Our Dublin correspondent takes a look at the president-elect's campaign and priorities for her seven-year tenure.

FG candidate said unionist asked ‘if that’s what they put you through, Heather, what hope have the rest of us?’ ...

Irish voters handed a major rebuke to the ruling establishment, electing left-wing independent Catherine Connolly as ...

The veteran Left-winger Catherine Connolly was elected as Ireland’s new president, winning by a landslide margin after her ...

Catherine Connolly, 68, said she was 'absolutely delighted' to have defeated former cabinet minister Heather Humphreys in the ...

Catherine Connolly, an independent who was backed by the major left-wing parties, pledges to be "an inclusive president for ...

Fine Gael's Heather Humphreys has congratulated Catherine Connolly who is set to become the next president of Ireland.

Catherine Connolly’s lop-sided victory to be Ireland’s next head of state was accompanied by a surge in vandalized ballots ...

Ms Connolly was battling it out against former cabinet minister Heather Humphreys, after third candidate ex-Dublin football ...

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

Catherine Connolly will be the 10th President of Ireland, taking over from Michael D Higgins who served the maximum two terms ...

Connolly, 68, is a fluent Irish speaker from Galway in the west of Ireland, and has promised to be a voice for all the people ...