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 ...

The leaders of the new Irish coalition government have confirmed 11 nominees to Seanad Éireann (the upper house of the Irish parliament). The nominations follow last November's general election and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Madam, – For all the populist appeal of Enda Kenny’s proposal to abolish the Seanad, it ignores the need for a more fundamental… Madam, – For all the populist appeal of Enda Kenny’s proposal to ...

“I intend to be a strong voice for Cork and Cork North-West in the Seanad,” said newly elected Fine Gael Senator Eileen Lynch. Senator Lynch who was first elected to Cork County Council in 2019 was ...

Assembly members Gerry Kelly and Deirdre Hargey attended Musgrave Police Station in Belfast on Friday.

The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign congratulated, today, Seanad Éireann on passing a motion calling on the Irish Government to formally recognize the State of Palestine.The motion, which was ...