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

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

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 ...

Sinn Féin’s economy minister in the Northern Ireland Assembly Conor Murphy was elected to the Seanad on the 24th and final ...

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

With three of five Vocational Panel counts concluded, this Seanad election looks to be a good one for Fine Gael.

The Cultural and Educational panel of the Seanad is the only panel to have concluded counting and has elected its five ...

First there was Donald Trump, then there was Michael D, then there was Mariann Budde, then there was the ignominious circus ...

A sort of political column by Dara Bradley Galway’s would-be senior cabinet minister, Hildegarde Naughton, has put on a brave ...

Senator Joe Flaherty and Cllr Paraic Brady seeking election from the Cultural and Educational Panel and the Agricultural ...

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