterford count centre, considered one of the bellwether constituencies, below through the ...

8pm: In Count 4 of the Dublin Fingal West constituency, Sinn Féin's Louise O'Reilly was the first to be elected. There were ...

David Cullinane is elected on the first count in Waterford. Sinn Féin’s David Cullinane has topped the poll with 11,936 votes ...

With counting well underway in the Republic’s general election, the chance of a Sinn Fein-led government is ebbing away – ...

The outgoing Taoiseach admitted he was relieved when his party received 21% first-preference votes in the exit poll on Friday ...

The leader of Sinn Féin has said that this election confirms that her party has "altered the political landscape." ...