Independent Senator Michael McDowell has become the first candidate elected to Seanad Éireann (the upper house of the Irish ...

MARY Lou McDonald has defended not revamping Sinn Fein’s front bench as she boasted: “I will happily hitch my wagon to Pearse Doherty, Eoin O’Broin and David Cullinane.” Following major changes at ...

MLAs have backed a TUV motion which said a Northern Ireland Assembly report into salaries and expenses – prompted by the Michael McMonagle scandal – had ‘muddied the waters’ over rules for how public ...

A Sinn Féin TD has secured High Court permission to pursue his case alleging the appointment of “superjunior” ministers is “completely anti-democratic”.Ms Justice Mary Rose Gearty granted “leave”, ...

She added that his candidacy “underscores Sinn Féin’s commitment to representing ... when it holds the office of first minister and wants to prove its fitness for power in the Republic.

Fianna Fail leader Micheál Martin has been elected taoiseach (Irish prime minister) for the second time after chaos in the ...

Parliamentary fight shows Martin’s coalition could be vulnerable because of its dependence on independents. Sinn Féin is ...

The opposition strongly objected to the government-aligned independents being allocated speaking time usually reserved for ...

Stormont economy minister and veteran Sinn Féin politician Conor Murphy ... “That’s why I got into politics in the first instance, that’s what sustains me in politics and that’s work ...

The election of a new taoiseach has been delayed after a bitter row in the Dáil (Irish parliament) forcing the suspension of ...

Sinn Féin TD Mairéad Farrell has called on the government to clarify the issue of allowances for junior ministers and the speculation around the creation of more junior ministries. On top of the ...

Sinn Féin Stormont minister Conor Murphy to run for election to the Seanad Sinn Féin Stormont minister Conor Murphy to run for election to Seanad Éireann A Sinn Féin Stormont minister has ...