Catherine Connolly, a veteran lawmaker on the far left of the Irish political spectrum, was elected president by a landslide margin on Saturday in a stinging rebuke to the recently re-elected centre-...

Catherine Connolly has been elected Ireland's 10th president on a record margin after taking 63.3 per cent of the vote.

Boxes are being opened across the country, as the counting of votes in the presidential election gets underway.