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The Government of Ireland (Irish: Rialtas na hÉireann) is the executive authority of Ireland, headed by the Taoiseach, the head of government. The government – also known as the cabinet – is composed of ministers , each of whom must be a member of the Oireachtas , which consists of Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann .
It first formed a government on the basis of a populist programme of land redistribution and national preference in trade and republican populism remains a key part of its appeal. It has formed government seven times since Ireland gained independence: 1932–1948, 1951–1954, 1957–1973, 1977–1981, 1982, 1987–1994, and 1997–2011.
Political commentators have suggested that these parties may form a government, either as a minority government supported by independents, or in coalition with Labour or the Social Democrats. [127] Sinn Féin, which increased its number of seats from 37 to 39, has begun negotiating with the same two parties to form a left-wing minority government.
The programme is broadcast live at noon on Sunday and is repeated throughout the day on the RTÉ News channel and its traditional late night slot on RTÉ One. The programme moved from its late night slot to midday in January 2013. The programme went off the air for seven weeks in early 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. It returned at the end ...
Dáil Éireann (/ d ɑː l ˈ ɛər ən / ⓘ dahl AIR-ən, [3] Irish: [ˌd̪ˠaːlʲ ˈeːɾʲən̪ˠ]; lit. ' Assembly of Ireland ') is the lower house and principal chamber of the Oireachtas (Irish legislature), which also includes the president of Ireland and a senate called Seanad Éireann. [4]
10.00 – Today with Claire Byrne: simulcast of the RTÉ Radio 1 show; 11.00 – Latest News and Weather: repeated on a loop for the rest of the hour; 12.00 – Latest News and Weather: repeated on a loop for the rest of the hour; 13:00 – RTÉ News: One O'Clock. Live simulcast of RTÉ One's lunchtime news bulletin
The Oireachtas (/ ˈ ɛr ə k t ə s / EH-rək-təs, [1] Irish: [ˈɛɾʲaxt̪ˠəsˠ]), sometimes referred to as Oireachtas Éireann, is the bicameral parliament of Ireland. [2] The Oireachtas consists of the president of Ireland and the two houses of the Oireachtas (Irish: Tithe an Oireachtais): [3] a house of representatives called Dáil Éireann and a senate called Seanad Éireann.
Various organisations conduct regular opinion polls to gauge voting intentions. Results of such polls are displayed in the lists below. On 1 November, Coimisiún na Meán announced the lifting of the reporting moratorium that had been in place since 1997, and which had prevented election coverage from 14:00 on the day prior to the election until the close of polls.