FF-FG want to place their independent cronies and ... In normal circumstances, the Taoiseach is nominated and elected on the day of the first sitting of a new Dáil. In Ireland's General Election ...

Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have rejected suggestions that the Coalition leaders have failed when it comes to ensuring gender ...

RTÉ bosses were completely blindsided by presenter Evanne Ní Chuilinn's decision to quit the broadcaster to become the latest ...

Last-placed Cathal Berry, former Independent TD for Kildare South sees his Seanad bid end. Former MP Mr Murphy, who led Sinn ...

The opposition has sharply criticised the Government over an apparent shift in housing policy, as Taoiseach Micheál Martin signalled moves to attract institutional investors to build houses.

There are no plans to continue energy credits or introduce a new cost-of-living package in the next budget, the Taoiseach has indicated. Energy credits were included in last year’s budget in ...

And the coalition parties will agree on who will be nominated as Taoiseach. In recent years, the leader of the smaller party has usually been nominated as Tanaiste, while the leader of the larger ...

Sinn Fein has said it was a “missed opportunity” not to include a unionist senator in the Taoiseach’s 11 nominees. Senator Conor Murphy, Stormont’s former economy minister, said Micheál ...

Senator Martin Conway has resigned from the Fine Gael parliamentary party as a disciplinary process gets under way into his ...

Broadcaster and sports journalist Evanne Ní Chuilinn has become the latest ‘celebrity’ to join the Fine Gael ranks after ...

Sinn Fein’s Conor Murphy (PA) The final count of the Seanad has been completed, with 20 women among 49 Senators elected. The last constituency to be decided was the Administrative panel with its ...