In last week’s Sunday Independent (May 25) senator Michael McDowell took a sideswipe at those of us who worked in RTÉ current affairs at the height of the Provisional IRA’s war against the Irish ...

Concerns on the budget battle to stop the scrapping of CAP's dedicated budget for farm payments were raised in Dáil Éireann ...

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Ged Nash of the Labour Party speaks to the media outside Leinster House, Dublin, as Verona Murphy, the speaker of the Irish parliament, faces a confidence motion on Tuesday over her handling of a ...

Here, we look at some of the most shocking moments that have been captured inside Dail Eireann - from a TD pulling a party colleague onto his lap to another rocking up to ministers questions in a ...

The motion seeks to note “that the Ceann Comhairle no longer retains the confidence of all members of Dail Eireann”. In a statement, Ms Murphy responded to say she had “loyally, scrupulously and ...

Step up to the plate for these delicious new culinary concoctions. MLB Opening Day is here and as baseball fans return to favorite ballparks, they're in for a culinary treat with major league ...

“There were people intimidated, there was chanting in the chamber, and there was rank bullying of some members in Dail Eireann today. Anything else pales in insignificance in the context of what ...

Principal Keira O'Sullivan with the students. After spending a whirlwind eight days in Qatar at the GISS Summit to present their project on food waste, two Wexford students where whisked off to ...

The leaders of the new Irish coalition government have confirmed 11 nominees to Seanad Éireann (the upper house of the Irish parliament). The nominations follow last November's general election ...

and ultimately preventing a majority of the democratically elected representatives of Dail Eireann to discharge their duty and their mandate to elect a taoiseach. “Today was unprecedented ...