Trade unionist Jack O'Connor has been selected as a Labour Party candidate in Wicklow to contest the next General Election.

The ebola crisis may be one of the most severe health emergencies in modern times but it shows the rich get the best care while the poor are left to die, writes John Lloyd

As I write this, the results of the EU and local government elections are not yet complete. However, one thing is very clear — Sinn Féin has a had a historic result, North and South.

A Protestant clergyman who became the first from the North to address Sinn Féin's ard fheis has today told critics he wanted to help communities "move out of the past".

Sinn Féin has delivered a message to Government saying the Irish people have had enough of cuts.