:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/QUA2KZRHY5OS7MLKIIAIYSXZOE.jpg "Sinn Féin to ‘dust ourselves off’ after it failed to reach electoral ambitions")
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald said her party will “dust ourselves off” after it failed to reach its electoral ambitions in the recent local and...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/7HEHODPKN5HQLPXWD2SFM7VFYQ.jpg "‘An absolute privilege’: Eamon Ryan steps down as Green Party leader and will not run in next election")
Green Party leader Eamon Ryan has announced that he is stepping down as party leader and will not run in the next election. Mr Ryan made...
:quality(70):focal(1248x557:1258x567)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/WINL2IWDNRBWPFR6XJYEGYM2R4.jpg "‘Their opponents painted them as a bunch of flip-floppers’: What next for Mary Lou McDonald and Sinn Féin?")
It was a scene that played out in count centres around the country. A grim-faced tallyman at a ballot box. A tap on the shoulder and...
:quality(70):focal(1538x285:1548x295)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/PP33PBFRV6CQDXUN2BKBOBKJQQ.jpg "General election could take place in October as calls grow within Coalition")
There are growing calls within Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil for a general election in October given the better-than-expected local and European election results for both...
:quality(70):focal(2931x1202:2941x1212)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/YQ3DUBFPLAB2QIKIYXV2WBU4OE.jpg "Mick Wallace pledges to continue campaigning following loss of seat to Ní Mhurchú")
Independent4Change Mick Wallace pledged to continue his campaigns for peace and a fairer Europe following his defeat in Ireland South where he lost out to Fianna...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/RAFSX57ALX6MGUF7AJCEIWMEWI.jpg "In pictures: The story of the European and local election counts")
Taoiseach Simon Harris TD with Fine Gael candidate Regina Doherty after she was elected MEP for the Dublin constituency. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/PA Wire Clare Daly of...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/H4DMAA6YIGTEHMK2J42JSGGXUA.jpg "European election results: All Irish MEPs elected as final four seats decided in Midlands-North-West")
The last four seats in the Midlands-North-West constituency were filled overnight after marathon counting for the European elections came to a conclusion. Fianna Fáil’s Barry Cowen...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/ED3N26VBL3MVMGTIUGE6RUQU5U.jpg "Sinn Féin under fire from Northern Irish base over shift to ‘middle class’ under failed election strategy")
Unease among Sinn Féin’s Northern base about the party’s election strategy in the Republic has given way to anger following its disastrous performance in the local...
:quality(70):focal(3092x1072:3102x1082)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/KZONLJ7KJR7CWEZPEY4CND2VHQ.jpg "‘The one thing you’ve got to do is be remembered in politics’: Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan is heading back to Brussels")
At the conclusion of counting in the Longford-Roscommon constituency following the 2002 general election, unsuccessful candidate Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan stood up and made a promise. “I...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/MQWAPWQSSR3RDP5XLDVLYU2CPY.jpg "European election results: Midlands-North-West and Ireland South counts continue")
European Election Count Two counts continue with Dublin having elected its four MEPs Midlands-North-West: Sitting MEP Luke ‘Ming Flananagan (Ind) is now less than 10,000 off...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/GYYTFJAAWR6KCSIPRDBGAYR24Y.jpg "Sinéad Gibney says she lost €20,000 in unsuccessful bid for European Parliament")
Social Democrats candidate Sinéad Gibney has said she personally lost €20,000 in her unsuccessful bid for a European Parliament seat and sold her car to part-fund...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/A7KRQZYNMNAMJONH5XP5RBSGUU.jpg "European election counts: How to watch the counting and vote transfers for two remaining constituencies")
Dublin done and dusted. The elimination of the Green Party’s Ciarán Cuffe was the key moment in the RDS last night, paving the way for his...