Independent Senator Michael McDowell has become the first candidate elected to Seanad Éireann (the upper house of the Irish ...

The tradition goes back to 1613 when Trinity, still in its early 20s then, won the right to elect two MPs, part of King James ...

This week sees elections to Seanad Éireann, the Irish Senate, following elections to Dáil Éireann, the more powerful lower house of the Oireachtas or parliament. Unlike other elected upper houses, and ...

MICHAEL D Higgins has been an outstanding first citizen of Ireland for the past 14 years and has represented his country with ...

A new electoral system in Canada could help curb polarization, ensure fairer representation and transform Canadian democracy ...

ESB Networks said about 180,000 are without power three days after the storm hit, and it could be Friday before the vast ...

The Irish Revolution (1916 -1923) precipitated the emigration of many members of the Dublin Metropolitan Police and the Royal Irish Constabulary, which benefitted police forces of the newly federated ...

For a second year, politicians in Ireland are being urged to boycott the White House on St. Patrick's Day due to the US ...

Donald Trump was surrounded by a coterie of billionaires at his inauguration, basking in the adoration of the technology ...

Millions of people in Ireland and northern parts of the U.K. are being urged to stay at home as hurricane-force winds ...