The gangland figure missed out on the last seat in the Dublin Central constituency to the Labour Party’s Marie Sherlock.

Nearly one in 10 voters in the Dublin Central constituency voted for Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch on Friday, putting the veteran ...

Can a boring election also be surprising? In a year of anti-incumbent anger, Ireland votes for more of the same ...

More than half of the Irish parliament's seats are filled, with the Fianna Fáil party leading a tight three-way battle in the ...

An alleged Dublin gangland figure known as "The Monk" came close to being elected to the Irish parliament Sunday, just weeks after he was arrested in Spain for alleged money laundering.

The gangland figure missed out on the last seat in the Dublin Central constituency to the Labour Party’s Marie Sherlock.

Ireland’s two long-dominant center-right parties looked likely to form a new government as results came in from a fractured ...

Current Taoiseach, Mr Harris, dismissed talk of a Sinn Fein surge and said he was “cautiously optimistic” about where his party will stand after all the votes are counted. He was also elected as a ...

Unlike many European countries, Ireland does not have a significant far-right party, but anti-immigrant independent ...

An exit poll in Ireland's parliamentary election suggested the three biggest parties have won roughly equal shares and the ...

Last week, Gerry Hutch lodged his papers to stand as a candidate for Dublin Central in the Republic’s upcoming general election. A notorious figure, ‘The Monk’ is reported to have been the ...

Rival Garry Gannon, a local lawmaker for the Social Democrat Party, questioned Hutch's commitment to the inner city. "If Gerry Hutch wants to be a political leader, ask him where he was for the ...