President Biden highlighted the strength of the ties between Ireland and the U.S. in a speech before the Irish Parliament on Thursday after his meeting with Irish President Michael Higgins in Dublin.

Schools were closed, and trains, ferries and hundreds of flights were canceled in the Republic of Ireland, neighboring Northern Ireland and Scotland as the system, named Storn Éowyn by weather ...

In what has been described as a “major first,” Ireland’s parliament was taken over by 157 young people from across the country on Friday as they discussed the climate crisis in Ireland’s ...

Micheál Martin became Ireland’s taoiseach (prime minister) for the second time in his political career on Thursday, a day ...

The Republic of Ireland elects its government using a system of proportional representation known as the single transferable vote. Voters will have the opportunity to rank candidates in their ...

An exit poll in Ireland’s parliamentary election released late Friday suggests the three biggest parties have won roughly equal shares and the country is headed for another coalition government.

66 years ago today Ireland declared its total independence, officially becoming the Republic of Ireland rather than the “Irish Free State” within the British Commonwealth.. The Oireachtas ...

For most of the 1800s, Scottish political nationalism remained dormant. Although the UK was technically run by one Westminster parliament, much of the day-to-day running of Scottish affairs was ...

Micheál Martin became Ireland’s taoiseach (prime minister) for the second time in his political career on Thursday, a day later than planned. The Irish parliament descended into uproar on ...

For most of the 1800s, Scottish political nationalism remained dormant. Although the UK was technically run by one Westminster parliament, much of the day-to-day running of Scottish affairs was ...