Lawmakers in the Republic of Ireland have abandoned an effort to appoint a new prime minister amid bitter wrangling over parliamentary procedure. The chaotic scenes in the parliament on Wednesday ...

Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) Micheál Martin has insisted that housing is the "number one issue" for the Irish government.

Ireland, like countries such as the UK and the USA, uses a bicameral (two-chamber) system of parliament. The Seanad and the Dáil (lower house) make up this two-chamber system in Ireland.

The Irish Parliament had convened on Wednesday to nominate ... Sinn Fein president Mary Lou McDonald arrives at Leinster House (Brian Lawless/PA) PA Wire However, the outcome of the Government ...

The final elected seats to the Irish parliament’s upper house have been filled following a marathon counting ... Counting for ...

The return to the usual Dail business comes two weeks after the opposition disrupted the nomination of Mr Martin as Taoiseach ...

Conservative former minister Damian Hinds told MPs the number of houses expected to be built in his constituency of East ...

Parliament to ... week between the country's two large centre-right parties and a group of independent lawmakers after a Nov. 29 election. The speaker of the lower house of parliament suspended ...

The new committee is tasked with recommending ways of providing ‘decent, sustainable and affordable’ housing in the EU.

With thanks to the Parliament Act in 1911 ... was to finally deliver on Home Rule for Ireland. The Bill was successfully passed through the two houses at the beginning of 1913 because of the ...

The election of a new taoiseach (Irish prime minister) has been delayed after a bitter row in the Dáil (lower house of parliament) forcing the suspension of proceedings. Opposition Teachtaí ...