MEP Brian Crowley has been urged to resign after four years of absence from the European parliament because of the “damage” to Ireland’s interests and because of the UK’s imminent exit from the EU.

There have been renewed calls for Ireland South MEP Brian Crowley to resign or clarify his position after not voting once in the European Parliament since his re-election four years ago.

Victims of paedophile basketball coach Bill Kenneally say they have evidence that gardaí suspected him of abusing children at least eight years earlier than has been acknowledged to date.

A number of Fianna Fáil TDs have hit out at “insensitive and inappropriate” complaints about Ireland South MEP’s Brian Crowley‘s non-attendance at EU meetings.

Members of the Ballyhea Says No campaign are to meet the Central Bank governor Patrick Honohan today to discuss Ireland’s debt burden.

Despite the bitter rivalry between the Kelly, Clune, and Harris teams during the campaign, the battle plan succeeded in the end and the party nailed two seats in the South.

After a juggernaut of a count that lasted three days, Fine Gael’s Seán Kelly and Deirdre Clune joined Brian Crowley and Sinn Féin’s Liadh Ní Riada as Ireland South MEPs.

It was the only time he took it lying down — beaten but far from broken.

Fianna Fáil’s Kieran Hartley has been eliminated after the 11th count in the Ireland South European election constituency.

Independent candidate and Ballyhea Says No campaigner Diarmuid O'Flynn has been eliminated after the 10th count in the Ireland South European election constituency.

It's still too close to call for the fourth seat in Ireland South, with the gap between Fine Gael TD Simon Harris and Senator Deirdre Clune unchanged overnight.

The Green Party's Grace O'Sullivan has become the latest candidate to be eliminated in the race for the final two seats in Ireland South.

Counting in two of Ireland's European Parliament constituencies is resuming around now.

Newly elected MEP Liadh Ní Riada said her priority is to triple the amount of EU funding Ireland is accessing and to use it to develop jobs in rural Ireland.

The rise and rise of Sinn Féin — due in no small part to girl power — continued last night with the election in the South constituency of Liadh Ní Riada.

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.

Fianna Fáil’s Brian Crowley has been elected on the first count in the Ireland South constituency this afternoon.

Counting will resume in Cork this morning as efforts to elect four MEPs in Ireland South continues.

Counting will resume in Cork and Castlebar this morning as efforts to elect four MEP's in Ireland South and Midlands North West continues.

Brian Crowley will once again top the poll in the Ireland South European elections with Sinn Féin newcomer Liadh Ní Riada and Fine Gael’s Seán Kelly on course to take the second and third seat.

All the predictions of a poll-topping performance by Fianna Fáil MEP candidate Brian Crowley are coming to pass at the Ireland South count centre in Nemo Rangers GAA club, outside Cork city.

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin believes his leadership is safe and that the results of today’s elections will demonstrate evidence of the party’s growth and renewal.

It’s the day after the night before and Kieran Hartley is a bit surprised, but more than happy to get a few glances and comments of recognition as he strides through Clonmel.

Fianna Fáil will today launch a last-minute change of strategy by carving up Ireland South in a move expected to anger its sitting MEP, Brian Crowley, who is known for closely guarding his huge vote share.

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 just-published terms of reference for the pylon commission state that electricity transmission operator Eirgird is to prepare a report for the independent panel on the various overhead and underground options for the planned pylon projects in the West and South.

The cancelling of an agreement with the UK to export wind energy and the shelving of the 40 wind farms in the midlands show that our renewable energy policy is over-ambitious.

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has told party members that Ireland needs the party “now more than ever”.

Fianna Fáil is hoping to sweep up anti-pylon and anti-wind turbine rural votes in Cork, Tipperary, Waterford and Wexford by putting forward an outspoken anti-pylon campaigner in the European elections.

Submissions continued to stream into Eirgrid yesterday as the deadline closed for the largest and most controversial public consultation process it has conducted.

UK demand for Irish renewable energy is not as strong as plans to build hundreds of windfarms across Ireland would suggest.