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The Irish parliament will resume on Wednesday with Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin set to return as taoiseach for a second time. The 35th Dáil (Irish parliament) will see Mr Martin elected as taoiseach (prime minister),

Mr Martin’s Fianna Fail emerged as the largest party following the Irish general election at the end of November.

Micheal Martin said there had been a "subversion of the constitution" when unruly scenes saw the Dail suspended four times and the vote for his new government ultimately pushed back a day

In his acceptance speech in the Dáil, the Fianna Fáil leader said it was a “profound honour to be nominated to serve as head of the government in a free, democratic and diverse republic”.

Micheál Martin returns to the post of Taoiseach after being nominated and winning the vote in Ireland's Dáil Éireann.

Micheal Martin nominated as next taoiseach - Mr Martin will formally become Ireland’s new premier during a ceremony with President Michael D Higgins.

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 have largely been deployed to Cavan,

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The Dáil will resume today in a bid to appoint a Taoiseach after an unprecedented day of chaos which prevented Micheál Martin from being elected government leader.Mr Martin described the unruly behaviour over five and a half hours,

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