Seanad

Government reform of competition Bill comes after years of activism by trade unions

Precedents do not augur well for real reform

Lucinda Creighton says Enda Kenny would ‘go into the Dáil and claim that black is white’

Taoiseach pressed on affordability of USC pledge; Adams says he is ‘not at sea’ with figures

Registered Seanad voters are in Tonga, Lesotho, Greenland ... and the USSR

Taoiseach Enda Kenny suggests reform in EU legislation and public policy consultation

Cancer specialist believes more should be done to facilitate people’s wish to die at home

Micheál Martin absent as Mary Coughlan celebrates 50th with former colleagues

Proposal to allow passport-holding emigrants and Northern Ireland citizens participate in our democratic process is especially welcome

Senator Katherine Zappone accuses State of compelling single parents to work full-time

Several calls for farm safety education to be compulsory in schools

Paschal Mooney criticises Ibec and US Chamber of Commerce over tobacco firm threat

Cavan-Monaghan deputy expected to appeal against tribunal finding of unfair dismissal

Irish in Britain organisation wants emigrants to be allowed to vote in Seanad elections

House adjourned amid row about whether Senators were drunk during Friday’s late sitting

Minister says constitutional implications of reform must be considered