Ireland will elect a new president this week, and it is guaranteed to be a woman. This will be the third time the country has ...

Ireland looks set to elect a veteran independent left-wing lawmaker backed by the main opposition parties as president on ...

A third candidate, Jim Gavin, 54, dropped out of the race in early October over an unpaid debt to a former tenant. Though he ...

Catherine Connolly has a significant leader over Heather Humphreys in the polls but these elections are notoriously ...

Micheal Martin, Ireland’s taoiseach and Fianna Fail leader, hand-picked Mr Gavin, a hugely successful Gaelic football manager ...

Conor McGregor is making a push to run for president of Ireland, and apparently Elon Musk is behind him. The UFC fighter wrote in March that he would be making a run for office and implored people to ...

As voters prepare to elect a new President of Ireland, here is a look back at the nine people who have already held the office.

Citizens in Northern Ireland will not get a say in who is elected as you need an address in the Republic of Ireland to vote.

O’Kelly said that his job as president was “mainly signing on the dotted line”. Like many of the early presidents, he ...

Mixed martial arts star Conor McGregor still wants to be the next president of Ireland, but his bid faces a significant hurdle at the moment. The controversial UFC fighter-turned-politician isn't ...

UFC star Conor McGregor used a White House visit with United States President Donald Trump on St. Patrick's Day to help launch his campaign to be the president of Ireland, and he is now turning to the ...

A Humphreys victory would not entirely be a first, however. Indeed, the very first president of Ireland, Douglas Hyde, was ...