The Irish parliament sitting to elect a new taoiseach has been suspended after a row erupts over speaking rights.

Currently, the Constitution recognises Irish as the State’s first official language and English as its second.

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

The Irish parliament is to reconvene a day after a chaotic row over how speaking time should be allocated to ...

Members of Sinn Fein – including leader Mary Lou McDonald, Pearse Doherty and chief whip Padraig Mac Lochlainn – continued to ...

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 ...

The election of a new taoiseach (Irish prime minister) has been delayed after a bitter row in the Dáil (lower house of parliament) forcing the suspension of proceedings. Opposition Teachtaí ...

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