The Republic of Ireland's new president says "our actions today will shape the world our grandchildren will inherit".

Both Catherine Connolly – who will be inaugurated as president tomorrow – and Heather Humphreys expressed a strong commitment ...

Catherine Connolly has become the 10th President of Ireland following an inauguration ceremony at Dublin Castle. Taoiseach ...

DUBLIN (AP) — Northern Ireland’s major British Protestant party, the Democratic Unionists, appeared on course to retain its leading role in power-sharing Friday as Catholic backing for Irish ...

LONDON (AP) — Voters in Ireland went to the polls Friday to elect one of two women as their new president for the next seven years, a largely ceremonial role in the European Union member country.

Northern Ireland goes to the polls on Thursday for the second time in 10 months but there is little prospect that the outcome will fix the provinces bitter political divisions. Sinn Fein's leader in ...

In Ireland, election results are neck and neck, or maybe we should say neck and neck and neck. Exit polls are showing a three-way tie among the top parties, ending days of two-party dominance in ...

BELFAST, Northern Ireland -- David Trimble was re-elected Tuesday as leader of Northern Ireland's unity government after a bitter showdown with Protestant hard-liners who had tried to bring down the ...