Tánaiste Micheál Martin is coming under pressure to convince his parliamentary party to support Independent TD Verona Murphy’s candidacy for the prestigious ceann comhairle role in the new Dáil.But a ...

THE crisis-hit Social Democrats yesterday issued Fianna Fail and Fine Gael with  their “red lines” over Government formation.

Fianna Fáil TDs have already started speculating how many extra ministries their 10 seats over Fine Gael should secure if ...

Labour leader Ivana Bacik said they have not yet had a ‘substantive’ response to their policy priorities outlined during ...

Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael will begin full negotiation talks for forming the next Government today. The two parties' deputy ...

Tánaiste Micheál Martin is preparing to play hardball with Fine Gael over the post of rotating taoiseach and policies to be ...

Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have met to discuss Government formation, as well as separately meeting with the Social Democrats.

Helen McEntee's controversy-plagued tenure as Minister for Justice appears to be coming to an end as Fine Gael do not regard ...

Counting will resume later in the Irish General Election as focus intensifies on the potential make-up of the next coalition ...

The two parties that have dominated Irish politics for a century have fallen just short of the combined number of TDs ...

Ireland has proved a partial exception to the anti-incumbent mood in elections around the world. Fianna Fail and Fine Gael, ...

Results from Ireland's election suggest the two dominant center-right parties look likely to form a new government.