Sinn Féin’s Conor Murphy warned the Irish Government not to put its head in the sand about Irish reunification as his ...

Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have rejected suggestions that the Coalition leaders have failed when it comes to ensuring gender ...

Former junior minister Anne Rabbitte has missed out today in her Senate bid, which leaves her hoping for a Taoiseach’s ...

A number of TDs who lost their seats in the last election put their name forward for the Seanad election this year.

Micheál Martin (a day later than scheduled because of some stormy weather in the Dáil) the man who many pundits once ...

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." ...

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Unlike, senior ministries, the junior positions are chosen by the Government as a whole and not by the Taoiseach. Michael Moynihan has been appointed Minister of State for Special Education.

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 ...

Taoiseach Simon Harris similarly stressed the importance of continuing with Government formation talks involving “democratically elected” Independent TDs notwithstanding the Garda file being sent.

And the coalition parties will agree on who will be nominated as Taoiseach. In recent years, the leader of the smaller party has usually been nominated as Tanaiste, while the leader of the larger ...