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Following long negotiations, the new Irish government is voted into office by Dáil Éireann. The government is formed after a historic coalition deal between Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Green Party. Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin takes office as Taoiseach (Prime Minister), with outgoing Taoiseach Leo Varadkar as Tánaiste (Deputy Prime Minister), due to return to the post in December 2022 as part of the coalition deal.
2020-06-27

Counting of the first preference votes show Sinn Féin leading with 24.1% of the vote, ahead of ruling party Fine Gael and main opposition party Fianna Fáil, each with 22.1%. Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald claims victory, declaring that Ireland "is no longer a two-party system", and hopes to form a coalition government.
2020-02-9

Exit polls show the republican Sinn Féin, the ruling Fine Gael, and main opposition party Fianna Fáil in a virtual tie.
2020-02-8

Prime Minister Enda Kenny, who rejected suggestions he should resign, says he will "fully and inclusively" engage with other parties, groups and Independents, including Fianna Fáil, as he forms the country's government. Sinn Féin says it is not interested in forming a coalition government with Kenny's Fine Gael party.
2016-03-1

Voters in Ireland go to the polls for a general election. Exit polls indicate that the ruling coalition of Fine Gael party led by Enda Kenny and the Labour Party will fall short of re-election with 34% of the vote between them.
2016-02-26

It emerges that the Taoiseach Enda Kenny dispatched a senior civil servant to the former Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan before his abrupt departure yesterday; Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin accuses Kenny of having effectively "sacked" the Commissioner.
2014-03-26

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin asks that Michael Lowry resign over his part in what he calls "the greatest corporate scandal in the history of the State".
2011-03-23

The votes are counted, with exit polls predicting Fine Gael and the Labour Party to do well while the ruling Fianna Fáil is expected to do poorly.
2011-02-26

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

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