Five Opposition party leaders are demanding that the Ceann Comhairle ensures that only Opposition TDs can participate in the Dáil's Leaders' Questions and Priority Questions. Members of the ...

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Solidarity-PBP TD Paul Murphy has accused Taoiseach Micheál Martin of an "authoritarian manoeuvre", concerning the dispute over speaking rights in the Dáil. The row centres on speaking rights ...

Children from five Gaelscoileanna based in south Dublin gathered at the gates of Leinster House on Wednesday to protest over the lack of progress on the provision of an Irish-medium secondary ...

Government legislation to increase the number of Ministers of State and super juniors has been condemned as a “jobs for the boys” Bill that would cost at least €500,000 a year for each new ...

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

The party wants an ‘Irish Unity Week’ that would see ministers in the Stormont Executive address the Dail. It called for “a week-long dedicated Dáil sitting in the North” at the beginning ...

Another effort will be made today to solve the speaking row in the Dáil. The Dáil Reform Committee will meet later for a showdown between Opposition and Government on how Michael Lowry and his ...

Because Dáil debates can become fairly rowdy, there's been plenty of occasion for chairs to rule a word out of order Simon Harris, Micheál Martin and Jack Chambers, in the Dail chamber.

“We are now writing to the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste to seek an urgent meeting with them on these matters to ensure that they honour their word as set out in the Dail.” ...