Counting is ongoing at Trinity College Dublin, where Independent senators Lynn Ruane and Tom Clonan have retained their seats.

The Irish Government has appointed 19 Ministers of State - or 'Junior Ministers' - in addition to last week's four 'Super Junior Ministers.' ...

The Government has defended itself against criticism after promised corrective action on gender balance failed to materialise ...

MICHAEL Healy-Rae celebrated his appointment as Minister by thumping the air outside Government buildings as Taoiseach ...

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

The new Minister of State said he "was never distracted by all of the speculation that was surrounding the appointment of Ministers of State." ...

The full list of appointments to junior and super-junior ministries was confirmed yesterday, with more TDs added to those ...

Meath East TD Thomas Byrne is returning to his role as Minister for European Affairs in today's announcement of ministers of ...

Cork North-West TD Michael Moynihan is likely to be named as Junior Minister for Education by Taoiseach Micheál Martin later this afternoon. Deputy Moynihan’s appointment is expected to be officially ...

Cork North-West TD Micheál Moynihan has been named as the Minister of State for Special Education and Inclusion at the ...

Dozens of electrical engineers from ­various countries have started arriving in Ireland to help exhausted ESB ­workers tackle the unprecedented damage to the national power grid. The foreign crews ...