Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald was the first to take the gilt-edged opportunity by accusing the Taoiseach of running a ...

15,000 homes, businesses, farms and schools remain without power 12 days after Storm Éowyn. Hurricane force winds were ...

Micheál Martin will have to wait another day to become Taoiseach again after the first sitting of the new Dáil Éireann descended into chaos today, Wednesday, January 22. Ceann Comhairle Verona ...

Cabinet will meet in Government Buildings on Wednesday ahead of the first full day of the 34th Dáil in Leinster House from 2pm ...

A man died after medical technology including sleep apnoea equipment stopped working as a result of Storm Eowyn, the Irish parliament has been told. Sinn Fein TD for Mayo Rose Conway-Walsh said she ...

Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) Micheál Martin has insisted that housing is the "number one issue" for the Irish government. It comes as he faced criticism over the use of housing data ahead of the ...

Roadside piles of flood debris still litter Haywood County five months after the flood. Why is it lingering, why do new piles keep showing up, why do some seem to get skipped, and when will it finally ...

The first meeting of a new Dáil is always an occasion of pure political theatre, with all in Leinster House signalling the purest of intentions. Those in power seek to radiate a sense of high ...

Government leaders have accused the Opposition of engaging in a "subversion of the Constitution" by not electing a taoiseach, while Opposition politicians have said the Government is engaging in a ...

After chaotic scenes in the Dáil last month that derailed the first attempt to elect Mr Martin as Taoiseach, she promised that the Opposition would “stand our ground” and “consider all and ...

He was the first to meet with Taoiseach Micheál Martin ... “The most important duty the Dail has is to elect a Taoiseach and government and both party leaders agree this must happen today." ...

Dáil rules - or standing orders - are not something that would usually generate much interest, but conflicting interpretations of the rules are now at the centre of the first major political row ...