Congratulating Ms Connolly, the Social Democrats’ Holly Cairns called the victory a “seismic moment in our history”. She said: “The momentum behind Catherine’s presidential bid was incredible, growing ...

Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin has apologised for any offence caused after saying “it drives me mad when I see adverts full of black people, full of Asian people”. She said her comments were “phrased ...

Police said Ethiopian national Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu has made a number of trips in London and has access to funds.

Leaders of parties which backed the independent candidate have been congratulating her ahead of an expected decisive victory.

Reform MP Sarah Pochin has hit out at “woke” adverts “full of black people”. The Runcorn and Helsby MP said it “drives me mad” and claimed the “average white family” was no longer represented. Labour ...

Among the political names mentioned in the race for the Aras were Taoiseach Michael Martin, former taoiseach Bertie Ahern, Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald, Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle ...

A former Labour Treasury minister and the first director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, Lord Taverne became a Lib Dem peer in 1996.

An asylum seeker accidentally released from prison was last seen in the London area, police said, as officers urged anyone who spots him to call 999 immediately. Ethiopian national Hadush Gerberslasie ...

Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu was convicted of the sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl eight days after arriving in the UK.

Heather Humphreys has congratulated Catherine Connolly as she looked secure to become the next president of Ireland by a significant margin. Ms Connolly said earlier on Saturday that she was ...

Fine Gael presidential candidate Heather Humphreys said her family was subject to “awful sectarian abuse” during the campaign. Ms Humphreys, who conceded defeat to Catherine Connolly before the final ...

The protesters were arrested after appearing along a route designated for a demonstration by the United Kingdom Independence Party (Ukip).