Just four of the nineteen Junior Ministers approved by the Government this afternoon are women. Fianna Fail's Niamh Smyth and ...

Water supply is returning a large cohort of Uisce Éireann customers across County Mayo after power was restored to the Lough ...

The first-time TD was caught outside the chamber just before the vote was called, meaning that he was unable to return to cast his vote for Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin to become Taoiseach.

Fianna Fáil TD Jack Chambers is moving from finance to take up the role of Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Services, Reform and Digitalisation. Paschal Donohoe becomes ...

Minister of State for Trade Promotion, Digital, and Company Regulation Dara Calleary TD speaks to the media ahead of a Fianna Fail Enterprise Roundtable at Leinster House in Dublin (Brian Lawless ...

As Micheal Martin becomes Taoiseach again and Simon Harris prepares for the Foreign Affairs and Trade brief, here are some TDs who could be in line for a ministerial role. Jack Chambers, who was ...

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The argument prevented Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin being nominated as taoiseach. (left to right) Government chief whip Hildegarde Naughton TD, Fine Gael leader Simon Harris TD, and Fianna ...

Their father Jackie served as a Fianna Fáil councillor in Kerry from 1973 until 2003 - then when the party did not select him, he ran as an Independent TD. Michael joined his father on the ...

The row which led to lengthy delays in electing Ireland’s next taoiseach stemmed from a move by independent politicians to form a “technical group”, which would give them speaking rights from the ...