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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

Senator Mark Daly has been appointed cathaoirleach of the Seanad, as it sits for the first time since elections last month. The Fianna Fáil senator was re-elected to the Administrative panel at the ...

The Seanad bye-election to fill the seat of Seán Kyne will take place from the end of next month. The Senator was elected to Dáil Éireann, to the Galway-West seat previously held by the now-President ...

Hang on in there babies, deliverance is at hand! Spare a thought for the Coalition’s overdue triplets, still crawling towards the brightness of the ministerial day while their recently spawned ...

US Congressman Richard Neal is leading a bipartisan delegation of members of Congress in engagements in the EU, UK, and Ireland this week before heading to Northern Ireland tomorrow, May 25. On ...

Senator Joanne Collins highlighted the importance of the service for students in West Limerick who attend college at MTU ...

A Kildare senator has called for “urgent action” on what he terms as addiction service failures in Kildare. Senator Aubrey McCarthy has called on the Government and the HSE to address serious gaps in ...