The Communications Minister Alex White is confident of a 'Yes' vote in the upcoming marriage equality referendum.

Fine Gael is launching a national campaign of meetings in its plan to scrap the Seanad.

The Minister for Agriculture, Simon Coveney has expressed cautious optimism at the Fiscal Treaty referendum count centre in Cork City Hall this morning.

Fine Gael is rounding on Sinn Féin this afternoon saying they have been misrepresenting to people that the country can vote 'No' and still access ESM funding.

Fine Gael's Director of Elections and the Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney has confirmed that "under no circumstances" will there be a second vote on the EU Fiscal Treaty, if Irish voters reject it on May 31.

A new opinion poll published this morning indicates that the majority of voters who have decided their position are in favour of the EU Fiscal Treaty.

David Norris's bid to run in the forthcoming presidential election is in serious doubt this evening

Two key figures behind Senator David Norris' bid for the presidency have reportedly resigned.

THE Labour party and Fine Gael are reporting a surge in people interested in canvassing with election candidates in Cork, while Fianna Fáil claims Micheál Martin’s elevation to leadership is warming the reception they receive on doorsteps.

IN SPITE of being a local Fianna Fáil heavyweight since the 1980s, Batt O’Keeffe’s chances of taking a seat in Cork North West this time round were looking particularly precarious.

THE Labour Party needs to overcome a near impossible numbers game to fulfil its ambition to be the largest party in the next Dáil.

The main opposition party have said the electorate has no confidence in the current government.

Controversy has erupted today after Fine Gael's Director of Elections said his party would consider entering Government with Sinn Féin.

The Green Party has welcomed today’s calling of the election as “an unprecedented opportunity to enter Government”.

The main opposition parties have cranked up their campaign machines and are on an election footing in the race for the next General Election.

THE Cabinet’s unwavering backing for electronic voting in next June’s local elections flies in the face of public unease about a system increasingly under question and widely perceived as flawed.

THE electronic voting system in Dáil Éireann failed after being infected by a computer virus this year, it emerged yesterday, prompting fears over the security of the nationwide system for next year's elections.

The Government chief whip, Mary Hanafin believes that PJ Mara will not be Director of Elections ever again for Fianna Fail.

A senior Fianna Fail figure is claiming his party has no chance of getting back into Government at the end of it’s current term.