Election 2016

It was, as the Duke of Wellington reflected after his victory at the Battle of Waterloo, a damn close run thing. The Iron Duke’s Dublin residence sta(...)

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Enda Kenny adresses the house after being voted in by 59 to 49 as Taoiseach the first Fine Gael leader to be appointed for a 2nd term, he said he woul(...)

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After tense last minute negotiations with the Independent Alliance, Fine Gael are in Government for the 32nd Dáil. Pat Leahy reports.

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The Labour party will be voting against Enda Kenny’s nomination as taoiseach, says Joan Burton. She attacks Fianna Fail for its position on water char(...)

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The negotiations to form the 32nd Dáil have been the longest in the history of the state. Successful on the fourth count, Enda Kenny becomes the only (...)

Is it going to happen today, finally? The vote for the nomination of taoiseach (the fourth vote) is scheduled for 12pm. Will it finally happen? Well (...)

Enda Kenny has shuffled his ministerial pack and appointed a number of TDs as Ministers for the first time in his Fine Gael-Independent minority gover(...)

After a tortuous negotiation, Fine Gael seems finally to be on the cusp of a deal to take command of a minority administration backed by Independents (...)

The six members of the Independent Alliance and up to three TDs in the rural alliances are set to support a Fine Gael-led minority government. A tent(...)

The resources available to the next government may be significantly curtailed because of a European agency move that could put projects developed thro(...)