A senior republican considered one of Gerry Adams’ closest advisors during the peace process and “instrumental” in the rise ...

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

Micheál Martin, who was poised to be elected as Ireland's new Taoiseach today, slammed the chaotic Dáil proceedings as a ...

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

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

A Sinn Féin councillor has quit the party and is putting “family loyalty first” after her husband, outgoing Senator Paul Gavan, pulled out of the race to be re-elected as a Senator. Limerick Cllr ...

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 ...

The election of a new taoiseach has been delayed after a bitter row in the Dáil (Irish parliament) forcing the suspension of ...

EX-SINN Fein leader Gerry Adams is in line for compensation — after Labour lifted a ban on Troubles damages. The former ...

A vote due on Wednesday in the Irish parliament to elect a new prime minister was delayed by a day after opposition protests ...

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin, who was supposed to become Taoiseach, called the scenes in the Dail a “subversion of the ...

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 ...