Ms Higgins was elected without reaching the quota with 8,822 votes, as the remaining surplus would not assist the next candidates: consultant geriatrician Rónán Collins (4,357) and the Green Party’s ...

Mr Ahern was warmly received by an audience of about 150 students at the event. Much of his address, and of the question and ...

Waterford has been reacting to the appointment of Fianna Fáil Deputy Mary Butler to the position of Government Chief Whip and ...

Micheál Martin axed Darragh O’Brien from the Housing ministry as he took a firm grip of the crisis that has left a generation ...

A recurring theme is portentous declarations presenting Ireland as the most liberal, peace-loving country in the world and ...

Israeli Ambassador to Ireland Dana Erlich has accused the Irish president of "politicising" a Holocaust Memorial Day ...

Israeli Ambassador to Ireland Dana Erlich has claimed President Michael D Higgins "politicised" yesterday's Holocaust ...

Women have been forgotten about in the formation of a new Government which had as its first action to 'create more jobs for ...

Having more female ministers could boost economic growth, Frances Fitzgerald has claimed. Last week, Micheál Martin announced ...

Exclusive: Israeli deputy foreign minister Sharren Haskel has spoken to The Independent in the wake of Jewish protesters being ejected from a Holocaust memorial event addressed by Ireland’s presidet M ...

Although he is already describing himself as 'President', Conor McGregor faces an uphill battle to receive a nomination to ...

President Michael D Higgins was right to make reference to the war in Gaza during a speech marking Holocaust Memorial Day, ...