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Irish parliament delays vote for prime minister after speaking rights row
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Posted on January 22, 2025
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1 min readLast updated: January 27, 2026
The Irish parliament postponed a vote for a new prime minister due to opposition protests over speaking rights for independent lawmakers supporting the coalition.
DUBLIN (Reuters) - A vote due on Wednesday in the Irish parliament to elect a new prime minister was delayed by a day after opposition protests over speaking rights for independent lawmakers supporting the incoming coalition government.
Micheál Martin was due to be elected prime minister at around 1230 GMT following a coalition deal struck last week between the country's two large centre-right parties and a group of independent lawmakers after a Nov. 29 election.
The speaker of the lower house of parliament suspended the chamber for a fourth time at 1630 and told lawmakers to return on Thursday, following the protests at some of the government-supporting independents seeking to retain their speaking rights in parliament from the opposition benches.
(Reporting by Padraic Halpin; Editing by Sachin Ravikumar)
The main topic is the delay of the Irish parliament's vote for a new prime minister due to a dispute over speaking rights.
The vote was delayed due to opposition protests over speaking rights for independent lawmakers supporting the coalition.
Micheál Martin is expected to be elected as the new prime minister.
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