Now, in a significant ruling, the Ceann Comhairle (Speaker) has decided that the ... fulfil their mandate and have speaking rights in Dáil Éireann. Government Chief Whip Mary Butler will hold ...

Irish opposition parties have been branded "childish" by the tánaiste (Irish deputy prime minister) after they announced protest action over a long-running row on speaking rights at the Irish ...

Now, in a significant ruling, the Ceann Comhairle (speaker) has decided that the ... fulfil their mandate and have speaking rights in Dáil Éireann. Government chief whip Mary Butler will hold ...

Barry Heneghan, the TD for Dublin Bay North, has confirmed he is to appear on Virgin Media’s Grá ar an Trá reality show on ...

The Opposition has responded with fury after the Government used its majority on the Dáil Reform Committee to push through proposals to change Dáil rules to allow Independent TDs who back the ...

It was suggested during Wednesday's controversy that the Ceann Comhairle (speaker of Dáil Éireann), Verona Murphy, may not have fully understood or heard what the taoiseach had said when he ...

TDs have spoken fondly of Sr Stanislaus 'Stan' Kennedy, who has Kerry roots but spent much of her career in Kilkenny ...

Because Dáil debates can become fairly rowdy ... scurrilous, scurrilous speaker, yahoo. It has also been ruled unparliamentary to say someone is dishonest, a smuggler, a black marketeer or ...

After spending a whirlwind eight days in Qatar at the GISS Summit to present their project on food waste, two Wexford students where whisked off to Dáil Eireann by invite of the Ceann Comhairle for an ...

You can check out at any time. More info Government TDs have been put on "quorum duty" in the Dáil Chamber amid opposition protests when there are not enough TDs present for debates. Dáil rules ...