The next national election ... minister after parliament's Easter break. Fine Gael has suffered a series of resounding electoral defeats of late, while 11 of the party's members of parliament ...

Mary Lou McDonald of the nationalist Sinn Féin party. That’s because, usually, she can’t understand him until he switches to English. It’s become a greater advantage for Martin in Ireland’s new ...

The issue, sparked in January when Ireland's newly-formed coalition government attempted ... Pairing is a process where a parliament member of a party abstains from a vote if the member of an ...