Full coverage: Elections

This time, French voters have clearly chosen to move their elections away from the post-WWII battleground between centre-right and centre-left. The constitutional implications and the lessons for democracy are profound.

Divisions on the far right and on the left favour French President Emmanuel Macron’s re-election chances in two months’ time. Can the Gaullists return and challenge Macron's stance as the last man standing against extremism? Thomas Hubert reports from Paris.

Following the resignation of a former housing minister, Dublin Bay South voters will set the stage for a housing election – pitting wealth against income.

After a move from Brooklyn to rural Maine, writer Siobhán Brett shares perspectives on the US election from a town where two votes separated Joe Biden from Donald Trump at Friday's latest ballot count.

Irrespective of who wins on Tuesday, there is the compelling sense that the US has reached a moment of denouement. When the votes are cast, what America will we inherit?

As Ireland votes, get some depth on the economic impact of your vote: The Currency has interviewed frontbenchers from the five leading parties at length on business issues, while Stephen Kinsella crunches the numbers and unveils the faultlines revealed by the campaign.

The Irish economy is booming, and unemployment has flatlined. Yet, Fine Gael is getting little electoral credit for its stewardship of the economy. In his pre-election interview, Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe defends his record and critiques the economic plans of the other parties.

Stricter environmental auditing requirements are coming, and the next government should help business get ready to turn Ireland into a climate technology leader, says the Green Party’s leader – but he sees no need to reform planning laws to facilitate this.

Stephen Kinsella reflects on why politicians say the things they do to get votes. He sat down with me to tell me more about this plus how the government system is becoming so complex that it is difficult to solve the country’s issues in one electoral cycle.