Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have essentially stolen the thunder of leftwing parties, writes Lisa Keenan and Gail McElroy, School of Social Sciences and Philosophy, write in The Conversation.

“Let the merry dance play out,” a Fianna Fáil TD said, while a Fine Gael TD said: “There’s only one show in town and that’s ...

The three largest political parties will hold their first parliamentary meetings since General Election 2024 later today.

Sinn Fein leaders have insisted their party’s performance in Ireland’s General Election is not a setback for the campaign for ...

The warning comes as the country’s two main coalition partners — the centrist Fianna Fáil party, which emerged the strongest from last Friday’s general election, and the centre-right Fine Gael party — ...

With the Irish General Election 2024 done and dusted, questions now turn to when Ireland will form its new Government.

The next Irish government has to reflect the “very significant” number of seats Fianna Fail won in the General Election, ...

If government ends up as a three-party coalition it’s up to Sinn Féin in the Dáil and northern nationalists to press for ...

Another coalition between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael remains likely, while Sinn Féin have recovered from painful local ...

Voters either too apathetic or not convinced by the alternative stayed away or came out to, in essence, return the Fianna ...

MORE than 680 candidates ran, ­millions of us turned up to cast our votes and, after three days of counting ballots, 174 TDs ...

Meanwhile, Fine Gael’s Patrick O’Donovan, who got the highest vote in Limerick - and one of the top returns in the country - ...