Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) Micheál Martin and Tánaiste (deputy prime minister) Simon Harris have selected a majority of ...

RTÉ Sports broadcaster Evanne Ní Chuilinn has been nominated to the Seanad for Fine Gael. The Taoiseach announced his 11 ...

The last elected were independent candidate Eileen Flynn, Sinn Fein’s Nicole Ryan and Fianna Fail’s Fiona O’Loughlin and ...

Under the Government agreement, six of the senators will be selected by Taoiseach and Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin and ...

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Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

Polls closed last week for the Seanad elections and counting left the agricultural panel returning four senators for Fine ...

The veteran Sinn Fein politician is leaving his job as Stormont economy minister to take on a new role in the upper chamber of the Irish parliament.

Counting is continuing for nominees to Seanad Éireann (the upper house of the Irish parliament). Sinn Féin Minister Conor Murphy was elected after announcing his intention to run and quit ...

Armed with that bit of knowledge bicameralism becomes self-explanatory; two chambers which in Ireland's case refers to the Dáíl, the lower house of parliament and Seanad Éireann the upper house.

The time is now to cast the last votes in the Seanad election. Postal voting for 49 seats on 7 vocational and university panels has been ongoing since mid-January and counting will begin on Wednesday.