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No new Taoiseach today after chaos forces suspension of first sitting of new Dáil Micheál Martin, who was poised to be elected as Ireland's new Taoiseach today, slammed the chaotic Dáil ...
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 ...
Sir, – What is going on in the Dáil these days? We have a TD who is unable to use a swing without adult supervision, a TD that cannot find her way back to her correct seat, and a TD that get ...
Independent Wexford TD Verona Murphy is the newly-elected Ceann Comhairle (speaker) of Dáil Éireann, the first woman to ever hold the role. In her speech on Wednesday, at the first sitting of ...
The First Dáil (An Chéad Dáil) was Dáil Éireann as it convened from 1919–1921.
With the Republican members conspicuous by their absence (they refused to take an oath of allegiance to George V and therefore cannot sit), the new Dail Eireann (Irish Chamber of Deputies) met for ...
In the dark of an Irish moon, last week, "soldiers" of the irregular "Irish Republican (Sinn Fein) Army" cut with a twang many a telegraph wire and thereafter indulged in ugly ...
Counting is continuing for nominees to Seanad Éireann (the upper house of the Irish parliament). Sinn Féin Minister Conor Murphy was elected after announcing his intention to run and quit ...
The first meeting of Dáil Éireann took place in the Round Room of the Mansion House on 21 January 1919.
Independent Wexford TD Verona Murphy is the newly-elected Ceann Comhairle (speaker) of Dáil Éireann, the first woman to ever hold the role. In her speech on Wednesday, at the first sitting of ...