The Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy has this morning ruled that the Regional Technical Group of Independent TDs will not be permitted to sit in the Opposition benches today.

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

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

LONDON, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin has been confirmed as the new Irish prime minister after a vote in the Dail, lower house of Irish parliament, local media reported on ...

Historian and political commentator Brian Feeney has been a columnist with The Irish News for three decades. He is a former ...

AN agreement has been reached between Fianna Fail, Fine Gael and Independent TDs with a five-year plan for the country. A new ...

Tánaiste and Taoiseach both reject suggestion that independent TD will be a ‘kingmaker’ in government formation talks ...

A BAN on selling energy drinks to kids, childcare for €200 a month, and more funding to tackle scoliosis surgery waiting ...

Fianna Fáil has ratified the Programme for Government at a special Ard Fheis in Dublin. 812 members voted in favour of going ...

The arrangements underpinning the support of the Regional Independent Group (RIG) and the Healy-Raes for the incoming Fianna ...

Independents have given FF and FG a path to power but some are untested politically while others have courted controversy and ...