Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) Micheál Martin and Tánaiste (deputy prime minister) Simon Harris have selected a majority of ...

There was a fantastic sense of community pride on show when the founding committee members of Arklow’s indoor swimming pool ...

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 ...

Now, in a significant ruling, the Ceann Comhairle (speaker) has decided that the TDs in the specific independent bloc, known ...

Storm Lowry landed early in Dáil Éireann. And there was a complete ... some lunch and then select his ministers. The new cabinet members would be in place by teatime. Instead the timetable ...

Those TDs (members of parliament ... by the people could fulfil their mandate and have speaking rights in Dáil Éireann. Government chief whip Mary Butler will hold further discussions with ...

Micheál Martin will have to wait another day to become Taoiseach again after the first sitting of the new Dáil Éireann descended ... rights in the Dáil as members of the Opposition.

The Seanad sits Leinster House in Dublin, the same building as Dáil Eireann (lower house). It holds 60 members, 11of them are nominated by the taoiseach (Irish prime minister) and 49 are elected.

A member of the Dáil currently earns a salary of €113,679 a year - almost three times the average Irish industrial wage of €44,000. The 2 per cent increase from March is worth €2,273 before ...