Some 20% of Irish people report feeling lonely most or all the time compared to European average of 13%
Seanad Éireann
Use of items like Apple AirTags in British abuse cases rose by 317% in past five years with little to suggest statistics would be different in Ireland, Senator says
Senator and Traveller Eileen Flynn calls for greater supports for Travellers and other minorities facing discrimination and ill-treatment
Sharon Keoghan has raised nearly €25,000 through a GoFundMe page to fund posters opposing the proposals
Inside Politics: Supreme Court ruling will see legislation introduced to extend widows’ and widowers’ pensions to surviving partners in non-marital families
Former justice minister says courts have already ruled children of unmarried parents cannot be discriminated against by State
Veteran gay rights campaigner (79), retiring after 36 years in Leinster House, used last speaking opportunity to call for peace
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald says party colleague spent almost eight years ‘giving voice to northern nationalists in the Oireachtas’
Known for her ‘old-school blunt and direct analysis of the state of the nation’, her love of people and as a role model for younger female politicians
Survey finds two-thirds of Protestants feel ‘not at all’ European, unlike many southerners
Spokesman for Helen McEntee indicates the controversial Bill will not be considered until the new year
Cathaoirleach of the Seanad Jerry Buttimer believes there is a ‘conflict of interest with RTÉ’
Fears expressed that member of the Houses of the Oireachtas will be attacked by far right group
Fianna Fáil senator was only woman to hold position in the history of the State
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