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

Oireachtas has said it is a matter for Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy, who said legal advice allows for Regional Independent Group members to also ask questions from Opposition benches

Fianna Fáil leader Martin will become Taoiseach this afternoon for the second time as the new Government is formed

A ‘gentleman’s agreement’ brokered by the Clerk of the Dáil aimed at resolving this week’s unprecedented impasse – and sealed with a round of handshakes amongst party whips – broke down when it was put to opposition party leaders,

The Laois TD was one of the highest profile TDs in the last Dáil as he was the Chairman of the Dáil Public Accounts Committee when he was a Sinn Féin TD. He was replaced as leader of this committee after he resigned from Sinn Féin over a disciplinary process that arose from an interaction he had with a female member of Sinn Féin.

The Minister for Foreign Affairs & Trade also dismissed the challenge Independent TD and former FG minister Michael Lowry's popularity ... obviously wants to maximise his influence by being in Dail Eireann. "Mary Newman is someone who has also been ...

The Dail meets today for the nomination of Taoiseach - but won't sit again next week despite the formation of a new government

IT was expected at time of going to print on Wednesday that Limerick would be well represented in the incoming government.

Senator Joe Flaherty and Cllr Paraic Brady seeking election from the Cultural and Educational Panel and the Agricultural Panel, respectively

Having failed in her second bid to become taoiseach, Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald is going back to the drawing board to rethink how her party approaches another five years on the opposition benches.

Waterford’s reality is that the Programme for Government is a politically expedient buffet. A list of possibilities, with a world of difference between studying/ exploring/ investigating and action! The language is loose and anything can be justified when the need arises.

LIMERICK has a new minister in Fine Gael man Patrick O'Donovan, it was confirmed in the Dáil yesterday evening (Thursday).