Micheal Martin has said he is “thankful” to his supporters after he received the backing of the Irish parliament to be nominated as the country’s next premier. Parliamentarians voted 95 to ...

In that event, he will then travel across Dublin to Áras an Uachtaráin, the official residence of the President, where Michael D Higgins will sign the warrant of appointment and hand Mr Martin ...

Ireland’s parliament elected Foreign Minister Micheal Martin the country’s new taoiseach, or prime minister, on Thursday. Martin, the leader of Fianna Fail, has been elected taoiseach for the ...

Micheál Martin told the Irish Examiner he will establish ... Admits the Government “didn’t see it coming” and was blindsided by Michael Lowry’s regional group seeking opposition speaking ...

It should be obvious that the Government needs Micheál Martin’s upright image much more than it needs Michael Lowry’s downright conceit. Unless, that is, you have made yourself very good at ...

Micheál Martin has admitted that the Government was blindsided by an attempt by Michael Lowry's regional group to seek opposition speaking time. The move to form a technical group, which has ...

Mr Martin was responding to a question on RTÉ radio about why the Dáil was in recess following Storm Éowyn Visitors walk under the gate of the former Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp in Poland.

President Michael D Higgins presents seals of office to new ministers alongside new Taoiseach Micheál Martin (Pic: RollingNews.ie) It led too to a lifelong ambition of Micheál Martin to become ...

Micheal Martin is poised to become Ireland’s next premier, as the country’s parliament meets to nominate a new taoiseach on Wednesday. Mr Martin’s Fianna Fail emerged as the largest party ...

Michael Lowry, the leader of the Regional Independent Group, was due to give a 10-minute speech during the election of Micheál Martin as Taoiseach, writes Philip Ryan. However, we will never ...

Micheál Martin stood by his past criticism of Michael Lowry as he defended negotiating the programme for government with the controversial Independent TD. Mr Martin once called on Tipperary North ...