Paddy Holohan, who fought five times in the UFC, won a seat on South Dublin County Council after running as a candidate for Sinn Fein.

MMA fighter elected to Irish county council

Co-leader says candidates will be demanding a ‘people’s vote’.

Greens vow to be ‘tough on Brexit and its causes’ at EU election campaign launch

Voters will head to the polls on Wednesday in what observers say will be a closely fought election. 

Voting turnout appeared to be light as authorities tried to calm panicked, sceptical residents.

With more than 50% of votes counted in the Catalan election, pro-independence parties are set to regain their majority, authorities say. 

The chancellor now faces the prospect of forming a minority government or calling for a snap election.

Reformist candidates apparently scored a resounding victory over hardliners in the first results from historic elections in Iran.


Egypt will today release results from their much disputed presidential elections. Both Mohamed Morsi and Ahmed Shafik have claimed victory

In the ways Putin is viewed from inside Russia and from outside, Bill Neely finds parallels with former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.