Voters in Ireland went to the polls Friday to elect one of two women as their new president for the next seven years.

An overview of the former Presidents of Ireland as the Republic of Ireland prepares to elect a new head of state.

This small island country in the North Atlantic has quite the global reputation for a country of just 5 milllion people. The ...

Fine Gael’s Humphreys and independent Connolly urge members of public to exercise right to vote amid fears of low turnout ...

Independent socialist Catherine Connolly’s coolness to Brussels and hostility to Donald Trump put her at odds with the Irish ...

The president of Ireland is directly elected for a seven-year term and can only serve two terms. They are tasked with being ...

Ireland tops the European Life-Work Balance Index for the second year running, maintaining its claim as Europe’s best place ...

"That is no country for old men," Irish poet W.B. Yeats scribed in the opening line of his poem "Sailing to Byzantium". An aging Yeats may have felt an outcast in Irish society when he penned the ...

COUNTY CLARE, Ireland - The highway sign warned of "Loose Chippings Ahead," but we didn't scare easily. We'd survived "Traffic Calming" and a "Rumble Area" - not to mention the dreaded "Heavy Plant ...