After being ridiculed for so long as the missing triplet from Wallace and Gromit, Mr Miliband suddenly found himself attractive, as the ‘Milifan’ craze swept social media.

Britain’s election is weeks away and Ed Milliband’s policy of economic justice is connecting with the people, while the Government here has roused itself only because it is afraid of massive voter losses writes Shaun Connolly

Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore insisted his leadership is not up for debate as he admitted Coalition confusion on water charges was hitting Labour candidates on the doorsteps.

Irish voters have endeared themselves to "misguided" far-right groups by rejecting the Lisbon Treaty but the country still wants to wed its future to the European Union, Taoiseach Brian Cowen said today.