Seanad Éireann

Paul Coghlan loved family and politics during a life well lived, funeral Mass told

Former FG senator, who died aged 79, remembered as being ‘like a magnet for people’ drawn to his company

Former Fine Gael senator Paul Coghlan dies aged 79

Kerry politician was Leas Chathaoirleach of the Seanad between 2016 and 2020

Government must set ‘clear timeline’ for scheme that will overturn criminal records for homosexuality, Seanad told

At least 941 men were convicted of ‘homosexual acts’, records released to The Irish Times under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act last year showed

Miriam Lord: Stephen Donnelly got his fingers badly burned this week. Nothing new in that, some might say

British ambassador among guests at Classiebawn Castle to mark links with Mullaghmore

Senator Eileen Flynn tells of how taxi driver refused to bring her to halting site

Flynn, a member of Travelling community, says she still experiences ‘discrimination’ and ‘racism’ despite being a public representative

Parliamentary poet laureate being considered by Oireachtas Commission

The individual would write poetry for use in the Dáil and Seanad and for State events

Miriam Lord’s Week: Baby Margot steals the Joe show on a bittersweet day for Labour

Old pro Biden left holding Senator Rebecca Moynihan’s two-month-old daughter after Thursday’s address to Oireachtas

Michael McDowell: Government has nowhere to hide on Seanad reform

Potential to create a second chamber that could bring new and different voices into the heart of our democracy

Justine McCarthy: What makes a Greek scholar qualified to choose a senator?

Justine McCarthy: It’s sickening to watch TDs who lost their seats in the Dáil swanning into the Seanad for a five-year breather. Their treatment of it as a halfway house debases the institution

University of Limerick graduate wins Supreme Court appeal over Seanad election voting

Court’s decision will not come into effect until July 31st to allow Oireachtas opportunity to change law

Frank McDonald: New Planning Bill empowers developers and weakens citizens

Local authorities’ role will be reduced to giving effect to national policy, and decisions will be harder to challenge in court

Craughwell wants early hearing for challenge to airspace ‘arrangement’ with British military

Senator Gerard Craughwell claims ‘secret arrangement’ allowing British intercept aircraft in Irish airspace ‘unconstitutional’

No sanctions for Dublin Zoo as whistleblower’s claims dismissed

Allegations ranged from staff shortages, delays in completing maintenance work and death of animals

Builders ‘heavily intimidated’ into paying protection money, Seanad hears

FF senator Aidan Davitt said the problem is ‘widespread’ and called for the issue to be discussed

‘Golden visa’ programme for millionaire immigrant investors to shut from Wednesday

Government moves to abruptly close €1.25bn programme after surge of applicants from China

Last-minute concession to telecoms firms after Chinese criticism of new law

Phrase ‘high-risk vendor’ to be replaced with ‘relevant vendor’ in draft laws that Huawei believes are aimed at it

‘Southerners think Northern Ireland is as foreign as Siberia’: Readers respond to the North and South research findings

Quantitative survey was conducted among more than 1,000 voters in each of the jurisdictions

Gerry Adams to visit Leinster House ahead of change in leadership

Inside Politics: Varadkar seeks commitment from Fine Gael Ministers they will stand in next election

North and South: United on a Border poll, poles apart on being united

Inside Politics: Sharp divisions between Northern Ireland and Republic over citizenship in a possible united Ireland

Ireland shows ‘Europe’s best face’, Ursula von der Leyen tells Oireachtas

European Commission president tells Oireachtas ‘there can be no hard Border on the island of Ireland’

Seanad suspended for two hours as Minister of State becomes unwell

Peter Burke, reported to be ‘feeling lightheaded’, brought to hospital as a precaution

Anti-social behaviour in Galway should get same attention as Dublin’s O’Connell Street, Seanad hears

Fianna Fail’s Ollie Crowe said that it has been an ongoing problem for the past two years and never ‘effectively addressed or stamped out’

‘If someone is going to give a reference, they should stand over it,’ says retired judge

Legislation would mean anyone seeking to introduce character witnesses for a convicted sexual offender would need court permission, and witnesses could be cross-examined

Call for more representation in the Seanad from Northern Ireland

Seanad leader Senator Regina Doherty proposes Taoiseach should nominate at least three representatives from Northern Ireland

Dublin is still failing Northern Ireland when it comes to representation

Instead of speaking for us, let us speak for ourselves through the appointment of representatives of the three dominant political demographics to the Seanad

Political leaders throw support behind Ireland in Brexit row

Inside Politics: Dutch prime minister and senior US democrat arrive in Ireland

Coalition apology for ‘historic wrong’ of illegal birth registrations

Adoption campaigner criticises planned apology arguing it would be too narrow

What would Michael Collins have become? Democrat or autocrat, moderniser or traditionalist?

Evidence indicates Collins was a man of his time who shared prevailing values of 1922

Ex-SF councillor opposes decision to hold murder trial at Special Criminal Court

Jonathan Dowdall and Gerry Hutch charged with killing David Byrne at Regency Hotel

‘And who might you be?’ – John Horgan on John A Murphy

An Irishman’s Diary

Irish is the ‘perfect medium of reconciliation’ in Northern Ireland, Seanad told

East Belfast Irish language officer Linda Ervine in Seachtain na Gaeilge address to Senators

The Irish Times view on the future of the Seanad: In dire need of a revamp

Just as important as changing composition of the Seanad is changing what it does

President warns against ‘affected amnesia’ in Civil War commemorations

Higgins calls for inclusive response to revolution-era events and division at Cork event

Miriam Lord: Norris honours two 100-year-olds in Seanad comeback

Longest-serving Senator makes warmly received speech celebrating Ulysses centenary

Labour calls for senior minister responsible for gender-based violence

Need for public awareness campaign about violence against women, says Bacik

Ceremony to remember those who died in Civil War to be held in September – Taoiseach

Martin speaks at conference to mark centenary of the handing over of Dublin Castle

Event to mark handover of Dublin Castle from British authorities

First State commemoration since pandemic began will reflect 100 years of ‘unbroken’ democracy

Hutch and Dowdall say they should not be tried before non-jury court

Both men charged with the murder of David Byrne (33) at Regency Hotel in 2016

Challenge by Gerard ‘The Monk’ Hutch to non-jury trial opens today

Separate challenge by former councillor Jonathan Dowdall also to open at High Court

Knowth archaeologist Prof George Eogan dies aged 91

Meath man and UCD professor well known for his research of passage tomb builders

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