Ireland’s youngest ever prime minister, Simon Harris, may have thought he had a victory in Ireland’s upcoming general election all but shored up.

People in Ireland are going to the polls Friday, as the country holds a general election to fill 174 seats in the Dail Eireann or lower house, the principal chamber of the country's parliament, the Oireachtas.

Ireland is voting in a parliamentary election that will decide the next government. It also will show whether Ireland bucks the global trend of incumbents being ousted by disgruntled voters.

Sinn Féin, the former political arm of the IRA, is hoping Ireland's 2024 election will bring it to power for the first time ever.

Ireland is voting in a parliamentary election that will determine the country's next government; voters are selecting more than 170 lawmakers to sit in the Dail.

Ireland goes to the polls on Friday with the incumbent coalition parties neck-and-neck with opposition party Sinn Fein after a campaign marked by rancour over housing and cost-of-living crises.

Dublin, Ireland - November 28, 2024 Polling stations opened across Ireland on Friday morning, with 174 seats in 43 constituencies in the country's parliament being contested and three major parties neck-and-neck in survey polls.

So who's in the running, what are the key issues, what's expected to happen? Coalition arithmeticIreland is coming off four years under a mostly centrist coalition government led by longtime rival parties Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil,