Another effort to resolve the increasingly bitter Dáil speaking rights controversy ended in disarray this week. Where to now?

The absence of entities like the Dáil Public Accounts Committee means political scrutiny of public bodies is not taking place ...

Ireland thus had the unusual distinction of having had a foreign policy and a diplomatic service before there was an internationally recognised independent Irish state. The origins of the modern ...

The new Minister for Agriculture with responsibility for forestry, Michael Healy-Rae, retains his standing as the the Dáil ...

We are not asking for special treatment, we are just asking that our children be treated the same as every other child in the ...

Things do need to change and right now the system isn’t fair,” said Cork Senator Nicole Ryan who has called for a reform of the Seanad. Speaking in Seanad Éireann recently Senator Ryan said the upper ...

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Dáil Éireann, highlighting the “urgent need for reforms in Ireland”. Sent on Tuesday, February 25, the document came a day ...

One in five of Ireland's TDs are also landlords, including Kerry Independent TD and Junior Minister Michael Healy-Rae.

A MEETING OF the Dáil’s Reform Committee is ongoing this evening as the Government and Opposition attempt to come to an ...

Labour and the Social Democrats have made a submission to the Dáil to scrap the pre-Dáil session prayer. Traditionally, a ...

A RANGE OF proposals to reform the Dáil have been put forward by Opposition TDs following last month’s row over speaking ...