Government TDs looked on in disbelief. High above sea-level in the safety of the Distinguished Visitors’ Gallery sat the wife and family of outgoing Tánaiste Micheál Martin. This was a very ...

The tánaiste and Fine Gael leader Harris has selected five - the well-known RTÉ sports broadcaster Evanne Ní Chuilinn (who has now resigned from her role at the national broadcaster), outgoing ...

The tánaiste and Fine Gael leader Harris has selected five - the well-known RTÉ sports broadcaster Evanne Ní Chuilinn (who has now resigned from her role, external at the national broadcaster ...

Only TDs, outgoing Senators, and county councillors get to vote for candidates for 43 of the 60 seats, while only graduates of the National University of Ireland and University of Dublin ...

Then, pandemic restrictions meant the pomp and ceremony which surround the choosing of a new government were largely in abeyance, as the Dáil was sitting in the National Convention Centre ...

‘at the dawn of the promised era of self-determination and liberty’ called upon ‘every free nation to uphold her national claim to complete independence as an Irish Republic’. The ...

They are giving people like Michael Lowry and the Healy-Raes a national relevance they didn’t have to, tainting the whole Government as a result and giving the otherwise divided opposition a ...

The National Emergency Co-ordination Group met ... power and water back to people instead of giving speeches in Dail Eireann. He said: “To be very frank, the recall of the Dail and maybe people ...

“Today was unprecedented, unseemly, and tomorrow Dail Eireann must reconvene and must elect a taoiseach and get on with the urgent work of government.” TDs from the Regional Independents ...

But, on the day the new Cabinet is to be presented and with so many pressing issues on the national agenda, did they, or indeed the country, really need to be subjected to such a show of parish ...