A QUICK-witted TD delivered a sharp quip after all power went out in the Dail during a debate on the cost of living and rising supermarket prices, saying: “Have you paid the electricity bill Minister?

Micheál Martin has made several surprise appointments and demotions in his first act as Taoiseach. He was nominated by his fellow TDs on Thursday afternoon on a score of 95 in favour to 76 against. It ...

The first sitting of the 34th Dáil is underway. Follow updates here. Update 6.35pm: The Dáil has voted on when to return following the Christmas break with the proposed date set for January 22.

The Dáil was suspended for a total of 25 minutes tonight after a Fine Gael TD refused to leave the chamber after being suspended for gross disorder. Tue, 22 Nov, 2005 - 17:41 The Dáil was suspended ...

"Have you paid the electricity bill, minister," came the pointed quip from Social Democrats TD Jennifer Whitmore in a Dáil chamber unexpectedly thrown into darkness on Wednesday morning. A power ...

In yesterday’s Dáil chamber, Sinn Fein deputy leader Mary Lou McDonald recited a whistleblower’s allegations of tax evasion by senior politicians, seven of whom whom she listed by name. The ...

Opposition leaders have voiced no confidence in the speaker of Ireland’s parliament. The move against Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy came following a meeting of the leaders of the main opposition ...

Gloomily the delegates trooped down the green and yellow carpet of Dublin’s Leinster House and into the dimly lit Dail Chamber. “Like mourners,” cracked a newsman, “heavy with the wake’s hangover, for ...

An Irish politician was accused of “disgraceful racism” after raising questions about money being sent home by immigrants in the national parliament on Wednesday afternoon. There were tense scenes in ...

Years ago, I used to watch this late-night programme on television called Oireachtas Report. Yerra, it was the greatest show of all time. It came on just before bedtime and was directly from the Dáil ...