The Dáil 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 held ...

Fianna Fail leader Micheál Martin has been elected taoiseach (Irish prime minister) for the second time after chaos in the Dáil (lower house of Irish Parliament) subsided. The Dáil was ...

Coalition and opposition leaders are due to meet at 8.30am at Government Buildings to try and overcome the issues which led to the Dáil being suspended. It is understood that a text has been ...

“We hear a lot about mandates. Respect my mandate. There’s only one leader who spoke today in Dail Eireann by the way, the Sinn Fein leader, neither the leader of Fianna Fail nor the leader of ...

“This is the first time, I think, in over 100 years, that the Dail has failed to elect a government, to fulfil its constitutional obligation.” Simon Harris said the failure to nominate a new ...

The Irish parliament has failed to nominate a new taoiseach, following a row on speaking time. Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin had been poised to become the next taoiseach after agreeing a ...

Dáil rules state that a number of TDs can come together to get similar speaking rights and Dail time to those afforded to political parties. READ ALSO: CONFIRMED: Schools to close on Friday as Ireland ...

The Dáil failed to nominate a new taoiseach on Wednesday following a row on speaking time. Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin had been poised to become the next taoiseach after agreeing a ...

Independent TD Michael Lowry arrives at Leinster House, Dublin, on Wednesday, where the Dáil is set to resume and vote on the nomination of Micheal Martin as taoiseach. Wed, 22 Jan, 2025 - 14: ...

The Dáil has been suspended three times amid bitter rows over a two week Dáil break and speaking rights for opposition TDs. Today, the Dáil meets for the second time since the election for ...

Chaotic scenes descended in the Dail on Wednesday as TDs clashed over a decision to allow members of the Regional Independents Group to keep their speaking time as part of opposition technical groups.