Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has written to the Taoiseach urging him to immediately reconvene the Dáil to address the crisis facing the country in the aftermath of Storm Éowyn. Ms ...

The first sitting of the 34th Dáil is underway. Follow updates here. Update 6.35pm: The Dáil has voted on when to return following the Christmas break with the proposed date set for January 22 ...

Mary Lou McDonald has written to the Taoiseach asking him to urgently recall the Dáil in order to address the aftermath of Storm Éowyn. Writing to Micheál Martin on Monday, Ms McDonald said the ...

The Opposition and Government parties remain deeply divided over the issue of Dáil speaking rights for some Independent TDs who are supporting the coalition. A meeting of the Dáil Reform ...

Verona Murphy has made history as the first woman to ever be elected as Ceann Comhairle of the Dáil. The Independent TD saw Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil come together to support her bid for the role.

A bid by Independent TDs supporting the incoming government to sit on the Opposition benches to secure Dáil speaking rights has been criticised by other Opposition TDs. Tipperary North ...

Sir, – Where Tomás Heneghan (Letters, January 9th) refers to 1,165 individuals holding votes to elect 43 seats of the Seanad, it ought to be clarified that these votes are only granted to these ...