Taoiseach Enda Kenny said this morning that Ministers and TDs are tired ahead of their summer break.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has today said that he is hopeful that a deal on Ireland's banking debt will be agreed soon.

Ireland's strengthened left-wing bloc opposed Enda Kenny's election as Taoiseach today, denouncing the coalition's plans to inflict more austerity.

The process of nominating Enda Kenny as the country's 12th Taoiseach was underway this lunchtime with the Fine Gael leader receiving some unexpected backing, and some predicted opposition.

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has said that his party will not oppose the nomination of Enda Kenny as Taoiseach, breaking the tradition of the opposition backing their own candidate.

The leader of Fianna Fáil Micheal Martin has said he is "absolutely amazed" by Enda Kenny's reluctance to take part in a political debate chaired by Vincent Browne.

Fine Gael Leader Enda Kenny TD has paid tribute to Sean Loftus who passed away today at the age of 82.

Richard Bruton this evening made an eleventh hour appeal to Enda Kenny not to go ahead with tomorrow's vote of confidence, and instead to step down as Fine Gael leader.

Green Party leader John Gormley today said he expects Enda Kenny to continue as leader of Fine Gael saying Deputy Kenny has come out fighting.

A member of the Fine Gael front bench has called on the party's deputy leader Richard Bruton to pull back from the brink of a challenge to Enda Kenny's leadership.

Taoiseach Brian Cowen has accused Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny of trying to "personally smear" him, and of revising the history of how the economic crisis developed.

Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny has accused the Minister for Justice of being 'unfit for office'.

Taoiseach Brian Cowen tonight accused Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny of launching a no confidence motion in Willie O’Dea to prove he was up to being party chief.

Fine Gael's deputy leader has admitted he'd like to lead Fine Gael, but says he remains "absolutely loyal" to Enda Kenny.

The Fine Gael front bench has today fully endorsed Enda Kenny as party leader.

IRELAND is “the first in and last out of recession” the Labour Party claimed as figures showed almost 6,000 people joined the Live Register in January – the biggest rise since August.

THE hair standing up on the top of his head is not the only similarity Green TD Paul Gogarty shares with the most famous of his Dublin mid-west constituents, Jedward.

The Government is allowing women to die of cervical cancer because it cannot find €10m to roll out a vaccine programme, it was claimed today.

The Opposition has attacked the Government over the state of the economy in Leaders’ Questions in the Dáil.

The Government needs to get serious about tackling Ireland's wave of gun crime, according to Enda Kenny.

BERTIE AHERN last night dismissed claims he has a secret deal with the Greens to quit as Taoiseach if the Mahon corruption probe finds he took “bribes”.

FINE Gael leader Enda Kenny last night accused Fianna Fáil of using Government resources to fund party political propaganda.

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern yesterday emphatically dismissed findings that suggested more teenagers were on drugs in Ireland than in almost any other country in the world.

The Tánaiste must explain what he knows about the Moriarty Tribunal’s unpublished findings, Fine Gael Enda Kenny said today.

A minister today quizzed the Opposition over reports it urged the gagging of the Taoiseach at the European Parliament.

TWENTY-EIGHT Government Ministers are jetting off to 22 different countries for the annual St Patrick’s Day exodus as the Dáil shuts down for almost two weeks.

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern yesterday insisted there was no Government campaign to bring down the Centre for Public Inquiry (CPI), the independent investigative body led by Frank Connolly.

The Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny said today that it is time for the Minister for Finance, Brian Cowen, to give money back to the tax-payer and look after the more vulnerable in our society.

THE REAL IRA are planning another bomb attack similar to Omagh and have already been thwarted from doing so on several occasions, it emerged yesterday.

Opposition leader Enda Kenny has responded to the Government's statement on the resignation of Justice Laffoy tonight.

The Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny has said that politics is changing in Ireland and has predicted a return to power for his party.

The Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has told the Dail that he never took a bribe in his life.

Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny has named a team of seven delegates who will participate in next week's session of the Forum on Europe.