Ireland uses a system of transferable votes in elections but – with only three candidates on the ballot – there can only be a maximum of two counts. If the gap between Ms Humphreys and Ms Connolly ...

Plaid Cymru has defeated Reform UK in a fiercely-fought Welsh Parliament by-election, with defending party Labour trailing in third. Nigel Farage’s party was hoping to win its first seat at the ballot ...

Votes are being counted in the crucial Caerphilly Welsh Parliament by-election after weeks of fierce campaigning by parties hoping to win the Welsh Parliament constituency from Labour. Labour has led ...

The Irish public will see a third name on their ballot paper alongside the two candidates actively contesting the race.

Christmas Island National Park acting manager Alexia Jankowski said on Thursday there were up to 200 million of the endemic ...

The Children’s Booker Prize winner will be chosen by a combined panel of child and adult judges and awarded £50,000.

Mr Vance’s scathing remark came as his visit to the country wrapped up and Marc Rubio announced he would now travel to Israel ...

The Scottish Affairs Committee also said the Scottish and UK governments should have acted sooner to prepare for job losses at Grangemouth.

The polls have closed in a crucial Welsh by-election. The votes are being counted in Caerphilly after weeks of fierce campaigning by parties hoping to win the Welsh Parliament constituency from Labour ...

Heather Humphreys is a Presbyterian who was raised on a rural farm near the border and became a popular minister who made a bid for the Irish presidency. The 64-year-old mother-of-two met her husband ...