In a letter to then-Minister of Foreign Affairs Brian Cowen ... this, Irish nationals continue to be excluded by the direct rule administration.” In the letter, he told Cowen: “The reality ...

Some of this goes back to remarks by former holder Brian Cowen that the Department ... Already, the Irish Medical Organisation has said that the new minister must deliver on funding for more ...

Irish Parliament Delays Vote for Prime Minister After Chaotic Sitting By Padraic Halpin DUBLIN (Reuters) -A vote due on Wednesday in the Irish parliament to elect a new prime minister was delayed ...

Lawmakers in the Republic of Ireland have abandoned an effort to appoint a new prime minister amid bitter wrangling ... of their historic ties with the Irish Republican Army (IRA) during decades ...

Micheal Martin has been elected as the Republic of Ireland’s prime minister for a second time. Lawmakers voted on Thursday 95 to 76 in support of the nomination of the Fianna Fail leader.

A vote due on Wednesday in the Irish parliament to elect a new prime minister was delayed by a day after opposition protests over speaking rights for independent lawmakers supporting the incoming ...