Simon Harris takes Foreign Affairs, while Helen McEntee moves to Education, making way for Jim O’Callaghan at Justice ...

A short time ago some news that has taken many back sees Belfast's blood and guts boxing warrior Michael Conlan back.

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Irish lawmakers have voted to make veteran politician Micheál Martin prime minister for a second time, leading a coalition ...

Irish lawmakers have voted to make veteran politician Micheál Martin prime minister for a second time at the helm of a coalition government ...

Sinn Fein's Padraig Mac Lochlainn had called for the Dail to be suspended for an urgent meeting of the Business Committee ...

The Irish parliament has been suspended twice amid a row over speaking time rights afforded to independent politicians who were part of a negotiating team in the Government formation talks.

Politics, at its core, is all about survival and few can argue that Micheál Martin is anything other than a survivor.

Here was Fianna Fáil back again as the largest party in government after looking to be on the verge of oblivion 15 years ago.

With a new government comes a new raft of new ministers, and since the Green Party has left the field, more positions are up ...

Plus: Defence Forces spending on Pilates sounds like a bit of a stretch, Michael McGrath discusses European master plan in ...

With a new government comes a new raft of new ministers, and since the Green Party has left the field, more positions are up ...