It has been suggested Micheál Martin will appoint Ian Marshall to counteract Sinn Féin’s candidate Conor Murphy, who the party has put forward to represent Northern nationalists

Roscommon woman Rachel Connolly told Taoiseach Micheál Martin that the plans ahead of last week's Storm Éowyn "didn't work."

Fianna Fail leader Micheál Martin has been elected taoiseach (Irish prime minister) for the second time after chaos in the Dáil (lower house of Irish Parliament) subsided. The Dáil was suspended several times on Wednesday after a bitter row between government and opposition parties.

MICHAEL Healy-Rae celebrated his appointment as Minister by thumping the air outside Government buildings as Taoiseach Micheal Martin revealed his record breaking 23-strong junior team. The squad

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has denied that there was any deal with Michael Lowry during government formation talks to guarantee opposition speaking time to a group of regional independent TDs. Mr Lowry, Barry Heneghan, Gillian Toole and Danny Healy-Rae were involved in negotiating the programme for government but did not get ministerial jobs.

Micheal Martin has been confronted by people frustrated with ongoing and often faltering efforts to get the country back up and running after Storm Eowyn.

A resident of Roscommon told him the grid system is “failing” and that the State should pay for rural homes to set up their own power supply.

Taoiseach Micheal Martin has warned members of the Oireachtas to be on their guard - in case foreign spies try to recruit them.

The election of taoiseach (Irish prime minister) has been delayed after the Dáil (lower house of Irish parliament) was suspended amid chaotic scenes in the chamber. Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin said the delay has been "premeditated, coordinated and a choreographed" position by the opposition and in particular Sinn Féin.

Former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has been named a "Hauser Leader" at the Harvard Kennedy School Center for Public Leadership in Cambridge this spring.

THE new Ceann Comhairle has ruled that the Regional Technical Group of Independent TDs will not be granted permission to sit in opposition benches. The move comes after chaos broke out in the Dail

The election of a new taoiseach has been delayed after a bitter row in the Dáil (Irish parliament) forcing the suspension of proceedings. The Irish parliament returned to nominate Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin as the new taoiseach (prime minister) before he is formally appointed to the office by President Michael D Higgins.