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After parliamentary elections, newly elected members of the Dail met to elect the prime minister. First they elected a speaker, Seamus Pattison, a Labour member since 1961, to preside over t…

Members reacted to the recent I.R.A. bombing of the main British army base in Northern Ireland. They strongly criticized this action and expressed their views on the need to continue to move…

Irish Prime John Minister Bruton and other members spoke about the I.R.A. bomb that exploded in London on February 9, 1996. They examined its impact on the difficult peace negotiations and h…

irish Foreign Minister, Dick Spring took members' questions concerning Prime Minister Major’s comments concerning the disarmament commission’s report in the House of Common on 24 January.

Members debated the issue of disarming both the Protestant and Catholic forces. They also discussed how this fits into the overall peace process. The disarmament commission completed its rep…

Members of the Irish Dail commented on the new Northern Ireland peace initiative announced November 28 by the British and Irish prime ministers.

Members of the Irish Dail nominated candidates and then voted to elect John Bruton of the Fine Gael Party as the new prime minister. He defeated Bertie Ahern, leader of the Fianna Fail Party…

Irish political leaders discussed the future of Ireland’s government. In November, unable to keep his coalition government together, Irish Prime Minister Reynolds resigned. The conflict betw…

During Irish Dail floor debate, solutions to the violence in Northern Ireland were debated.