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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Some years ago they had served a very useful purpose, but conditions had changed, and Gaels should be no longer compelled to adhere to any particular game, whether foreign or national. Mr Joseph ...

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 ...

Meetings all morning, as the Dáil start time was pushed back again and again, and Micheál’s family were left waiting in the Distinguished Visitors’ Gallery. At this point, as the morning ...

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 ...

That treaty needs to be ratified, my understanding is, by Dail Eireann. “Once it is ratified ... And he's also suspected by the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau of "directing ...

“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 ...

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 ...