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

Oireachtas has said it is a matter for Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy, who said legal advice allows for Regional Independent ...

CONTROVERSIAL Fine Gael rep John McGahon has announced he is quitting politics. Fine Gael rep John McGahon has announced he is quitting politics. In the days prior to the public going to the polls ...

Fianna Fáil leader Martin will become Taoiseach this afternoon for the second time as the new Government is formed ...

Dáil Éireann has voted by 95 votes to 76 to elect Micheál Martin as Taoiseach. It followed a day of chaos yesterday as a row with the opposition saw the Dáil suspended four times, failing to ...

The Dail meets today for the nomination of Taoiseach - but won't sit again next week despite the formation of a new ...

Internal FF/FG figures show Fianna Fáil will be the largest party in the 34th Dáil, with 21.9% of the vote. Fine Gael will come in at 20.5%, with Sinn Féin at 19.1%. This means Sinn Féin will ...

The Laois TD was one of the highest profile TDs in the last Dáil as he was the Chairman of the Dáil Public Accounts Committee ...

Elections all done, counting concluded, and negotiations complete, the day finally arrived for the Dáil to elect a Taoiseach, but things have not progressed as planned. It was always going to be ...

LIMERICK has a new minister in Fine Gael man Patrick O'Donovan, it was confirmed in the Dáil yesterday evening (Thursday).

IT was expected at time of going to print on Wednesday that Limerick would be well represented in the incoming government.

Deputy Aird had been chairperson of Portlaoise Municipal District since the local elections last June. Cllr Buggy was co-opted by Fine Gael as his replacement on Laois County Council in December and ...