Ireland South voting sensation Brian Crowley all but made a bid for the presidency as he recorded a fifth poll-topping European election, with his team likening him to the much- loved US president, Franklin Roosevelt.

This was an Irish political seminar like no other — with one wannabe politician selling himself to voters as somebody "who has driven several Prius", uses Airtricity, and has worked with Amazonian tribes to help them access legal aid.

The leader of Direct Democracy Ireland has resigned for personal reasons.

Ireland’s newest political party has already suffered the oldest curse of Irish politics — the split.

Fine Gael’s Helen McEntee is on track to win the Dáil seat once held by her late father in Meath East.