The final count of the Seanad has been completed, with 20 women among 49 Senators elected.

A number of TDs who lost their seats in the last election put their name forward for the Seanad election this year.

Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have rejected suggestions that the Coalition leaders have failed when it comes to ensuring gender ...

Former junior minister Anne Rabbitte has missed out today in her Senate bid, which leaves her hoping for a Taoiseach’s ...

Micheál Martin (a day later than scheduled because of some stormy weather in the Dáil) the man who many pundits once predicted would be the first Fianna Fáil leader never to become Taoiseach became ...

Jerry Buttimer expected to be appointed Minister of State with Robert Troy also to make a ministerial comeback ...

No senior Minster and Taoiseach Micheál Martin drops Seán Fleming as junior minister with Offaly also out in the cold ...

Clare will have a ministerial position for the first time in five years. It comes as Deputy Timmy Dooley has been appointed ...