The Dáil was suspended on Wednesday during chaotic scenes in the chamber. Politicians had assembled to nominate Fianna Fáil ...

The country witnessed one of the most serious Dáil rows in recent history, that left the house deeply divided, politicians on ...

The Irish parliament is to reconvene a day after a chaotic row over how speaking time should be allocated to ...

Jude Webber refers to the fact that Ireland has yet to have a female taoiseach or prime minister (“‘Housewife of the Year’ challenges Ireland’s progressive self-image”, Outlook, January 21). It’s ...

Micheál Martin described the unruly behaviour over five and a half hours, during which the Dáil was suspended three times, as ...

Picture: Flickr Houses of Oireachtas Once upon a long ago, WB Yeats declared in an Irish institution, the Abbey Theatre, “You ...

The election of taoiseach (Irish prime minister) has been delayed after the Dáil (lower house of Irish parliament) was ...

Talks are under way at Leinster House to try and bridge the significant differences between the coalition and the opposition, which led to the Dáil being suspended and Micheál Martin not securing the ...

Ireland’s parliament yesterday failed to formally elect Micheal Martin as the new prime minister amid chaotic scenes after ...

MICHEAL Martin’s election as Taoiseach was derailed today following an explosive row in the Dail. The furious Fianna Fail ...

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

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