Counting is under way for nominees to Seanad Éireann (the upper house of the Irish parliament) on Thursday. One of the ...

Bicameralism is not something you hear talked about much, but that is the parliamentary system we use in Ireland.

Micheál Martin, who was poised to be elected as Ireland's new Taoiseach today, slammed the chaotic Dáil proceedings as a ...

Ms Justice Mary Rose Gearty granted “leave”, allowing Sinn Féin's Patrick “Pa” Daly to continue with his legal challenge ...

By 11.30, the Dáil was suspended after non-government parties angrily protested their opposition to the Independent TDs’ ...

Amid the pandemonium sat Michael Lowry, the cause of it all, having his cake and wanting to eat it too. His chosen candidate was ensconced in the Ceann Comhairle’s chair, four of his associates ...

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 ...

A row in the Dáil has been labelled a “subversion of the Irish Constitution” by would-be Irish taoiseach Micheál Martin.

Attempts to nominate a future taoiseach failed on Wednesday after a series of Dail disruptions over opposition speaking time.

An experienced, energetic, and vocal politician, Patrick O'Donovan heads into his new ministerial role on the back of a ...