The veteran Left-winger Catherine Connolly was elected as Ireland’s new president, winning by a landslide margin after her ...

Catherine Connolly, an independent socialist, was elected Ireland's next president in a landslide on Saturday. Connolly, 68, ...

The politician won after Ireland's left-leaning opposition parties, including Sinn Féin, united to back her, and she is ...

Irish voters handed a major rebuke to the ruling establishment, electing left-wing independent Catherine Connolly as ...

Independent lawmaker Catherine Connolly has been elected president of Ireland by a decisive margin, capturing more than 63% ...

Ireland has elected independent candidate Catherine Connolly as the new president of the country after she secured a ...

The left-wing candidate secured 63.4% of the vote, edging her rival Heather Humphreys of Fine Gael, the centrist ruling party ...

In recent years the rise of the right across the world - or the western world at least - has felt somewhat inevitable ...

Catherine Connolly’s resounding victory in the Presidential election in Ireland is a watershed moment. It is the first time that the left has won a majority of votes in a national election. This was ...

Catherine Connolly, the controversial independent TD from Galway West, has been declared Ireland’s 10th President, securing ...

Official results showed strong voter support for Connolly as president, a largely ceremonial role in Ireland. She won 63% of ...

Catherine Connolly is set to become Ireland's next president after her rival conceded defeat in Saturday's presidential ...