Sinn Féin’s economy minister in the Northern Ireland Assembly Conor Murphy was elected to the Seanad on the 24th and final ...

Sinn Féin’s Conor Murphy was elected to the Industrial and Commercial panel. Nominees are elected by the incoming TDs, ...

Micheál Martin returns to the post of Taoiseach after being nominated and winning the vote in Ireland's Dáil Éireann.

Bicameralism is not something you hear talked about much, but that is the parliamentary system we use in Ireland.

There are some Seanad “lifers” also running, senators who run exclusively for the Upper House. They include former ...

Dáil Éireann is the lower house and principal chamber of the Oireachtas, which also includes the president of Ireland and a senate called Seanad Éireann. It consists of 174 members, each known ...

Fianna Fail leader Micheál Martin has been elected taoiseach (Irish prime minister) for the second time after chaos in the ...

In the December 1918 general election, the Sinn Féin party won 73 of the 105 Westminster seats allocated to Ireland ... ancient nations in Europe’ and different to England by virtue of its ...

Breaking: The Dáil has been suspended for 15 minutes after the tumultuous row descended into chaos, just 26 minutes in to the ...

Ballina-based councillor Mark Duffy has won election to Seanad Éireann. Cllr Duffy was one of three Fine Gael candidates to win seats from the 11-seat Labour Panel. He was elected on the 13th count ...

The Dail has resumed to elect a Taoiseach - after extensive meetings between political party leaders this morning. It was to ...