Independent Ireland has four TDs so if it were to run someone from the party they would require the support of 16 other TDs or Senators for them to get on the ballot paper. Party leader Michael ...

This could be the Labour Party or the Social Democrats – both securing 11 seats – or the right-leaning Independent Ireland, which won four. The two parties joined in a coalition for the first ...

Ulster Unionist Party leader David Trimble lobbied London for a poll on Irish unity to be held on the same day as the ...

Shortly after noon on Easter Monday 1916, Pádraig Pearse accompanied by an armed guard, stood on the steps of the GPO and read a proclamation declaring the establishment of an Irish republic, ...

Ireland’s Attorney General did not raise an issue with banning services from illegal Israeli settlements, Roderic O’Gorman ...

The Independent is trusted by Americans ... paid for by those who can afford it. Northern Ireland should have a “huge party” to welcome home golfing champion Rory McIlroy, First Minister ...