As Ireland prepares for a marathon election count this weekend, one candidate describes the process as ‘one of the highest-octane blood sports’

Placing the sole blame on the government of the day is exactly the reason why we will not meet our emissions targets

At the top of Sinn Féin, the apprentice may be outshining the master. Michelle O’Neill’s rise and Mary Lou McDonald’s challenges paint a complex picture for the party's future

Celebrity candidates may add a splash of colour and familiarity to elections, but should we really be sending people with no experience of politics to debate policy and draft legislation that impacts all of Europe?

Successive governments have treated immigration, an issue that has dominated discussions in Brussels for years, as a problem that would never get as far as our little outcrop on the periphery of the continent

Trying to sell themselves as very different parties to voters, while at the same time remaining respectful due to the possibility of forming a successor government, will be a difficult task for Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael

Palestinian women and girls have been subjected to sexual assault, rape, and naked strip searches while detained by Israeli authorities in both Gaza and the West Bank

Quiet messaging by the Greens, if you can even call it messaging, is at odds with all other political parties and Independents, who as the general election draws nearer will be battling to drown each other out

The Westmeath man is now one of the most significant threats to Simon Harris’s leadership, writes Elaine Loughlin 

As health minister, Harris had to admit that Government and taxpayer were 'extremely badly let down' by the 'elasticity of the cost' of the National Children's Hospital and its completion should now be a priority