The four remaining Independent TDs, former Minister Michael Lowry, Barry Heneghan, Gillian Toole and Danny Healy-Rae, were ...

The real “opposition” were fuming and it culminated in a pile on last Wednesday which scuppered the election of Micheál Martin as Taoiseach and required late night negotiations and a climbdown from ...

(AP Photo/Peter Morrison) Irish independent politician who has served as a Teachta Dala, Michael Lowry, speaks to journalists ahead of the election of Fianna Fail’s Micheal Martin in Dublin, Wednesday ...

Gardaí investigating the death of a man in Bray, Co Wicklow, have launched a murder inquiry. A postmortem was carried out on 36-year-old William Moorhouse by State pathologist Dr Sally Anne Collis on ...

The Palestinian health ministry said nearly 40 more have been injured. Teachta Carthy, who is also the Sinn Féin spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, said that "it is the inaction of governments" that ...

Irish independent politician who has served as a Teachta Dala, Michael Lowry, speaks to journalists ahead of the election of Fianna Fail's Micheal Martin in Dublin, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025.( ...

DUBLIN (AP) — Irish lawmakers met Wednesday to appoint a new prime minister, but quickly abandoned the attempt amid bitter wrangling over parliamentary procedure. The chaotic scenes mean the ...

DUBLIN (AP) — Irish lawmakers met Wednesday to appoint a new prime minister, but quickly abandoned the attempt amid bitter wrangling over parliamentary procedure. The chaotic scenes mean the expected ...

As the name suggests, the regional independents are a group of seven independent Teachtaí Dála (TDs) - five men and two women - who hail from more rural areas. Many have been in Dáil for years.