The final count of the Seanad has been completed, with 20 women among 49 Senators elected.

Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have rejected suggestions that the Coalition leaders have failed when it comes to ensuring gender ...

A number of TDs who lost their seats in the last election put their name forward for the Seanad election this year.

Former junior minister Anne Rabbitte has missed out today in her Senate bid, which leaves her hoping for a Taoiseach’s ...

Jerry Buttimer expected to be appointed Minister of State with Robert Troy also to make a ministerial comeback ...

Deal or no deal? Depends who you ask, really. The history of Independents in, or supporting, government is a long one, but there is some distance from the days when Independents would openly ...

AN agreement has been reached between Fianna Fail, Fine Gael and Independent TDs with a five-year plan for the country. A new programme for government is set to be put to the parliamentary parties ...

Micheál Martin (a day later than scheduled because of some stormy weather in the Dáil) the man who many pundits once ...

€200 childcare cap, free GP visits for kids & energy drink ban vow in Programme for Govt as FF/FG ditch election pledges Micheal Martin will be voted in as Taoiseach next Wednesday Adam Higgins ...

Historian and political commentator Brian Feeney has been a columnist with The Irish News for three decades. He is a former ...