Normal business is expected to resume on Wednesday after a row over speaking time for government-affiliated independents ...

The row was resolved after Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy weighed in – in favour of the opposition – on Monday night.

A row that disrupted parliamentary procedures to elect an Irish premier has been resolved after an intervention from the ...

The row, which derailed Micheál Martin's election as Taoiseach on January 22, has been bubbling away for weeks and reached a ...

The return to the usual Dáil business comes two weeks after the opposition disrupted the nomination of Mr Martin as Taoiseach ...

Offaly Fine Gael TD John Clendennen yesterday (Wednesday) made his first contribution on the floor of Dáil Eireann.

There is frustration among Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil backbenchers over the Dáil speaking time debacle, with TDs saying time ...

Opposition leaders have signalled they will not accept any solution to the ongoing speaking rights row that would see Michael Lowry’s Independent group allocated Leaders’ Questions time in the ...

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 ...

Independent TD Michael Lowry has ruled out an Opposition demand that his technical group be excluded from the Dáil's Leaders' Questions slot. Both Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald and Labour ...

Government TDs are likely to try to push through plans to allow members of Michael Lowry's Regional Independent to form a "hybrid" technical group across both Government and opposition at Tuesday ...