Senior figures in left-leaning parties are cooling on the idea of endorsing a joint candidate for the presidential election – ...

Big names have been slow to emerge ahead of the election, but many are likely to set out their stall in the weeks to come ...

Such has been his outstanding performance in the role that the Irish public would happily leave Michael D. Higgins in the role of president of Ireland for as long as he wished.

The disenfranchisement of citizens from Derry in Irish Presidential elections has been branded ‘partitionist’ in the Dáil with TDs calling for the vote to be extended to people in the North.

THE IRISH Presidential election is less than six months away, and the leading players in the race to take over from Michael D. Higgins are becoming a little clearer. Ireland will go to the polls ...

The sight of Opposition leaders gathering together on the plinth at Leinster House has become very familiar in recent weeks.

Despite saying that she was busy as First Minister, SInn Féin's Michelle O'Neill did not rule herself out of being the ...

It is increasingly unlikely that Sinn Féin will be involved in the nomination of a left-wing unity candidate for the presidential election later this year. Friday, 27 June 2025 ePaper ...

March 21, 2025 at 1:48pm GMT. Mary Lou McDonald has made clear she will not be Sinn Fein’s candidate for the Irish presidency if her party decides to contest this autumn’s election.

Sinn Féin have said they have not decided if they will run their own candidate or back another in the next Irish presidential election. Party president Mary Lou McDonald also ruled herself out of ...