The Taoiseach has been accused of calling Mary Lou McDonald a liar as Gaeilge during a heated exchange in the Dáil.

Last-placed Cathal Berry, former Independent TD for Kildare South sees his Seanad bid end. Former MP Mr Murphy, who led Sinn Féin’s negotiating team in many political talks north of the border, ...

If the Taoiseach had gone on the radio and said the government were going to set up an “alternative system” to how we set ...

The Taoiseach has been accused of claiming Mary Lou McDonald was “telling lies” in a testy exchange during a debate about ...

Combined, nine out of 38 senior and junior ministers in the current Government are women. Both Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Tánaiste Simon Harris are said to be ambitious to have more women in ...

Micheál Martin became Ireland’s taoiseach (prime minister) for the second time in his political career on Thursday, a day later than planned. The Irish parliament descended into uproar on ...

Dáil Éireann has voted by 95 votes to 76 to elect Micheál Martin as Taoiseach. It followed a day of chaos yesterday as a row with the opposition saw the Dáil suspended four times, failing to ...

A number of TDs who lost their seats in the last election put their name forward for the Seanad election this year.

Crazy stuff and again shows the priorities of FF/FG. The voting on the nomination of Ministers by the Taoiseach Micheál Martin is happening now. It’s the final business of the House.

Senator Martin Conway has resigned from the Fine Gael parliamentary party as a disciplinary process gets under way into his ...

Sinn Fein’s Conor Murphy (PA) The final count of the Seanad has been completed, with 20 women among 49 Senators elected. The last constituency to be decided was the Administrative panel with its ...