Former Longford-Westmeath TD Joe Flaherty has come up short in his attempts to secure a seat in the Seanad. The father of three had been hoping to secure one of 49 seats in the Oireachtas’ Upper House ...

To what extent are people happy to adopt a new flag? Are they happy to adopt a new educational system? A new national anthem?

Micheál Martin said it is not his understanding that there was a significant delay in requesting help, including generators ...

An experienced, energetic, and vocal politician, Patrick O'Donovan heads into his new ministerial role on the back of a ...

Key leaders of Vietnam on January 26 sent congratulatory messages to newly-elected leaders of the Republic of Ireland.

Unprecedented’ is overused, but even veterans were hard-pressed to find another way on Wednesday to describe the chaotic ...

The Dail is to reconvene after a chaotic row over how speaking time should be allocated to the government-affiliated independents.

The Irish parliament is to reconvene a day after a chaotic row over how speaking time should be allocated to government-affiliated independents. A meeting of opposition party leaders is expected to be ...

Fine Gael leader Simon Harris, who is set to become deputy Irish premier ... and ultimately preventing a majority of the democratically elected representatives of Dail Eireann to discharge their duty ...

Attempts to nominate a future taoiseach failed on Wednesday after a series of Dail disruptions over opposition speaking time.

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