Sinn Féin’s Conor Murphy was elected to the Industrial and Commercial panel. Nominees are elected by the incoming TDs, ...

Newly-appointed Minister of state Kevin Boxer Moran says he's raring to go. Seven months ago the newly-elected TD was driving ...

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

Bicameralism is not something you hear talked about much, but that is the parliamentary system we use in Ireland.

Independent Senator Michael McDowell has become the first candidate elected to Seanad Éireann (the upper house of the Irish ...

It sits Leinster House in Dublin, the same building as Dáil Eireann (lower house). The National University of Ireland and Trinity College Dublin elect three each while the rest are elected to ...

By 11.30, the Dáil was suspended after non-government parties angrily protested their opposition to the Independent TDs’ ...

A row in the Dáil has been labelled a “subversion of the Irish Constitution” by would-be Irish taoiseach Micheál Martin.

This week sees elections to Seanad Éireann, the Irish Senate, following elections to Dáil Éireann, the more powerful lower house of the Oireachtas or parliament.Unlike other elected upper ...

Attempts to nominate a future taoiseach failed on Wednesday after a series of Dail disruptions over opposition speaking time.

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 ...

“What happened in Dáil Éireann was utterly farcical. The people’s representatives gathered to discharge their constitutional duty and obligation to elect a taoiseach and to elect a government.