As the game went on, Labour leader Ivana Bacik – Lansdowne Road is in the heart of her Dublin Bay South constituency – ...

Ms Bacik said she was concerned about Mr Martin’s response to a letter from the combined opposition last week, after it was ruled that the Regional Independents could not sit as a technical group ...

“LET JUSTICE prevail for Joe”. That was the main message of a vigil held at the University of Limerick (UL) for hit-and-run ...

The return to the usual Dail business comes two weeks after the opposition disrupted the nomination of Mr Martin as Taoiseach in a protest over speaking time. Government-affiliated independents had ...

A row that disrupted parliamentary procedures to elect an Irish premier has been resolved after an intervention from the speaker of the Dail chamber. A Government spokesperson said they accepted Ceann ...

The last elected were independent candidate Eileen Flynn, Sinn Fein’s Nicole Ryan and Fianna Fail’s Fiona O’Loughlin and Diarmuid Wilson.

Sinn Féin Minister Conor Murphy was elected after announcing his intention to run and quit Stormont if elected last month. This means those from Northern Ireland will be keeping a closer eye on the ...

Sinn Fein Stormont minister Conor Murphy has secured a seat in the Seanad as the marathon counting process for the Irish parliament’s upper house edges closer to conclusion. Mr Murphy took one of the ...

A “simple” recount will take place for the final seat on the Trinity Seanad panel after 31 votes separated Green Party ...

But the main event never happened and instead stalemate and stand-offs took hold of Leinster House. Sticking with ... McGrath would follow and Independent Ireland opened their arms to embrace ...