Fine Gael MEP Seán Kelly has said he will not seek his party’s nomination to run in the forthcoming election for the ...

A major row is simmering in the Coalition over plans to abolish a scheme that provides a guaranteed income for artists.

It was widely expected that Mr Kelly and former EU Commissioner Mairead McGuiness would both put their names forward to be ...

So far, only former Fianna Fáil minister Mary Hanafin has said she is interested in the role. Sinn Féin said it has "not ...

FORMER head of the GAA Sean Kelly has blown the whistle on his Presidential ambitions – clearing the way for Mairead ...

The former head of the GAA said the decision not to stand had been 'one of the biggest decisions' of his life.

Former European commissioner Mairead McGuinness is now considered to have a clear run at the Fine Gael nomination ...

Ms McGuinness is currently the favourite to succeed Michael D Higgins, while Ceann Comhairle Catherine Connolly is also being ...

Effectively though Mairead McGuinness' campaign will commence, and she will attend every possible summer gathering across the ...

Speculation has been increasing about who will succeed Michael D Higgins, with Mary Lou McDonald refusing to rule herself out ...

The rapidly rising population, improved life expectancy and higher living standards give the lie to the “failed state” ...

The decision to refuse Irish visas to party of GAA players from Palestine has been defended in the Dáil by the Minister for ...