Former Longford-Westmeath TD Joe Flaherty has come up short in his attempts to secure a seat in the Seanad. The father of three had been hoping to secure one of 49 seats in the Oireachtas’ Upper House ...

Women junior Ministers were placed in the front row at the Leinster House photocall but it fooled no one, as just six of the 23 appointees are women ...

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Fine Gael leader Simon Harris, who became Tanaiste and Foreign Affairs minister ... and by the men and women who fought and campaigned for the establishment of Dail Eireann,” he said. In a sign of the ...

The Dail is to reconvene after a chaotic row over how speaking time should be allocated to the government-affiliated independents.

The Irish parliament is to reconvene a day after a chaotic row over how speaking time should be allocated to government-affiliated independents. A meeting of opposition party leaders is expected to be ...

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

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