Connolly, 68, said she would champion diversity and be a voice for peace, one that “builds on our policy of neutrality.” ...

The media are awaiting the arrival of Catherine Connolly at Dublin Castle where she'll be officially declared as Ireland's ...

Catherine Connolly, a veteran lawmaker on the far left of the Irish political spectrum, was elected president by a landslide ...

Connolly, an independent candidate, built momentum as the campaign progressed, enthused younger voters and was elected with ...

Catherine Connolly’s landslide win marks Ireland’s biggest political shift in decades. From Galway to Áras an Uachtaráin — ...

Left-wing independent Catherine Connolly on Saturday won the race to be Ireland’s new president, comfortably beating her ...

Congratulating Ms Connolly, the Social Democrats’ Holly Cairns called the victory a “seismic moment in our history”. She said ...

The left-wing independent candidate showed her political and physical stamina during the final months of the campaign.

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

Connolly, an independent candidate, built momentum as the campaign progressed, enthused younger voters and was elected with ...

Connolly, 68, is a fluent Irish speaker from Galway in the west of Ireland, and has promised to be a voice for all the people ...

Connolly’s low-profile adviser built the campaign network from the ground up, focusing on personal engagement, branding and a ...