LONDON, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Independent politician Catherine Connolly has won Ireland's presidential election and will serve as the country's 10th president after receiving 63.36 percent of first ...

The 68-year-old candidate, backed by several left-wing parties including Sinn Fein, competed with Fine Gael's Heather Humphreys, a former government minister, in the election that kicked off on Friday ...