The Tánaiste Simon Harris visited Belfast on Tuesday and tried to brush aside the only topic that matters, the constitutional future of the north. Like it or not, it’s the topic on which every election here is contested.

Fianna Fail leader Micheál Martin has been elected taoiseach (Irish prime minister) for the second time after chaos in the Dáil (lower house of Irish Parliament) subsided. The Dáil was suspended several times on Wednesday after a bitter row between government and opposition parties.

With a new government comes a new raft of new ministers, and since the Green Party has left the field, more positions are up for grabs now

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,

Senior Fine Gael sources also stressed that Simon Harris intends to make significant changes in the reshuffle in 2027

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Micheal Martin has named his Cabinet for the 34th Dáil. Here are the key players in top jobs in the new Government.

The Dail meets today for the nomination of Taoiseach - but won't sit again next week despite the formation of a new government

The Dáil will sit for the first time this year on Wednesday nominate a Taoiseach. Sinn Féin will nominate Mary Lou McDonald despite her not having enough support when she was proposed last month.

MICHAEL Healy-Rae celebrated his appointment as Minister by thumping the air outside Government buildings as Taoiseach Micheal Martin revealed his record breaking 23-strong junior team. The squad

Ireland's Micheál Martin was elected prime minister for the second time by a coalition of the country's two large centre-right parties and independents on Thursday, and set himself the task of warding off threats arising from Donald Trump's return as U.