Martin was personally involved in the negotiations throughout his Belfast visit, and, after a lengthy delay, eventually appeared at the reception, as unruffled as ever, to confirm that the 79-year-old ...

Former SDLP leader Mark Durkan says there is a ‘John Hume-sized hole in the conversation’ surrounding the options for ...

The two-part Channel 4 drama stars Steve Coogan as Brian Walden and Harriet Walter as Margaret Thatcher and examines the ...

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 ...

Last month, Israel's foreign minister announced that the country's embassy in Dublin would close over "the extreme anti-Israel policies of the Irish government". Former Taoiseach (Irish prime ...

“Brian Cowen stands out as the monumental faux pas.” “I’m sure he [Cowen] did the best he could and I’m sure he’s a very nice gentleman, but as Minister for Finance and then Taoiseach ...

DUBLIN - Micheal Martin was elected Irish prime minister for the second time by a coalition of the country's two large centre-right parties and independent lawmakers on Thursday, a day later than ...

former prime minister Brian Mulroney. The Tories were crushed in the 1993 general election, losing all but two seats. Could we see a new record for shortest-serving prime minister after the ...

But his term as foreign affairs minister - which took place when Brian Cowen became taoiseach in the ... For so long seen as the biggest of big beasts in Irish politics, genuine talk from serious ...

A qualified teacher who was first elected to the Dáil in 1989, Mr Martin served in Government for 14 years under Bertie Ahern and Brian Cowen between ... as Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign ...

Micheál Martin officially became Ireland’s taoiseach a day late after a chaotic row led to the Irish parliament being suspended. Efforts to formally name Mr Martin were abandoned amid uproar ...