The Irish parliament has failed to nominate a new ... Government Chief Whip Hildegarde Naughton addressed the chamber after 4.25pm and said the nomination process should proceed.

Irish Parliament Delays Vote for Prime Minister ... The speaker of the lower house of parliament suspended the chamber on four separate occasions before adjourning it until 0900 GMT on Thursday ...

The Irish parliament has been suspended twice amid ... after returning about 20 minutes later, the chamber was again interrupted by angry scenes. Ms Murphy suspended proceedings for a second ...

The veteran Sinn Fein politician is leaving his job as Stormont economy minister to take on a new role in the upper chamber ...

“The Ireland-America relationship is one that benefits us both and will emerge strongly no matter what,” Martin told the packed chamber of parliament. Although Ireland’s November election ...

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 ...

The first visually impaired politician to serve in Ireland's parliament has resigned from his party after being arrested ...

The speaker of the lower house of parliament suspended the chamber on four separate occasions ... "What we witnessed today was the subversion of the Irish constitution ... This has never happened ...

However, a dispute over whether some of those independents would be allocated opposition speaking time ended Wednesday’s proceedings without a new Irish premier ... the chamber after 4.25pm ...