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 ...

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

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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 ...

Met Eireann currently has two weather warnings in place. A nationwide Status Yellow alert for snow and ice is in effect from noon today until noon tomorrow. It reads: "Wintry showers will bring ...

Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald says it is "hard to swallow" that Chris Andrews lost his Dail seat to suspended Social Democrat Eoin Hayes. Mr Hayes hit the headlines when it emerged he had ...

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The early hours of Friday morning are set to see temperatures plummet to as low as –5 as Met Éireann issued a Status Yellow snow/ice warning for the entire country and urged the public to be ...

A native of Blarney Street on Cork’s northside, he was elected to Dáil Éireann in 1981 and held the seat for Fine Gael for 30 years. Writing in the Irish Examiner, Fine Gael TD Colm Burke ...

CONTROVERSIAL Fine Gael rep John McGahon has announced he is quitting politics. Fine Gael rep John McGahon has announced he is quitting politics. In the days prior to the public going to the polls ...

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