Taoiseach Simon Harris and President-elect Donald Trump have had their first phone call since last week's US Presidential ...

Taoiseach Simon Harris has confirmed when he plans to dissolve the Dáil and when he hopes a General Election polling day will ...

The Irish General Election campaign will formally begin later on Friday when Taoiseach Simon Harris asks the President of ...

A general election will be called by the end of the week, Taoiseach Simon Harris has said ... an election campaign and invite the people of Ireland to give their verdict on the next number ...

Despite a few attempts by politicians to abandon it, the proportional representation system has stayed the course in Ireland ...

Taoiseach Simon Harris has backed calls for an independent investigation to be held into the death of a seven-month-old boy ...

The Irish government said: "The Government of Ireland will be represented at ... Enda Kenny was the first taoiseach to attend the Enniskillen ceremony in 2012, when the town marked the 25th ...

Their conversation on Monday was their first since Mr Trump’s victory ... extended his best wishes to the people of Ireland and he and the Taoiseach agreed to stay in touch.” ...

Its leader Mary Lou McDonald - once seen as Ireland's first female taoiseach in waiting - has been battling a serious decline in support for a year, and is bogged down in firefighting a damaging ...

Taoiseach Simon Harris has formally requested the dissolution of Ireland's parliament setting the stage for a general election on Friday, November 29. Harris traveled to the residence of President of ...

Mr Harris could have waited until March to go to the polls but he has been paving the way for an election in recent weeks.