Wednesday 3 September, 2025
The Taoiseach gets to hand-pick the final 11 senators.
Senior sources have confirmed to The Journal that increasing the number of senior ministers going stateside is being considered this year.
A chaotic and strange day at Leinster House which has resulted in the country not having a new Taoiseach tonight.
Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin will become the next Taoiseach of Ireland.
Micheál Martin says new housing measures do not have to wait until the autumn budget.
There are no promises to achieve anything in the first 100 days of office, unlike programme for government documents of the past.
Fianna Fáil is to hold a special Ard Fheis in Dublin on Sunday to ratify the new programme for government.
It is expected that the Independent TDs will have individual constituency asks along with national policy ideas.
Meanwhile Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael look likely to swap the Health and Justice ministries.
Micheál Martin says he has had substantive talks with Michael and Danny Healy Rae.
Taoiseach Simon Harris says a government should be in place by the end of the month.
Apart from her party not performing as she would have wanted in the election, McDonald has experienced personal challenges this year.
