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

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

and by the men and women who fought and campaigned for the establishment of Dail Eireann,” he said. In a sign of the close relations between the two Civil War parties Fine Gael and Fianna Fail ...

Yesterday was unprecedented in the history of Dáil Éireann. Micheál Martin was not elected Taoiseach, as would be expected, because of a row over some independent TDs being granted opposition speaking ...

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 ...

Fianna Fail leader Micheál Martin has been elected taoiseach (Irish prime minister) for the second time after chaos in the Dáil (lower house of Irish Parliament) subsided. The Dáil was ...

"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 ...

“Today was unprecedented, unseemly, and tomorrow Dail Eireann must reconvene and must elect a taoiseach and get on with the urgent work of government.” TDs from the Regional Independents ...

“Instead, what we saw was an effort to obstruct, an effort to shout down, an effort to disrespect the Ceann Comhairle and her constitutional office, and ultimately preventing a majority of the ...