Government expects more than ‘case by case’ support from Independent backbenchers - Taoiseach
Micheál Martin says it is his ‘understanding’ that TDs would contribute to ‘significant majority’
Regional Independent group
Group of regional independent TDs including Michael Lowry, Seán Canney Noel Grealish , Marian Harkin and Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran
The public may not care who gets to speak in the Dáil, but they do care about being taken for fools
Problem ultimately wasn’t about low-stakes speaking time or terrible political nous: it was over a proposal that utterly failed to pass the bulls**t test
Speaking time row: Michael Lowry calls for Government review of Ceann Comhairle decision
Verona Murphy rules Independent TDs cannot be viewed as members of the Opposition
Miriam Lord’s Week: ‘What hold does Michael Lowry have over them?’ - the question everyone is asking
No one can figure out why Micheál Martin and Simon Harris are going out on a limb despite his controversial past and divisive Dáil presence
Talks on Dáil speaking time row break up without agreement
Bitter row over speaking rights continues to disrupt Dáil business
The Irish Times view on junior ministers: little power and even less responsibility
The Government’s claim the increase to 23 juniors is necessary defies credulity
High Court permits Sinn Féin TD to pursue challenge to super junior minister appointments
The case taken by Pa Daly points to article 28 of the Constitution, which limits the number of government members to 15
Opposition calls on Government to ‘cut ties’ with Michael Lowry
Row over speaking rights in Dáil continues with Regional Independent Group claiming TD involved in programme for government can speak for Opposition
Angry Dáil scenes were partly the result of Sinn Féin’s determination to be a more aggressive Opposition
What we witnessed was the end of a consensus in which the big parties all agreed that parliament had to work. The feelings that erupted won’t dissipate quickly
‘This whole day is because of you’: how Michael Lowry and the Opposition clashed to create a day of Dáil chaos
Late-night wrangling produced a compromise over the Regional Independents - but whether it holds remains to be seen
Cabinet appointments criticised as only three women become Ministers
Dáil approves Micheál Martin's new Cabinet by a margin of 97 votes to 72
Chaos in the Dáil - as it happened: McDonald accuses Government of ‘incredible arrogance’ as Opposition says it will not back down over speaking demands
What was essentially a pro forma day has descended into a fiasco
Q&A: How did a row about speaking rights derail the election of a taoiseach?
What should have been a straightforward process to elect Micheál Martin taoiseach descended into chaos, with the Dáil adjourned
Dáil shenanigans over speaking rights may herald a new era of angry, scratchy politics
Government’s position clearly indefensible, but Opposition reaction, preventing election of new taoiseach, was disproportionate
No precedent to allow Regional Independent TDs become part of an ‘opposition’ group in Dáil
Government-supporting Independents to speak from Dáil opposition benches during election of taoiseach
The Irish Times view on the new government: the politics of the nod and wink
The solemnity of the occasion contrasts with the unseemly manner in which ithas been assembled
Ireland’s next Cabinet: Who are the frontrunners and how do they rank?
Who is likely to end up where after the confabulations are done and dusted?
Rub your head for a new university in Kilgarvan - just don’t call it a ‘deal’
In the grey zones between deal and no deal, nothing will be written down for prying eyes to discover under FOI. We are back in the land of the unknown knowns
Fianna Fáil members overwhelmingly ratify programme for government
Micheál Martin stands over his criticism of Michael Lowry when the Moriarty tribunal’s report was published in 2011, and said what was revealed by the tribunal was ‘shocking’
Independent TD sought restoration of €32,000 travel allowance for junior ministers
Non-payment of cash in recent years has penalised office holders, says Galway East TD Seán Canney
Occupied Territories Bill to be replaced by new legislation, Tánaiste confirms
The contentious proposed law had outlined a ban on trade with Israeli firms operating in occupied Palestinian territory
‘I’d like to know what the rules are’: First Fine Gael meeting to ratify new government deal raises queries about opposition speaking time
Former minister Nora Owen pointed out there is precedent for non-ministerial members of the Regional Independents Group sitting on the opposition benches in the Dáil
Bashed tables, dad dancing and pizza: how the deal for a new government was done
The bulk of the six-week negotiations happened between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil, but the Regional Independent Group played a vital role in forming the new government
What Michael Lowry’s constituents really think of him
In the independent TD’s Thurles political heartland some say they don’t believe the findings against him, others feel he made forgivable mistakes that are now in the past, and some subscribe to both theories at once
The Irish Times view on the Programme for Government: the fallacy of common sense
The next government it seems, will be uninterested in structural reform
The numbers game: ministers, junior ministers and technical groups as the next government beds in
Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan
Who are the Independents supporting new FF-FG coalition and what do they want in return?
Arrangements underpinning the support of Independents seem to be based on constructive ambiguity
Programme for government pledges cheaper childcare, 300,000 new homes and a ‘Year of the Invitation’
New plan to replace Housing For All and more public sector investment in infrastructure part of coalition’s deal
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