Proposed legislation to reform Ireland’s defamation laws is among Bills set to be revived by the Government for progression in the new Dáil. Taoiseach Micheál Martin briefed the Cabinet on ...

Opposition leaders have signalled they will not accept any solution to the ongoing speaking rights row that would see Michael Lowry’s Independent group allocated Leaders’ Questions time in the ...

Tipperary TD Michael Lowry, a lead negotiator for the independents, said he accepted Ms Murphy’s decision but added that Dail reform was needed to recognise independents who are supportive of ...

A significant ruling in the Dáil has decided that a bloc of independent politicians cannot form a technical group for the purposes of speaking rights. The row resulted in chaotic scenes in the ...

The opposition – who won the bitter dispute after the Speaker of the Dail weighed in – criticised the Government over house-building claims and its efforts to restore power to 700,000 ...

A row that disrupted parliamentary procedures to elect an Irish premier has been resolved after an intervention from the speaker of the Dail chamber. A Government spokesperson said they accepted ...

Ms Conway-Walsh told the Dail on Wednesday: “I was on Midwest Radio this morning and I said I have been frightened all week that something was going to happen, that somebody was going to die as ...

The speaker of the Dail parliament, Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy, said that independents who had been involved in government formation talks should not be given opposition speaking time.

Normal governmental business is expected to resume on Wednesday after a row over speaking time for government-affiliated independents appeared to be resolved. The speaker of the Dáil, Ceann ...

Independent TDs Michael Lowry and Barry Heneghan in the Dail chamber (Maxwells) Normal parliamentary business is expected to resume on Wednesday after a row over speaking time for government ...