The upper house of Oireachtas is located inside Leinster House, the same building as Dáil Eireann Counting is continuing for nominees to Seanad Éireann (the upper house of the Irish parliament).

Conway resigned from the Fine Gael parliamentary party on Sunday following his arrest for public intoxication.

The Dáil returns today for a new term after an intense 12-week period which included a general election, Government formation talks, the election of a new Taoiseach and an almighty row on ...

POLITICIANS have been sent a report on bad language following an embarrassing Dail spat between Mary Lou McDonald and Taoiseach Micheal Martin.

Former sports presenter Evanne Ní Chuilinn's the latest name to receive (and presumably reject) the 'celebrity politician' tag.

the Dáil Clerk Peter Finnegan and party whips Hildegarde Naughton (FG), Cormac Devlin (FF), Duncan Smith (Labour), Social Democrats stand-in leader Cian O’Callaghan; and other officials ...

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A significant ruling in the Dáil has decided that a bloc of independent politicians cannot form a technical group for the purposes of speaking rights. The row resulted in chaotic scenes in the ...

This week sees elections to Seanad Éireann, the Irish Senate, following elections to Dáil Éireann, the more powerful lower house of the Oireachtas or parliament. Unlike other elected upper ...

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 ...