First there was Donald Trump, then there was Michael D, then there was Mariann Budde, then there was the ignominious circus ...

A spokesman for Tánaiste Simon Harris said that Fine Gael had 10 women out of 38 TDs elected, and 40 per cent – four women – ...

Women junior Ministers were placed in the front row at the Leinster House photocall but it fooled no one, as just six of the 23 appointees are women ...

Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have rejected suggestions that the Coalition leaders have failed when it comes to ensuring gender ...

No senior Minster and Taoiseach Micheál Martin drops Seán Fleming as junior minister with Offaly also out in the cold ...

On the Fianna Fáil side, Niamh Smyth is expected to be appointed as a Minister of State in the Department of Enterprise, ...

Last week’s chaotic scenes demonstrated that there is an opportunity for Opposition parties to come together and win public ...

The new ministers of state have been announced after a Cabinet meeting. The appointment of the 23 ministers of state is an ...

Nine years ago Ms Butler and Taoiseach Micheál Martin stood outside UHW bearing the now infamous sign that ”FF would deliver 24/7 cardiology to Waterford”. Last week the HSE finally announced that for ...

Waterford has been reacting to the appointment of Fianna Fáil Deputy Mary Butler to the position of Government Chief Whip and ...

A ‘gentleman’s agreement’ brokered by the Clerk of the Dáil aimed at resolving this week’s unprecedented impasse – and sealed ...

Labour leader Ivana Bacik said there were the same number of Ministers with the name James as there were women ...