New Kerry Senator Mike Kennelly said he is looking forward to his term in the Seanad. The Listowel MD councillor was elected ...

Words of congratulations were also extended to Lynda McGavigan, SEO at Human Resources and Corporate Services, on her ...

The Seanad election must take place up to 90 days after Dáil Éireann has dissolved. This means that the new Dáil is formed before the Seanad election. Forty-nine of the Seanad's 60 members are ...

What does the Seanad do? The main function of Seanad Éireann is to vote on or amend legislation. Bills can start and end in the Seanad as well as in the Dáil. However, the Dáil has the power to ...

There were “absolutely lessons to be learned by the ESB, Uisce Éireann and the Government”, he added. Earlier, Minister for Communications Patrick O’Donovan told the Dáil that all telecoms ...

Proposed legislation to reform Ireland’s defamation laws is among Bills set to be revived by the Government for progression in the new Dáil. Taoiseach Micheál Martin briefed the Cabinet on ...

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 ...

Diplomacy hasn’t always been top of Verona Murphy’s agenda, but now she finds herself as the referee in the rowdiest game in Ireland –Dáil Éireann. The Wexford woman may have had a rocky ...

The speaker of the Dáil, Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy, said that independents who had been involved in government formation talks should not be given opposition speaking time. The opposition ...

A man died after medical technology, including sleep apnoea equipment, stopped working during Storm Éowyn, the Dáil has been told ... not good enough that Uisce Éireann did not have generators ...