When would-be taoiseach Micheál Martin eventually takes the wheel, his captain’s log for the maiden voyage of the 34th Dáil will be historically succinct, for it never left port. He described events ...

An alarming tone has been set for the new Dáil as Micheál Martin was left scrambling to end an impasse that prevented him ...

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 ...

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 yesterday failed to formally elect Micheal Martin as the new prime minister amid chaotic scenes after ...

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

Attempts to nominate a future taoiseach failed on Wednesday after a series of Dail disruptions over opposition speaking time.

Ireland’s main opposition parties have rejected claims that they had “reneged” on a deal with Government over a speaking ...

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin, who was supposed to become Taoiseach, called the scenes in the Dail a “subversion of the ...

Members of Sinn Fein – including leader Mary Lou McDonald, Pearse Doherty and chief whip Padraig Mac Lochlainn – continued to ...