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

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

Catherine Connolly, Ireland's next president, comes from a large family in Galway and has been married for over 30 years.

Irish President Michael D Higgins has congratulated his successor Catherine Connolly after her landslide election win. The ...

There also appeared to be a significant number of spoiled votes as the ballot boxes were opened. If Mr Gavin got over 12.5 ...

Left-wing independent Catherine Connolly, who secured the backing of Ireland's left-leaning parties including Sinn Féin, has ...

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

Micheál Martin and Simon Harris tried to put brave faces on their parties’ sorry performances, while the parties of the ...

Following the election of the far-left’s Catherine Connolly as president of Ireland on Saturday, the country’s Chief Rabbi Yoni Wieder expresses hope that her administration will work together with ...

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

Follow the latest here on the Irish Independent’s ‘Race to the Áras’ live blog Catherine Connolly: I will represent you to the best of my ability Follow the latest developments in our live blog: ' ...