Fine Gael candidate Helen McEntee said she was overwhelmed by the support she had received after her victory in the Meath East by-election today.

Labour is to push for renegotiation of the programme for Government after a dismal by-election performance in Meath East.

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

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

Counting is underway in the Meath East by-election and early tallies have Fine Gael's Helen McEntee ahead with Labour way down in fifth position.

Gerard Howlin looks at the repercussions from the Meath-East by-election and argues that what matters more than who wins, is how the result compares to expectation

It has been reported that Labour's candidate in the Meath East by-election, Eoin Holmes, has published a leaflet attacking the Taoiseach Enda Kenny.

Voting begins in the Meath East by-election today with the Government facing its first big electoral test.

Opposition parties have today said that there is a strong anti-Government sentiment on the eve of the Meath East by-election..

The Labour Party is bracing itself for a bruising defeat in Wednesday’s Meath East by-election.