A former tánaiste is being lined up as a Government-backed replacement for Michael D Higgins in the Áras ... who was Leas-Cheann Comhairle in the last Dáil, is the female version of Michael ...

She was best-known for her biography of Michael Collins and the attendance ... with another ill-fated Free State leader, Kevin O’Higgins, and her likeness appeared on Irish banknotes for many ...

Simon Harris has said he “absolutely didn’t” promise Dáil speaking time to Michael Lowry or other ... point a majority of members of Dáil Éireann have to vote on it, that’s what happened.