Cllr Paddy Buggy, chosen by Fine Gael to replace TD Willie Aird in Portlaoise Municipal District. A newly coopted Laois ...

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

It sits in 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 ...

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"And ultimately preventing a majority of the democratically elected representatives of Dáil Eireann to discharge their duty and their mandate to elect a Taoiseach. "Today was unprecedented ...

Bicameralism is not something you hear talked about much, but that is the parliamentary system we use in Ireland. Latin scholars will know "camera" in the middle of that word refers to a "chamber ...

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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 ...

A MASS walkout of TDs is looming when the Dail returns on Wednesday in the row over Michael Lowry’s bid to play both opposition and Government. The Government promised to come up with a solution ...

That treaty needs to be ratified, my understanding is, by Dail Eireann. “Once it is ratified, and I think that will be done promptly, then it can come into operation and any individuals who need ...