Ireland's leading politicians have vowed to work with US President-elect Donald Trump as he is set to head back to the White House.

Taoiseach Simon Harris has congratulated Donald Trump as he appears poised to clinch the US presidential election.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has congratulated Donald Trump on his return to the presidency, saying he looks forward to continuing the close relationship between SA and the US.

Taoiseach Simon Harris vowed to work to make the "deep and historical bonds" between the United States and Ireland "even stronger" in the years ahead

The Labour Prime Minister was quick to acknowledge the Republican's comfortable win over Vice President Kamala Harris.

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters have joined other world leaders to congratulate Republican candidate Donald Trump's US presidential win.

Major world leaders reacted on Wednesday as Fox News projected that Republican Donald Trump had won the battleground state of Pennsylvania, which would all but close off Democratic Vice President...