Dramatic climax to Seanad count as five contenders compete for four seatsSinn Féin former MP tops poll but last to be elected - with help of Fine Gael transfersFri Apr 03 2020 - 08:47
Seanad election: Fianna Fáil’s Timmy Dooley and Fine Gael’s Catherine Noone eliminatedFine Gael’s Micheal Carrigy and Barry Ward elected to Upper House for first timeThu Apr 02 2020 - 19:40
Poor showing for women in Seanad elections as Varadkar’s plea ignoredTaoiseach may nominate women to meet 40% gender quota for next Dáil electionThu Apr 02 2020 - 11:43
Seanad elections: Traveller candidate narrowly loses out on electionAll six university Senators retain seats following final count in Trinity College constituencyWed Apr 01 2020 - 23:10
Seanad election: Independent Victor Boyhan tops poll for agricultural panelGreen Party’s Saoirse McHugh fails to win seat while former Fianna Fáil TDs are electedTue Mar 31 2020 - 18:54
Fine Gael Senator Gabrelle McFadden loses Seanad seat in pollLisa Chambers and FG councillor John McGahon set to be elected to SeanadMon Mar 30 2020 - 22:09
Seanad election: Covid cocooning means new NUI returning officerDepartment of Environment rejects plan for Dr Maurice Manning to virtually superviseMon Mar 30 2020 - 21:21
Coronavirus: Fianna Fáil Seanad candidates to stay away from count centreCandidates agree to avoid spread of Covid-19 after appeal from CathaoirleachMon Mar 30 2020 - 09:03
Senator cannot vote in Seanad election but wife, daughter cast ballots as NUI graduatesMost unusual election in history of Seanad gets underway at Dublin CastleMon Mar 30 2020 - 02:02
Chicago-based Irish Senator forced to let go 500 staff over pandemicEmigrant rights campaigner unable to cast Seanad election vote because of restrictionsSun Mar 29 2020 - 19:39
‘This is not nearly over’: Coveney calls for new government to tackle ‘invisible enemy’Coronavirus: Tánaiste says ‘strong and stable’ new Dáil needs to be formed ‘quickly’Fri Mar 27 2020 - 13:46
Covid-19: Ireland stops to give round of applause for front line workersGrateful nation unites in a show of solidarity with under pressure medical personnelFri Mar 27 2020 - 08:47
Labour claims rule change would allow Seanad to sit without Taoiseach’s 11 nomineesGovernment insists Upper House cannot operate unless all 60 Senators in placeFri Mar 27 2020 - 08:07
Coronavirus: Ten more die amid warning Ireland ‘only at beginning of the curve’Record daily number of new confirmed cases with clusters of infection in health systemFri Mar 27 2020 - 02:13
Dáil passes legislation giving Government emergency powersBill prevents evictions, imposes rent freeze, allows restaurants become takeaways, provides for rehiring of retired staffThu Mar 26 2020 - 22:34
Rent-a-room tenancies protected as Dáil backs amendment to ban all evictionsMedical examinations for abortion services possible by telemedicine and videoconferencingThu Mar 26 2020 - 21:57
Coronavirus: 10 more deaths and 255 new cases confirmed in the RepublicThere have now been a total of 1,819 cases in the State and 19 fatalitiesThu Mar 26 2020 - 21:29
Covid-19: Insurers warned over ‘interpreting policies to own advantage’Dáil hears concerns about companies refusing to honour claims for loss of businessThu Mar 26 2020 - 21:24
Marathon Dáil, Seanad sessions to pass Bill to mitigate economic collapseLegislation includes €3.7bn support package for housing, health and defence measuresWed Mar 25 2020 - 15:27
Seanad election turnout of NUI graduates tops TrinitySenators appeal to electorate to vote and post ballot papers ahead of March 31st deadlineWed Mar 25 2020 - 01:00
Emergency legislation on rent freeze and evictions due in DáilMinisters will approve legislation expected to get all-party backing at incorporeal Cabinet meetingTue Mar 24 2020 - 01:00
Coronavirus: Failure to engage in social distancing ‘putting lives at risk’Tánaiste says people should be confronted over issue to save thousands of livesFri Mar 20 2020 - 13:39
Some pubs still operating despite coronavirus restrictions, Dáil toldLimerick has some premises open to the horror of the local community, TD saidThu Mar 19 2020 - 22:40
Coronavirus: Tánaiste issues stark warning on deathsBill gives sweeping powers to restrict movement and detain those who don’t self-isolateThu Mar 19 2020 - 21:54
Coronavirus: Seanad election procedures changed over concernsThere are fears the count could be compromised if returning officers contract Covid-19Thu Mar 19 2020 - 08:45
Coronavirus: Concern over legislative standstill once Seanad electedConstitutionally, Seanad can start operating only when new government is in placeMon Mar 16 2020 - 00:47
Coronavirus: Seanad election candidates halt face-to-face canvassingNational campaign for upper house sees candidates traverse State to meet voters personallySat Mar 14 2020 - 14:30
Courts Service announces that only urgent cases will go aheadThere will be no new jury trials for the remainder of the court termFri Mar 13 2020 - 14:36
Coronavirus: 27 new cases bring total to 70 in the RepublicNine clusters of cases identified as schools and colleges are closed until March 29thThu Mar 12 2020 - 21:39
Coronavirus: Weddings with more than 100 guests urged to cancelStopping large gatherings expected to slow spread of virus, says chief medical officerThu Mar 12 2020 - 19:55
Coronavirus: Pubs left to decide for themselves if they stay openLicensed Vintners Association says there is confusion among publicans as to what action they need to takeThu Mar 12 2020 - 18:50
Panic buying will cause problems that do not currently exist, says HumphreysMinister and retailers insist there are sufficient supplies amid coronavirus restrictionsThu Mar 12 2020 - 18:44
Dáil will pass welfare legislation to help workers affected by virusLeinster House introduces social distancing measures, turns canteen into takeaway onlyThu Mar 12 2020 - 18:20
Coroners’ service issues statement on coronavirus-related deathsPostmortems will not be necessary in cases of Covid-19 unless ‘other circumstances are present’Wed Mar 11 2020 - 20:40
FG’s Mary Seery Kearney added to ticket to contest Seanad electionSinn Féin candidate Cllr Paul Hayes excluded from Agricultural panel for lack of expertiseTue Mar 10 2020 - 19:44
Drinks industry lobbyists met Government members and officials 361 times in 2018Meetings took place year Dáil debated legislation aimed at combating harmful alcohol consumptionMon Mar 09 2020 - 09:09
Government ‘expects the UK’ to fulfil Brexit protocol obligationsDáil debates EU humanitarian crisis of migrants along Turkish-Greek borderThu Mar 05 2020 - 21:29
Coronavirus may require new legislation to protect workers’ rights, Varadkar saysTaoiseach reveals a Cabinet subcommittee has been established to address outbreakThu Mar 05 2020 - 19:52
Government, NI Executive under pressure over alcohol pricingWales follows Scotland to set base cost for drink to reduce harmful consumptionWed Mar 04 2020 - 19:09
Full list of Seanad candidates nominated so farSeanad has 60 seats and is made up of five vocational panels and two university panelsTue Mar 03 2020 - 12:08
NUI graduates split on extending Seanad vote to Irish abroad, survey findsTen former TDs among Fianna Fáil candidates as nominations for vocational panels closeMon Mar 02 2020 - 22:00
How it works: the ‘bonkers’ Seanad electionMembership of the Upper House entitles electorate to vote five times – including for themselvesSun Mar 01 2020 - 20:34
SF’s Lynn Boylan among those running for SeanadGreens select Saoirse McHugh, Pippa Hackett and Pauline O’ReillySun Mar 01 2020 - 19:56
Row over selection process delays Greens’ Seanad nominationsFine Gael’s Kate O’Connell and Michelle Mulherin not selected by party for electionFri Feb 28 2020 - 19:57
Predictions of ‘skin and hair flying’ as FG selects 13 of up to 60 Seanad hopefulsMost former Fianna Fáil TDs expected to get on ticket when final decision madeThu Feb 27 2020 - 19:14
Army wives’ campaigner secures Seanad nominationWide range of candidates for five vocational panels to which 43 Senators are electedWed Feb 26 2020 - 20:40
Some ‘very disappointed’ former FF TDs expected when Seanad nominees decidedFianna Fáil confirms nomination of former Mayo TD Lisa Chambers for Seanad electionTue Feb 25 2020 - 21:04
Timmy Dooley secures nomination to contest Seanad electionFormer Fianna Fáil TD joins growing number of outgoing TDs in the mix for Seanad seatsMon Feb 24 2020 - 19:19
Parties brace for ‘carnage’ in scramble for Seanad nominationsGlut of former TDs put names forward for Upper House election as deadline loomsMon Feb 24 2020 - 02:00
Parties told Seanad election opportunity to address gender imbalanceFine Gael focuses on electing Senators in constituencies with no party representationFri Feb 21 2020 - 18:38
