PRESIDENT Michael D Higgins has formally dissolved the Dail, marking the beginning of a three-week general election campaign.

President Michael D Higgins has quietly congratulated Donald Trump on his victory in the US Presidential election.

"I moved to Galway in the late 1980s and Michael was a TD at the time but he was also working as a lecturer so would just be around." ...

President Michael D Higgins has formally dissolved the Dail parliament to mark the beginning of the Irish general election ...

Donald Trump achieved a resounding victory in the US election earlier this week, winning both the electoral college and the ...

The dissolution of Ireland's parliament on Friday brings to an end the four-and-a-half-year lifespan of the historic Fine ...

Ireland's General Election for 2024 has officially kicked off after President Michael D. Higgins dissolved the current Dáil ...

President Michael D Higgins has congratulated US president-elect Donald Trump on his re-election to the White House. President Higgins said Mr Trump’s re-election comes at a time when Ireland ...

Taoiseach Simon Harris asks President Michael D Higgins to dissolve the Dáil Join the Irish Independent WhatsApp channel Stay ...

President Michael D Higgins has led tributes to the former RTÉ broadcaster and correspondent David Davin-Power, who has died ...

The President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins, will deliver the 2024 Kofi Annan Eminent Speakers’ Lecture at a virtual event ...

As reported by the Irish Mirror, he will ask President Michael D Higgins to dissolve the Dáil on Friday afternoon. He ...