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Seanad Éireann
Their day has not come: Sinn Féin prepares for another five years in opposition
As Sinn Féin heads into next Dáil, it faces a crucial moment in its quest for growth, power and delivering on its mission of seismic change
Fisheries organisation has a proposed Seanad nominee rejected for second election in a row
Irish South & West Fish Producers Organisation boss Patrick Murphy claims process is ‘not democracy by any stretch of the imagination’
Sinn Féin is mistaken if it thinks Conor Murphy in the Seanad will inch us closer to a united Ireland
Party’s vision of early Border polls followed by a united Ireland is in stark contrast to the new government’s approach
Conor Murphy’s puzzling move to the Seanad crystallises sense of an unsettled Stormont
Sinn Féin says Murphy will use his new position to advance ‘Irish unity debate in the Oireachtas’, yet he has vastly more scope to do so as a Stormont Minister
‘It is so wrong on so many levels’: former senator Jimmy Harte’s health declined after move to nursing home following brain injury
Recent figures show almost 1,300 people aged 20-65 are in nursing homes due to lack of community services
Taoiseach nominates two additional candidates to run in Seanad election due to contestant shortfall
Fine Gael councillors Sharon Tolan and Jimmy Kavanagh to contest election for upper house of Oireachtas
Seanad elections: How are parties going to use elections to upper house?
Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and Sinn Féin advance candidates believed capable of winning seats in key Dáil constituencies
Q&A: How the Seanad election works, who’s running and what are the key races?
The vast majority of people have no vote in the race as long-overdue reforms have yet to come into effect
Fine Gael set to ratify swathe of new candidates for Seanad Éireann panels
Party aiming to target constituencies where second or third seat could be won in future general elections
Sinn Féin Stormont minister Conor Murphy to run for Seanad next month
Surprise announcement would see Economy Minister depart from post if elected
Fine Gael senator Seán Kyne reverses decision to quit politics and will run again for Seanad
Brother of Fianna Fáil TD Michael Moynihan and nephew of former ceann comhairle Rory O’Hanlon also candidates in Upper House election with final nominations deadline on New Year’s Eve
Minister of State Malcolm Noonan sole Green Party Seanad candidate
Sinn Féin senator Fintan Warfield (32) is youngest retiree from the Oireachtas, leaving after two terms and eight years to pursue career in music
Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael to begin formal government coalition talks on Wednesday
Labour and Regional Independent group to decide on pursuing negotiations with two outgoing ruling parties
Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael open to Labour coalition with opinions split on Independents
Jim O’Callaghan talks up Independents option while Bacik expected to speak separately with Martin and Harris this week
Katherine Zappone enters Seanad election race
Former Independent minister is seeking to be elected to the Seanad for the University of Dublin constituency
Fianna Fáil seeking to reclaim old Leinster House meeting rooms from Fine Gael
Party requests return to coveted fifth-floor meeting rooms, which it lost in 2011, now its Dáil numbers have risen
Seanad offers lifeboat to enable TDs who lost their seats remain in Oireachtas
Nominations close for ‘inside panels’ on New Year’s Eve and December 18th for ‘outside’ panels with with the count taking place on January 30th
Clare Daly finds a Dublin Central political address once linked to her ally Mick Wallace
Plus: no sign of the next laureate for fiction; the less-than-diverse membership of Aosdána; and Niall Blaney’s poor attendance record
Fine Gael candidate John McGahon divides opinions in Dundalk over 2018 incident
McGahon, found not guilty of assault causing harm to another man, has been endorsed by Taoiseach Simon Harris ‘on the basis of what happened in a court’
Plans for a bicycle maintenance station at Leinster House ‘stall’ after furore over €336,000 shelter
Officials at Leinster House asked in July for more bike spaces for the complex, saying demand for existing stands was very high
Death announced of former senator Billy Lawless who built successful pub business in Chicago
Galway native was nominated to the Seanad in 2016 by then taoiseach Enda Kenny
The Irish Times view on Seanad reform: too little, too late
It was only after decades of procrastination that the political establishment was forced into action following a legal challenge
‘Accelerated timeline’ for passing of Finance Bill to facilitate early general election, says Chambers
Coalition party leaders agreed on Monday night that polling day will be this year but not on an exact date
McDonald to make ‘unequivocal’ apology in Dáil to teenager who received inappropriate texts
SF leader confirms she will correct Dáil record after ex-party member confirms he was 16, not 17 when messages were sent
Crisis upon crisis: What next for Mary Lou McDonald and Sinn Féin as an election looms?
The party faces strategic problems over where it positions itself and who its core voters are. And as it’s trying to figure all this out, it gets hit with one controversy after another
Controversial hate speech provisions removed from criminal justice legislation as Bill passed in Seanad
New laws stalled in Upper House after criticism by backbenchers, Senators, free speech groups and tech billionaire Elon Musk
Who is Niall Ó Donnghaile, the former Sinn Féin senator who resigned over ‘inappropriate’ texts to teenager?
A former Lord Mayor of Belfast, he resigned his Seanad seat last year citing health reasons
Private college graduates to be excluded from extension of Seanad election voting rights
Minister says legislation is ‘genuine attempt’ to start reform as university Senators claim Bill is ‘disgrace’, and will keep Upper House as ‘rubber stamp’
Showdown on gender definition in hate crime Bill looms
Government plans to push through remaining stages of legislation without hate speech elements against backdrop of dispute over meaning of terms used
Micheál Martin says he was never briefed about alleged Russian spy in the Oireachtas
Peadar Tóibín says Senators ‘sniggered like giddy children’ as they denied being reported infiltrator during Seanad sitting
‘Most significant reform in planning legislation since 2000’ passes in Dáil
Controversial Planning and Development Bill a key part of plans to address housing crisis, but Opposition says it will add to delays and costs
No spies coming in from the cold in Seanad as Senators rule themselves out as Russian agent
Tongue-in-cheek denials follow recent reports that an Oireachtas member had allegedly been recruited by Russian intelligence
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