Former Councillor and Lord Mayor of Cork Mick Finn has branded a new proposal to abolish the prayer at Dáil Éireann as ...

Ernest Blythe was born in 1889 into a unionist farming family with an 80-acre farm close to Magheragall, near Lisburn ...

Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) Micheál Martin and Tánaiste (deputy prime minister) Simon Harris have selected a majority of woman for the posts following widespread criticism over the number of ...

The Seanad holds 60 members, 11of them are nominated by the taoiseach (Irish prime minister) and 49 are elected. It sits in Leinster House in Dublin, the same building as Dáil Eireann (lower house).

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 ...

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This week sees elections to Seanad Éireann, the Irish Senate ... of indirectly elected and nominated members, 43 chosen by TDs (Teachtaí Dála or Dáil Deputies), local councillors and outgoing ...

A member of the Dáil currently earns a salary of €113,679 a year - almost three times the average Irish industrial wage of €44,000. The 2 per cent increase from March is worth €2,273 before ...

Those TDs (members of parliament ... by the people could fulfil their mandate and have speaking rights in Dáil Éireann. Government chief whip Mary Butler will hold further discussions with ...

Now is not the time to "politicise" the aftermath of Storm Éowyn, Climate Minister Darragh O’Brien has said, as members of the ... focus and “No speech in Dáil Éireann is going to restore ...

Ireland thus had the unusual distinction of having had a foreign policy and a diplomatic service before there was an internationally recognised independent Irish state. The origins of the modern ...

Economy Minister Conor Murphy has resigned from his position in the Executive after being elected to become a member of Seanad Éireann ... s 60 seats following the Dáil election last December.