The Irish parliament is to reconvene a day after a chaotic row over how speaking time should be allocated to ...

Political chaos seems to have become more ubiquitous these past few years. Between the antics of the British Parliament ...

The 34th Dáil will see Martin elected as taoiseach for the second time, replacing Fine Gael leader Simon Harris who will return as tánaiste (deputy prime minister). Fianna Fáil - the largest party - ...

The country witnessed one of the most serious Dáil rows in recent history, that left the house deeply divided, politicians on ...

Verona Murphy made it a grand total of 22 minutes into her first sitting as Ceann Comhairle before Dáil proceedings erupted ...

Jude Webber refers to the fact that Ireland has yet to have a female taoiseach or prime minister (“‘Housewife of the Year’ challenges Ireland’s progressive self-image”, Outlook, January 21). It’s ...

Micheál Martin described the unruly behaviour over five and a half hours, during which the Dáil was suspended three times, as ...

Picture: Flickr Houses of Oireachtas Once upon a long ago, WB Yeats declared in an Irish institution, the Abbey Theatre, “You ...

The election of taoiseach (Irish prime minister) has been delayed after the Dáil (lower house of Irish parliament) was ...

Talks are under way at Leinster House to try and bridge the significant differences between the coalition and the opposition, which led to the Dáil being suspended and Micheál Martin not securing the ...

Ireland's parliament on Wednesday failed to formally elect Micheal Martin as the new prime minister amid chaotic scenes after opposition parties blocked the vote in protest at procedural speaking ...

MICHEAL Martin’s election as Taoiseach was derailed today following an explosive row in the Dail. The furious Fianna Fail ...