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." ...

Tipperary county councillors Annemarie Ryan and David Dunne have welcomed the recent decision by the Ceann Comhairle that the ...

"The final arbiter of who decides a seat in Dáil Éireann is the electorate of a ... Healy-Raes to meet FF, FG teams amid govt formation talks A number of meetings are under way with a view ...

“When one puts oneself forward for the Dail, to me, I want to be in Dail Eireann for the next five years. When you go forward as leader of a party you want to be Taoiseach. “I know there was a ...

“The final arbiter of who decides a seat in Dáil Éireann is the electorate of a constituency. We need to be clear that the Regional Independents are negotiating as a group, there is no single ...

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 ...

An opportunity to enter Dail Eireann arrived in 2000 with the passing of Labour TD ... That he did the following year when FG TD Theresa Ahearn passed away and Tom Hayes was elected to the 28th Dail ...

Letterkenny councillor Jimmy Kavanagh has said that if he were elected to Seanad Éireann it would be an opportunity for ... “From the party’s point of view, we lost our seat in the Dáil so we have no ...

A ‘gentleman’s agreement’ brokered by the Clerk of the Dáil aimed at resolving this week’s unprecedented impasse – and sealed ...

The seats were filled by David Maxwell (FG), Matt Carthy (SF), Cathy Bennett (SF), Niamh Smyth (FF) and Brendan Smith (FF), the latter two without reaching the quota. The biggest shock was Deputy ...