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

"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 ...

TAOISEACH Simon Harris believes a new Government can be formed before the end of January despite concerns that a coalition deal is only halfway done. The Fine Gael leader has also defended going ...

Only three of the 15 Ministers are women: Helen McEntee, Jennier Carroll MacNeill and Norma Foley, which makes for a ratio of 80:20 of men to women. Social Democrats TD Jennifer Whitmore has said it ...

“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 ...

Deputy Aird had been chairperson of Portlaoise Municipal District since the local elections last June. Cllr Buggy was co-opted by Fine Gael as his replacement on Laois County Council in December and ...

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 ...