Sinn Féin has said voters in the British general election have a right to know the actual source of the donation.

Bank of England governor Mark Carney has warned the squeeze on British households has begun as Brexit-fuelled inflation outstrips wage growth.

Formal talks to restore Northern Ireland powersharing have been paused until after the British General Election.

The former Ukip leader said he would be able to use his profile in European politics to put "real pressure" on MEPs to back a "sensible deal" for the UK.

IS THIS going to be a cod liver oil general election or a plague on all your houses one, asks Alison O’Connor. 

You can’t find a single sentence, in anything Donald Trump has ever said, that might constitute any kind of appeal to the better angels of our nature, writes Fergus Finlay

His subtle but succinct skewering of John Delaney grabbed all the attention on this side of the Irish Sea, but closer to home, it was another of Stewart Regan’s observations that stood out from the rest. 

The Taoiseach said a Yes vote in Friday's same sex marriage referendum will obliterate discrimination and give gay people hope.

A Channel 4 docudrama which imagined a future in which Ukip won the British general election has been cleared by the broadcasting watchdog.

Nigel Farage has become a “snarling, thin-skinned, aggressive” man who is turning Ukip into a “personality cult”, the party’s campaign chief has said in a stunning attack on his leader.

Former West Cork residence of Anthony O’Reilly overlooking Glandore is on the money, says Tommy Barker.

The British general election remained on a knife-edge after no party leader managed to land a killer blow at the final set-piece TV event of the campaign.

Mary Lou McDonald is standing over her decision to name alleged tax evaders in the Dáil, Gardaí have launched a probe into a fire in the Kerry mountains, anti-water charge TD’s have said the Government is bluffing over the Irish Water bill threats and could Sue Perkins be the next Top Gear host? These are some of the latest and most read news on irishexaminer.com this evening.

Interest rates are expected to be left on hold when Bank of England officials announce their last policy decision before the British General Election tomorrow.

Gardaí have launched a murder investigation following the discovery of a body in Wicklow yesterday, the Dáil’s disciplinary committee says Mary Lou McDonald abused her parliamentary privilege, Munster may be going in for more transfer business and the introduction of TechNow. These are some of the latest and most read news on irishexaminer.com this evening.

Campaign dominated by immigration as Cameron digs in

A jubilant Nigel Farage has insisted Ukip will be “serious players” at the British general election after the party landed major blows on the Tories and Labour in local polls there.

Alan Sugar has revealed the next series of his hit show 'The Apprentice' will begin in the UK next month.

Disgraced former MP Iris Robinson has been questioned by police investigating her financial affairs, it was revealed tonight.

Fermanagh and South Tyrone MLA Tom Elliott confirmed today that he will run for the leadership of the Ulster Unionist Party.

Uncertainty caused by the British general election put a dampener on the UK housing market during May with prices in England and Wales edging ahead by just 0.2%, research showed today.

British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg mounted a passionate defence of the UK's coalition government tonight as he took questions from the public.

Director Mike Leigh today suggested British film-makers take inspiration from a “rich harvest of human folly” in Britain’s current political situation.

Sinn Féin Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness today came to the defence of Peter Robinson’s performance in the British General Election.

A deflated Nick Clegg expressed his disappointment today at the Liberal Democrats’ poor showing in the British General Election.

UKIP election candidate Nigel Farage was pulled from the mangled wreckage of a plane with only minor injuries yesterday after an airborne stunt went dramatically wrong.

Millions of voters were going to the polls today in the most tightly-contested British General Election in a generation.

Voters started to go to the polls today in the most tightly-contested British General Election in a generation.

Polling stations across the UK have now just opened for voting in the British General Election.

Party leaders were engaged in frenzied last-ditch campaigning today with just 24 hours to go until the British general election.

YOU can verify the following assertion by visiting any Manchester pub at knocking-off time: to your Proper English Bloke, there are only two subjects that are of universal interest for manly discussion: Affairs Of The World, usually expressed through politics, and football (sorry, girls: you come a distant third, and are barely holding off the challenge of ‘Popular Music’ at that).

Dissident republicans who bombed a police station near the border are hell-bent on killing police officers, it was claimed today.

Gordon Brown will seek today to focus on the economy as he tries to claw back the initiative in the British General Election campaign from the resurgent Liberal Democrats.

National security concerns over the Bloody Sunday report are bogus and disingenuous, it was claimed tonight.

The leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) brushed off accusations of performing a U-turn today after announcing he would run in the UK's General Election.

The Bloody Sunday report into the death of 14 people at the hands of the British Army will not be published until after the British General Election, it was confirmed today.

Royle Family actor Ricky Tomlinson is considering standing in the British general election, it was reported today.

AN election due by June is likely to result in a hung British parliament where no single party has an outright majority, two opinion polls showed yesterday.

GORDON Brown warned Labour yesterday that the party faced “the fight of our lives” to win the British general election.

Loyalist paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland must call it a day and begin disarmament, Ulster Unionist leader Sir Reg Empey said today.

Bookmaker Paddy Power is already paying out on bets on Labour to win the British General Election.

Gerry Adams was harangued in a republican area of Belfast while canvassing in the British General Election because of his stance on the murder of father-of-two Robert McCartney, it was claimed today.