Our Dublin correspondent takes a look at the president-elect's campaign and priorities for her seven-year tenure.

Both parties fought disastrous campaigns; Fianna Fáil’s was obviously the worst, but Fine Gael’s was also insipid, ...

The role is the only national office directly elected by the people, yet it holds very little meaningful power.

Left-wing independent Catherine Connolly, who secured the backing of Ireland’s left-leaning parties including Sinn Féin, has ...

Vote counting is underway in Ireland's presidential election, with early results showing a strong lead for left-wing independent Catherine Connolly ...

Questions have been raised about the judgment of Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin and his deputy leader Jack Chambers in ...

The outcome came days after rock star Bob Geldof said he could have “walked it in” and won the presidency if he had acted in ...

Left-wing independent Catherine Connolly on Saturday won the race to be Ireland’s new president, comfortably beating her centrist opponent in a contest ...

Catherine Connolly, a veteran lawmaker on the far-left of the Irish political spectrum, was set to be elected president by a landslide margin on Saturday as members of the governing parties conceded ...

Voters in Ireland are going to the polls to elect one of two women as their new president. Catherine Connolly, a left-wing ...