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 ...

This is the “adult in the room” persona that Martin employed to good effect during the election campaign – but with added ...

Spare a thought for the Coalition’s overdue triplets, still crawling towards the brightness of the ministerial day while ...

RTÉ bosses were completely blindsided by presenter Evanne Ní Chuilinn's decision to quit the broadcaster and jump over to politics.

Politicians focused on Storm Eowyn, Donald Trump and the housing crisis as the Irish parliament returned to normality after a disruptive row over speaking time. The opposition – who won the ...

The opposition – who won the bitter dispute after the Speaker of the Dail weighed in – criticised ... Independent Group and two Kerry brothers Michael and Danny Healy-Rae – five are ...

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 ...