Micheál Martin, who was poised to be elected as Ireland's new Taoiseach today, slammed the chaotic Dáil proceedings as a "subversion of the Irish Constitution." ...

On the first occasion, Covid restrictions meant they had to stay at home in Cork while he achieved his life’s ambition in the cavernous surroundings of the Dublin Convention Centre.

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It sits in Leinster House in Dublin, the same building as Dáil Eireann (lower house ... of the Northern Ireland Labour Party became the first person from Northern Ireland to be elected rather ...

Picture: Sam Boal/Collins Photos A group of opposition ... “This is the first time, I think, in over 100 years, that the Dail has failed to elect a government, to fulfil its constitutional ...

Dáil Éireann delivered that assembly. Who attended the first meeting of Dáil Éireann? All victorious candidates in the 1918 election from Irish constituencies were invited to attend the First ...

The Government will contest a Sinn Féin TD’s High Court action based on “simplistic but false” claims alleging the ...

The first meeting of a new Dáil is always an occasion of pure political theatre, with all in Leinster House signalling the purest of intentions. Those in power seek to radiate a sense of high ...