Fine Gael and Labour have commenced talks on the formation of a new
coalition government following a historic collapse in the vote of the
outgoing coalition partners, Fianna Fail and the Green Party.
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Counting continues; coalition talks underway
Published February 28, 2011
A series of stunning upsets has seen Sinn Fein dominate news coverage
of the election by winning 13 seats so far.
Published February 27, 2011
Further gains for SF; Crowe, O Caolain, Mac Lochlainn elected
Sinn Fein’s Sean Crowe has returned to the Dail, reversing his painful
loss in 2007. Mr Crowe took the third of four seats in Dublin
South-West on the sixth count, with the help of transfers from the
Socialist Party.
Published February 26, 2011
Gerry Adams elected TD for Louth; Pearse Doherty re-elected
Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams has topped the poll and secured election
on the first count amid jubilant scenes at the constituency count centre
in Louth.
Published February 26, 2011
Results begin to be announced in General Election
First count declarations are currrently coming in from Friday’s 26-County
General Election.
Published February 26, 2011
Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams is on course to win a seat for the party
in Louth as his party looks set to achieve a historic breakthrough in
Friday's general election in the 26 Counties.
Published February 26, 2011
Exit poll released as election count begins
Counting begins this morning in the 26-County General Election in which
Fine Gael is expected to take power following a collapse in the Fianna
Fail vote.
Published February 26, 2011
In the last pre-election rally, Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams vowed
his party would stand up for Irish citizens against bad government and
bad government decisions.
Published February 25, 2011
Polling stations will remain open until 10pm on Friday in what is sure
to be one of the most significant Irish elections in recent times.
Voting has already begun on Ireland’s offshore islands.
Published February 25, 2011
Final insult for McGurk’s massacre families
The memories of the 15 McGurk’s bar victims have been vindicated by a
new report on the atrocity, but relatives of the dead and injured are
still angry over a shocking response to the report by the current PSNI
police chief Matt Baggott.
Published February 25, 2011
Stormont parties squabble over coalition carve-up
Sinn Fein’s Martin McGuinness has accused two parties within the
struggling Stormont Executive of trying to cut his party out of the
Six-County administration.
Published February 25, 2011
Date set for Pearse Jordan inquest
An inquest into the death of unarmed IRA man Pearse Jordan, shot by
police in west Belfast almost 20 years ago, may be held in October.
Published February 25, 2011
Libyan rescue bid ends in fiasco
An attempt to evacuate desperate Irish citizens fleeing from the chaos
of Libya’s descent into civil war failed on Wednesday night.
Published February 25, 2011
Fine Gael is likely to be in a position to form a new Dublin government
next week as opinion polls show Sinn Fein, Labour and Fianna Fail now in
the race for second place in Friday’s 26-County general election.
Published February 21, 2011
Gerry McGeough ‘jailed for his beliefs’
A former member of the Sinn Fein leadership has been put behind bars in
Maghaberry Prison after being convicted for an IRA action 30 years ago.
Published February 21, 2011
Sinn Fein in campaign overdrive
With less than a week to go, Sinn Féin has sharply escalated its
26-County general election campaign by outlining key policies in a
number of high-profile media events.
Published February 21, 2011
Breakaway groups struggle to assert role
A Republican Sinn Fein breakaway group elected a leadership for itself
at a gathering of the organisation at the weekend.
Published February 21, 2011
Monument to Brendan Hughes destroyed
A granite monument in honour of former IRA hunger striker Brendan ‘The
Dark’ Hughes has been vandalised within days of being unveiled.
Published February 21, 2011
Coins marked as ‘RIRA’ currency
Dissident republicans in Belfast are engraving pound coins with the
initials of the breakaway ‘Real IRA’.
Published February 21, 2011
Gerry McGeough convicted by Diplock court
Promiment Tyrone republican and former Sinn Fein Ard Chomhairle member
Gerry McGeough has been found guilty of taking part in an IRA attack on
a British soldier in August 1981
Published February 18, 2011
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