The country’s deputy premier Micheal Martin encouraged people to brave the wet and windy weather and to use their vote.

Polls opened at 7am on Friday for voters to decide who will form Ireland’s next government. Some 174 seats across 43 ...

Taoiseach and Fine Gael leader Simon Harris opted for his wife, Caoimhe, and two children, Saoirse and Cillian, to accompany him to the voting station.

Voters across the country are heading to the polls to cast their vote in the general election after a hotly contested ...