January 21st, 2019 marks the centenary of the first meeting of Dáil Éireann, a landmark event in the evolution of an independent Ireland. The 1918 general election was the first occasion that ...

"Today was unprecedented, unseemly, and tomorrow, Dáil Eireann must reconvene and must elect a Taoiseach and get on with the urgent work." Harris later added: "What happened today was stunt ...

The first meeting of Dáil Éireann took place in the Round Room of the Mansion House on 21 January 1919. On its 50th anniversary, a lecture by Professor Kevin B. Nowlan reflecting on the first ...

Independent Wexford TD Verona Murphy is the newly-elected Ceann Comhairle (speaker) of Dáil Éireann, the first woman to ever hold the role. In her speech on Wednesday, at the first sitting of ...

It sits in Leinster House in Dublin, the same building as Dáil Eireann (lower house). The National University of Ireland and Trinity College Dublin elect three each while the rest are elected to ...