There's a real edge to this row over Dáil speaking time which is both palpable, deep-seated and unusual. The Opposition is ...
A former tánaiste is being lined up as a Government-backed replacement for Michael D Higgins in the Áras. Government anxiety ...
Seán Rainford and Dr Jamie McLoughlin examine what the Constitution says about a president’s authority to speak out.
Galway West TD Catherine Connolly has broken her silence amid speculation that she might run for Áras an Uachtaráin this year ...
Spare a thought for the Coalition’s overdue triplets, still crawling towards the brightness of the ministerial day while their recently spawned siblings swan around the sunlit lowlands of minor office ...
The leaders of the new Irish coalition government have confirmed 11 nominees to Seanad Éireann (the upper house of the Irish parliament). The nominations follow last November's general election ...
For Ms Collins it is a case of third time lucky, having missed out on a council seat last summer and a Dail berth ... to Alice-Mary Higgins, the daughter of President Michael D Higgins who hails ...
of course we’re all into Dail reform. The reality is, given the definitive nature of this decision, there is no means and no way that Michael Lowry or any of the rest of them can have any of the ...
A REPEAT of last month’s Dail chaos has been avoided after Michael Lowry conceded defeat in his bid to act as opposition while also backing the government. Leaders from the real opposition ...
Tipperary TD Michael Lowry, a lead negotiator for the Independents, said he accepted Ms Murphy’s decision but added that Dáil reform was needed to recognise Independents who are supportive of ...
Four other independents — Michael Lowry, Gillian Toole, Barry Heneghan and Danny Healy-Rae — want to be part of a technical group, which would give them Dáil speaking slots during opposition ...