The Speaker of the Dáil (Irish parliament) has demanded respect from TDs following disruptions during a sitting of the house today. Verona Murphy TD told opposition TDs that their repeated ...

The Speaker of the Dáil Verona Murphy told opposition TDs their behaviour was "an absolute disgrace" The government has won a Dáil (Irish parliament) vote to amend speaking rights by a margin of ...

With so much change in the world of politics, it's comforting to know that some traditions still hold true. The Dáil returned from its St Patrick’s Day recess today and, - as is customary ...

When the Dáil reconvenes at 2pm tomorrow, the so-called 'speaking rights' row is expected to reach a boiling point, a full three months on from November’s General Election. It has been ...

IRELAND'S front pages are today dominated by the image of Michael Lowry appearing to give two fingers to fellow TD Paul Murphy in the Dail yesterday. The Dail was dramatically suspended yesterday ...

THE Dail has been suspended for the entire day after chaos erupted and the Ceann Comhairle blasted TDs for having "no respect". TDs broke into several minutes of uproar, heckling and yelling from ...

“Refusing to respect the chair of the Dail or the outcome of a vote in the Dáil is not how our democracy works,” he added. Mr Harris said that the controversy over speaking rights for ...

“The root cause of this is the grubby deal with Michael Lowry”, Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has said of the ongoing row over Dáil speaking times. “It’s a terrible pity that it has ...

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Day of Dáil chaos as speaking rights row threatens to paralyse government Sinn Féin has said Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy "was determined to force through” a Government motion “regardless ...

The scenes in the Dáil on Tuesday were more raucous, more bitter – and likely more repellant to many people watching – than the first instalment of the row over speaking rights in January.