Micheal Martin

Ireland probe: Some 9,000 children died at Church-run homes in 1920-90s

Irish PM Micheal Martin says the country must "face up to the full truth of our past," as a long-awaited report recounted decades of harm done by church-run homes for unmarried women and their babies, where thousands of infants died.

EU warns Britain to implement withdrawal treaty

Former British leaders have joined those slamming PM Johnson's government for trying to rewrite the Brexit withdrawal treaty.

Ireland elects Fianna Fail's Micheal Martin as PM

Martin's election follows months of negotiations between his centre right party, Fine Gael, and the Green Party, to reach an agreement following elections in February before the onset of the coronavirus crisis.

Irish deputy PM resigns to avert government collapse

Ireland's Deputy PM Frances Fitzgerald said in a statement that she stepped down for the sake of the country, averting a snap general election.