Galway City councillor Frank Fahy seeks a Fine Gael nomination for the Seanad seat left vacant by now Galway West TD, Sean ...

The upper house of Oireachtas is located inside Leinster House, the same building as Dáil Eireann Counting is continuing for nominees to Seanad Éireann (the upper house of the Irish parliament). Sinn ...

A Fianna Fáil senator has called for a “full debate” with the Minister for Health over alternative supports for home care ...

In 2010, the then-leader of the opposition in Dáil Éireann (lower house of Ireland’s parliament), Fine Gael’s Enda Kenny, announced that he and his party favored abolition of Seanad Éireann (upper ...

Independent Senator Aubrey McCarthy has tabled a Seanad amendment seeking a report on Donegal Airport's role in easing ...

Holding up a picture of her seven-week scan in Seanad Éireann, Sinn Féin Senator Nicole Ryan said it was the “only evidence” that her “pregnancy ever existed”. The scan was taken after she began ...

The campaign to restore a vital public transport link for the Mayo village of Straide was raised in Seanad Éireann this week, with Senator Mark Duffy calling for immediate action to reinstate the ...

“Things do need to change and right now the system isn’t fair,” said Cork Senator Nicole Ryan who has called for a reform of the Seanad. Speaking in Seanad Éireann recently Senator Ryan said the upper ...

Former Ballina Senator and Mayo County Councillor Ernie Caffrey has passed away. In a statement this evning, Tanaiste and ...