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

Oireachtas has said it is a matter for Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy, who said legal advice allows for Regional Independent Group members to also ask questions from Opposition benches

Fianna Fáil leader Martin will become Taoiseach this afternoon for the second time as the new Government is formed

The Dail meets today for the nomination of Taoiseach - but won't sit again next week despite the formation of a new government

The Laois TD was one of the highest profile TDs in the last Dáil as he was the Chairman of the Dáil Public Accounts Committee when he was a Sinn Féin TD. He was replaced as leader of this committee after he resigned from Sinn Féin over a disciplinary process that arose from an interaction he had with a female member of Sinn Féin.

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 ...

LIMERICK has a new minister in Fine Gael man Patrick O'Donovan, it was confirmed in the Dáil yesterday evening (Thursday).

IT was expected at time of going to print on Wednesday that Limerick would be well represented in the incoming government.

An opportunity to enter Dail Eireann arrived in 2000 with the passing of Labour TD ... That he did the following year when FG TD Theresa Ahearn passed away and Tom Hayes was elected to the 28th Dail after he won the by election. “For me that was an ...

A ‘gentleman’s agreement’ brokered by the Clerk of the Dáil aimed at resolving this week’s unprecedented impasse – and sealed with a round of handshakes

Waterford’s reality is that the Programme for Government is a politically expedient buffet. A list of possibilities, with a world of difference between studying/ exploring/ investigating and action! The language is loose and anything can be justified when the need arises.

The Minister for Foreign Affairs & Trade also dismissed the challenge Independent TD and former FG minister Michael Lowry's popularity ... obviously wants to maximise his influence by being in Dail Eireann. "Mary Newman is someone who has also been ...