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

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

The chaotic scenes that marred the Dáil this week arose from a confluence of events that created the perfect political storm. An inexperienced Ceann Comhairle, a move by Government-supporting ...

and ultimately preventing a majority of the democratically elected representatives of Dail Eireann to discharge their duty and their mandate to elect a taoiseach. “Today was unprecedented ...

Row in Dáil Éireann a ‘subversion of constitution’ - says Micheál Martin Row in Dáil Éireann a ‘subversion of constitution’ - says Micheál Martin. A chaotic row in the Dáil has been ...

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 ...

Bicameralism is not something you hear talked about much, but that is the parliamentary system we use in Ireland. Latin scholars will know "camera" in the middle of that word refers to a "chamber ...

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

Fianna Fail leader Micheál Martin has been elected taoiseach (Irish prime minister) for the second time after chaos in the Dáil (lower house of Irish Parliament) subsided. The Dáil was ...

He said: “(Sinn Fáin leader) Mary Lou McDonald came into Dail Eireann today with one intention and one intention only, to stop Micheál Martin being elected taoiseach, and therefore to deprive ...

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