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 ...

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 ...

A man died after medical technology including sleep apnoea equipment stopped working as a result of Storm Éowyn, the Dáil has heard. Sinn Féin TD for Mayo, Rose Conway-Walsh, said she was ...

The opposition – who won the bitter dispute after the Speaker of the Dail weighed in – criticised the Government over house-building claims and its efforts to restore power to 700,000 ...