The Seanad holds 60 members, 11of them are nominated by the taoiseach (Irish prime minister) and 49 are elected. It sits ...

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

Storm Lowry landed early in Dáil Éireann. And there was a complete pandemonium. The Government knew it was coming but decided it was unimportant. Bad call. It was a miracle the roof stayed on with all ...

Sinn Féin’s Conor Murphy was elected to the Industrial and Commercial panel. Nominees are elected by the incoming TDs, ...

Armed with that bit of knowledge bicameralism becomes self-explanatory; two chambers which in Ireland's case refers to the Dáíl, the lower house of ... and University of Dublin, (otherwise ...

It sits 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 ...

Fianna Fáil TD Jim O’Callaghan is being tipped for a dramatic appointment as justice minister when cabinet roles are announced today.

MICHEAL Martin’s re-election as Taoiseach has been de-railed by Dail out war as the House was suspended FOUR times before being abandoned completely due to an explosive row. The Cork man looked ...