Martin will lead a coalition government made up of the two largest centre-right parties, in addition to independent lawmakers. His nomination was delayed by a day after the initial vote to elect ...

DUBLIN — Irish lawmakers voted Thursday to make veteran politician Micheál Martin prime minister for a second time, leading a coalition government. Members of the lower house of parliament, the ...

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 ...

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 ...

DUBLIN — Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has been elected Ireland’s prime minister after a two-day tussle with opposition chiefs — but the unprecedented ordeal has underscored a sense that his new ...

Outside the Radisson Hotel in Dublin there was the now-ubiquitous group of pro-Palestine protestors chanting. They were few in number but noisy. Why they were there is unclear as the previous ...

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 ...

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 ...

Micheál Martin officially became Ireland’s taoiseach a day late after a chaotic row led to the Irish parliament being suspended. Efforts to formally name Mr Martin were abandoned amid uproar ...

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 ...

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Micheál Martin was elected Irish prime minister for the second time by a coalition of the two large centre-right parties and independents on Thursday, underlining a main task ...