Ireland’s two long-dominant centrist establishment parties looked likely to form a new government as results came in from a fractured national election, though with a reduced vote share and complex coalition negotiations ahead.
Ireland’s President Michael Higgins dissolved Parliament Friday, clearing the way for a Nov. 29 election that will determine who controls government.
Ireland is poised to get its youngest-ever premier after Simon Harris secured the leadership of the Fine Gael party on Sunday.
Ireland’s progressive Prime Minister Leo Varadkar announced he is resigning for “personal and political” reasons.
The Irish public gave a “historic victory for family values” as the government in Dublin has acknowledged defeat in dual referenda on marriage and motherhood.
Riots that followed a mass stabbing of children should be met with a “good, honest, decent beating”, senator storms in “frank” remarks.
President Joe Biden has said he is “home” with his visit to Ireland in an address to the country’s parliament.
An Irish MP has said that Salman Rushdie — the author stabbed by a radical Islamist earlier this year — wrote a “threatening” book that “begged a response”.
Government ministers have been accused of pushing “thought policing” hate speech laws that could see people jailed for so much as possessing material that is deemed to be hateful.
One councillor has claimed that her constituents have been left “afraid to walk the streets” after an influx of asylum seekers into her town, where migrants now make up over one-fifth of the population.
The Deputy Prime Minister (Tánaiste) of Ireland has taken it upon himself to weigh in on layoffs at Twitter, recently published by Tesla’s Elon Musk.
Those who use so-called “hate speech” will soon be jailed for up to five years under new legislation published on Thursday.
A number of European MEPs have demanded that the EU slap sanctions on Britain should Liz Truss decide to rip up the Northern Ireland Protocol.
After promising to take in a limitless number of arrivals from Ukraine, Ireland’s asylum system has crumbled under a massive migrant surge, with the country announcing that it has run out of accommodation on Wednesday.
Ireland’s pro-lockdown health minister has said that he may reintroduce forced mask-wearing lockdown measures ostensibly to curb the spread of COVID-19.
Ireland’s Minister of Foreign Affairs has openly aired the idea that Conservative Party MPs could rebel against the UK Prime Minister as relations between the two countries sour.
One climate crazy minister has seen his approval rating drop to rock bottom after pushing for a ban on a popular type of fossil fuel.
The number of foreign criminals deported in Ireland has collapsed under Ireland’s most recent Justice Minister, who recently launched an amnesty program to ‘regularise’ illegal immigrants.
UFC legend Conor McGregor has branded “forced” vaccination a “war crime” and slammed the EU and its “lapdogs” in the Irish government.
The government of Ireland has announced an amnesty scheme that will allow thousands of illegal migrants to stay in the country permanently.
Irish Senator Gerry Horkan has stated that those who wish to “participate in society” must be vaccinated against the Chinese coronavirus.
Several prominent politicians in the Republic of Ireland were caught at a party a day after the Irish government announced large gatherings would be banned, prompting resignations and a police investigation.
