These 32,000 properties could house all the families in emergency accommodation 15 times over, Social Democrats’ housing spokesman Rory Hearne told the Irish Mirror ...

Mr Martin was nominated by Albert Dolan, Fianna Fail’s youngest TD and seconded by Dublin South Central TD Catherine Ardagh. Outgoing Taoiseach and Fine Gael leader Simon Harris also spoke ...

However, several senior figures in Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have said the Government should have a clear majority without a ...

More women will be appointed as junior ministers today after a backlash over gender imbalance in the new Cabinet.

Catherine Ardagh and Aisling Dempsey ... Taoiseach Micheál Martin did not promote a female TD to a senior cabinet position, with Mary Butler taking over as Chief Whip despite expectations that ...

Fine Gael TD Patrick O'Donovan has been appointed as Minister for Arts, Culture, Communications, Media and Sport following the formal ratification of the Programme for Government by the Cabinet, after ...

Mr Martin will then be seconded by Dublin South Central TD Catherine Ardagh, who took back a Fianna Fáil seat in the constituency for the first time since 2011. While other parties will be able ...

Sport and Media role vacated by the unelected former Green TD Catherine Martin. All of this, it should be emphasised, comes with a significant health warning: Cabinet positions are never ...

While other parties will be able to nominate candidates for the taoiseach’s office, only Mr Martin will have the required votes to get over the line ...

An experienced, energetic, and vocal politician, Patrick O'Donovan heads into his new ministerial role on the back of a poll-topping 2024 General Election campaign.

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