Now retired after more than four decades in politics, there’s not too much that former Labour Party leader Brendan Howlin hasn’t seen. Indeed it was while the Wexford man was Leas Ceann Comhairle in ...

The anticipated announcement of tariffs by the Trump administration on Wednesday will put the rows over speaking rights for independents and changes to the Dáil’s standing orders in perspective. They ...

To nobody’s great surprise, Verona Murphy comfortably survived this evening’s motion of confidence in the Dáil, the first such vote in the history of the chamber. While the words exchanged during the ...

Verona Murphy made history by becoming the first female Ceann Comhairle – and she will do so again today by becoming the first person in the position to face a no-confidence motion. It comes after ...

CEANN Comhairle Verona Murphy was targeted by a Chinese influence operation, it emerged today. Then-Garda Commissioner Drew Harris delivered a rare security briefing in person to the Wexford TD last ...

VERONA Murphy has requested that Mary Lou McDonald takes down a photo that shows her posing with Sinn Fein’s new bill. The Ceann Comhairle’s office confirmed that Sinn Fein “acceded that request” to ...

Ceann Comhairle was hosting a meeting in Rosslare regarding a controversial hotel site which had been intended for an IPAS centre, telling the crowd: ‘We all know that I no longer need a vote to be ...

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