FG’s Regina Doherty comes in second but candidates placed third to sixth separated by less than 5,000 votes after first count

Sinn Féin leader says ‘it hasn’t been our day’ while Harris says view on Government going full term not changed despite positive results

Election results: Sinn Féin will make gains in comparison to 2019 result but TD David Cullinane says ‘obviously we expected to do better’

Election results: Independents the big winners as voter volatility and declining party loyalty show more prominently in our politics

The only certainty is uncertainty, but here are the key bellwethers and battlegrounds in the European and local elections

Your essential end-of-week politics catch up: Local and European election voting finally begins

The Dublin MEP says he will have to fight to retain his seat despite being seen as the frontrunner

All eight Dublin MEP candidates were very well briefed, armed with immediate data and quotable quotes, and did not hold back during a spiky debate

Tense exchange between Dublin MEP candidates Regina Doherty and Ciarán Cuffe over climate actions

Fine Gael leader in Seanad aims to retain seat held by Frances Fitzgerald, who is retiring at next election

New road safety Bill will introduce extra penalty points for road taffic offences on bank holiday weekends

Budget 2024 highlighted how entwined the parties have become - and the challenge they face to distinguish themselves in an election

In terms of gender, the Dáil is barely more representative than the ascendancy parliament in the eighteenth century. A culture change is needed

FG leader in the Seanad Regina Doherty said she did not see ‘any logical reason’ why 24,000 survivors were being excluded from redress scheme

From Thursday diners should be able to see how tips are distributed to staff

Minister confident that review into abuse in the 1990s at the organisation will be published ‘swiftly’

Legislation would mean anyone seeking to introduce character witnesses for a convicted sexual offender would need court permission, and witnesses could be cross-examined

Radio: The very first item of the Sinn Féin TD’s stint on Newstalk’s drivetime show gets to the crux of the problem

Girls are being put off studying subjects such as woodwork, says Fine Gael’s Regina Doherty

Key Irish figures recall the fear and uncertainty of the pandemic’s early days