A native of Turner’s Cross on Cork’s southside, Micheál Martin (64) was first elected to Dail Éireann for Cork South Central at his second attempt in 1989, four years after he won a seat on ...

The front-row government Dáil seats have been assigned to “female and good-looking male” Fianna Fáil TDs, their party colleagues have remarked. TDs were assigned their seats in recent weeks ...

Irish opposition parties have been branded "childish" by the tánaiste (Irish deputy prime minister) after they announced ...

Another effort will be made today to solve the speaking row in the Dáil. The Dáil Reform Committee will meet later for a showdown between Opposition and Government on how Michael Lowry and his ...

Labour and the Social Democrats have both suggested a variety of other measures to modernise and streamline Dail business, including replacing the daily Dail prayer with a period of silent reflection.

Martin's Fianna Fáil party won the most seats in November's general election but not enough to form a government on their own. It entered a coalition with Fine Gael and several independents to ...