The Motion of Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle plus vote is expected to begin at 3.55pm with vote at about 6.30pm. Harry McGee writes: The Government expects the motion of confidence in Ceann ...

The Irish Government has won a vote of confidence in the speaker of the parliament. The Government brought the motion after opposition parties initially proposed a no confidence motion in Ceann ...

Ireland’s opposition parties have been accused of engaging in “cynical strategies of aggression and disruption” by premier Micheal Martin as the confidence motion gets under way.

The speaker of the Irish parliament faces a confidence motion on Tuesday over her handling of a vote which cut opposition speaking rights.