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Taoiseach Micheál Martin recalls the Dáil Éireann following reports that several members and other officials have breached COVID-19 regulations.
2020-08-23

Former government minister Michael Lowry refuses to resign the seat he recently claimed back in Dáil Éireann in the aftermath of the Moriarty Tribunal's findings that he assisted billionaire businessman Denis O'Brien "beyond doubt" in gaining a mobile phone license for Esat Digifone, in actions judged "disgraceful and insidious" by the tribunal. Taoiseach Enda Kenny admits Fine Gael accepted a donation worth thousands of dollars from Esat at the time.
2011-03-24

Taoiseach Brian Cowen promises to dissolve Dáil Éireann next Tuesday and to announce the date of the Irish general election, 2011.
2011-01-28

Ireland's Green Party meets Taoiseach Brian Cowen to decide whether to quit the coalition and trigger early elections.
2011-01-23

Taoiseach Brian Cowen announces he is to make a "significant" statement on his leadership of the ruling Fianna Fáil party in Dublin at 14:00, to be broadcast on television and radio.
2011-01-22

Bertie Ahern, the former taoiseach who led the stricken Fianna Fáil political party from 1994 until 2008, announces he is to resign from Dáil Éireann at the forthcoming general election.
2010-12-30

Taoiseach Brian Cowen addresses Dáil Éireann ahead of a meeting of EU finance ministers, saying Ireland has not applied for financial support from the European Union.
2010-11-16

Irish Taoiseach Brian Cowen comes under pressure to resign from former ministers and backbenchers in his own party after last week's controversial live radio interview with Cathal Mac Coille on "Morning Ireland".
2010-09-20

The leaders of Ireland's two main political parties, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, come under fire. Irish Taoiseach Brian Cowen faces a motion of no confidence in Dáil Éireann, his second in just over a year. Leader of the Opposition, Enda Kenny, who sacked his deputy leader yesterday to prevent a potential coup, faces further revolt from his party as nine more members of his frontbench call on him to resign.
2010-06-15

Irish Taoiseach Brian Cowen asks that the Israeli government exercise "absolute restraint" in relation to its dealings with Irish citizens captured in the raid.
2010-06-2