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# seanad - Sunday 15 April, 2018
'Elitist', 'not sure it's worth saving': Slow progress of Seanad reform criticised
It’s been five years since Ireland voted to keep the Seanad in a referendum, but not much has changed since.
# seanad - Thursday 22 March, 2018
'Young people should stay away from politics': Senator criticised for comments as voting age bill blocked
Sinn Féin Senator Fintan Warfield reintroduced the bill to the committee stage of the Seanad yesterday.
# seanad - Wednesday 21 March, 2018
TDs approve Eighth Amendment referendum Bill
Health Minister Simon Harris said Ireland’s abortion law must change to help women who are currently “isolated and neglected”.
# seanad - Wednesday 28 February, 2018
Dáil suspended for the rest of the week due to the 'the Beast from the East'
The business committee has decided to suspend the Dáil at 2pm today.
# seanad - Wednesday 14 February, 2018
Vacant Seanad seat should be filled by someone with a unionist background, says senator
Leo Varadkar previously said he would like to see people from both nationalist and unionist communities take seats.
# seanad - Saturday 10 February, 2018
Varadkar: 'The Israeli government has a tendency to disengage with countries that recognise the state of Palestine'
The Taoiseach said Ireland plans to intensify and increase aid work in the Palestinian territories.
# seanad - Thursday 1 February, 2018
Taoiseach says electing people from Northern Ireland will give the Seanad an 'all-island dimension'
Varadkar made the comment as he announced that a new committee on Seanad reform is to be set up.
# seanad - Wednesday 31 January, 2018
Irish ambassador to Israel summoned by Netanyahu over Seanad bill
The bill seeks to prohibit trade in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.
# seanad - Monday 22 January, 2018
Bill aims to give hospitality workers the right to keep their tips
Research carried out in Galway found that 34% of workers regularly had their employers withhold their tips.
# seanad - Monday 18 December, 2017
Taoiseach says ministers will be allowed 'dissent' on Eighth Amendment
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar added that his own personal views wouldn’t decide what stance the Cabinet takes.
# seanad - Thursday 16 November, 2017
'Couldn't negotiate a piss up in a brewery': Row erupts in Seanad over Ireland's failed Rugby bid
Senators Terry Leyden and Neale Richmond had a war of words over the failed Rugby World Cup bid.
# seanad - Monday 23 October, 2017
Opinion: 'Our indifference to our flag and anthem is actually healthy'
Placing legislative restrictions on how our anthem is used would be an unnecessary limitation on our freedom of expression, writes Caoimhín De Barra.
# seanad - Friday 6 October, 2017
How should we protect our national anthem? The Seanad wants your input
What would be classed as misuse of the anthem, and how should potential misuses be punished?
# seanad - Tuesday 26 September, 2017
Senators are back today, and they have some new digs
The old Seanad chamber is closed for essential renovation works.
# seanad - Wednesday 19 July, 2017
Last call for Good Friday drinking ban as bill passes in the Seanad
The Senator who proposed the bill said its passing marks “another progressive step in Ireland’s long journey of separation between Church and State.”
Law change will make it easier for refugee families to reunite in Ireland
A new Bill will amend the International Protection Act 2015, which covers the reunification of refugee families.
# seanad - Wednesday 28 June, 2017
Norris lets rip on vulture funds: 'Why were they allowed into this country?'
Speaking about his new Housing Co-op Bill, Norris said people appear to have forgotten that “eviction” is a dirty word in Ireland.
# seanad - Thursday 22 June, 2017
Former Fianna Fáil senator Des Hanafin has died
He was aged 86.
# seanad - Tuesday 9 May, 2017
'I'm surprised that the leader of our country had the neck to walk in Darkness Into Light'
Senator Joan Freeman originally praised the Taoiseach for his involvement, but took a different view today in the Seanad.
# seanad - Sunday 30 April, 2017
'Darkness Into Light allows us to talk about the wound left by suicide'
Senator Joan Freeman talks to us about mental health services and being ‘a pain in the government’s neck’.
# seanad - Sunday 9 April, 2017
'I couldn't believe they over-medicated my father to shut him up because he was singing'
During a debate on proposed new laws to protect the vulnerable, Senator Lynn Ruane opened up about her own experience.
# seanad - Sunday 2 April, 2017
'People are getting exploited': New law aims to ensure waiting staff get their tips
Put forward by Sinn Féin senators, the law aims to ensure “transparency” over where your tip is going.
# seanad - Wednesday 29 March, 2017
Fianna Fáil accused of u-turn ahead of debate on lowering voting age to 16
Proposed legislation would reduce the voting age for local and European Parliament elections.
Poll: Should the voting age be lowered to 16?
The proposal will be debated in the Seanad today.
# seanad - Monday 20 February, 2017
Galway City Council investigating allegations staff were gifted social housing
Sinn Féin senator Trevor Ó Clochartaigh says he has received documentation showing abuse of the council housing system by officials.
# seanad - Monday 30 January, 2017
A Fine Gael politician has not fully repaid the large allowance he was given after losing his Dáil seat Exclusive
Senator Ray Butler received the payment after he lost his Dáil seat in Meath.
# seanad - Sunday 15 January, 2017
Trivialities of the 'reformed' Seanad: 'Senators talking about All-Ireland tickets and seagulls'
Voters chose by a narrow margin in a referendum in 2013 to retain the Seanad. It’s unlikely they are happy with that decision, writes Senator Gerard P Craughwell.
# seanad - Wednesday 14 December, 2016
New laws could curb disputes over wills in Ireland
The Registration of Wills Bill 2016 will introduce compulsory registration of wills in the country.
# seanad - Monday 5 December, 2016
'My thinking on social issues is really beginning to evolve': Lynn Ruane on her first full term in the Seanad
Independent Lynn Ruane has been an active campaigner on social issues since her election to the Seanad.
# seanad - Tuesday 29 November, 2016
Nicola Sturgeon urges Ireland and Scotland to 'send a powerful signal' around the world
Scotland’s First Minister is on a two-day visit to Dublin, but is not meeting Taoiseach Enda Kenny.
# seanad - Sunday 13 November, 2016
Environmentalists cut "deep wounds" in government's bill on hedge-cutting extension
The Irish Wildlife Trust has said that Minister Heather Humphreys ‘isn’t taking the protection of our natural heritage seriously’.
# seanad - Friday 11 November, 2016
Seanad to temporarily relocate to National Museum despite objections
The move, which is expected to cost around €1.5 million, is to accommodate renovations at Leinster House.
# seanad - Wednesday 2 November, 2016
The National Museum has 'no spare space for vagrant Senators' (according to An Taisce)
A statement from the national trust said the museum “has no spare space for the convenience of vagrant senators”.
# seanad - Thursday 20 October, 2016
Phil Hogan says the UK is 'going to learn a hard lesson' over Brexit
The Agriculture Commissioner said the UK can’t “have its cake and eat it” and dismissed Brexiteers’ “posturing and fancy talk”.
# seanad - Tuesday 18 October, 2016
Staff 'weeping' over plans to temporarily rehouse Seanad in wing of National Museum
Refurbishment of the Seanad is expected to take two years.
# seanad - Wednesday 12 October, 2016
Not happy - Fine Gael senators have been giving out about All Ireland tickets... again
The Seanad was today discussing a bill concerning its own reform, and ended up covering some well-trodden ground.
# seanad - Wednesday 22 June, 2016
So they've been talking about seagulls in the Seanad again
They’re tearing refuse bags to pieces and don’t seem to understand bedtime, a FG senator complained.
# seanad - Wednesday 1 June, 2016
Pieta House founder will donate €65k senator salary to the charity
Joan Freeman was named as one of the Taoiseach’s nominees to the Seanad last week.
# seanad - Saturday 28 May, 2016
Leinster House is crumbling, here's why they want to close it for the summer
Leinster House is to undergo its most significant restoration work to date.
James Reilly "honoured" to join Seanad he once called "very undemocratic" and with "no power"
In a 2013 statement calling for the Seanad to be abolished, Reilly labelled it “very undemocratic” and said it had “no power.”
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Poll: Do you agree with the latest measures taken by government to curb the spread of Covid-19?
YESTERDAY, THE GOVERNMENT announced a delay to the fourth phase of re-opening the country.
In a bitter blow to publicans across the country, pubs that don’t serve food won’t re-open next Monday.
Nightclubs and casinos will also remain closed, and this will be reviewed again on 31 August.
Separately, restaurants and pubs that are open at this time will need to be closed to customers by 11pm.
The government also took five destinations off the Green List and said that face coverings will be mandatory in shops from 10 August.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin said he wanted pub owners to know he had “enormous sympathy for their plight” and added that “this virus is taking away their ability to earn a living”.
The number of cases of Covid-19 reported daily in Ireland has increased in recent weeks, and people have been urged by the government to continue following the public health guidelines.
So, today we’re asking you: Do you agree with the latest measures taken by government to curb the spread of Covid-19?
Poll Results:
Yes (8455)
No (3907)
Not sure (600)
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
Opinion: 'Lebanon needs help - or the consequences for the Middle East don't bear thinking about'
By Brid Kennedy
Yesterday’s explosion made a desperate situation worse, writes Bríd Kennedy of Concern.
Tribute: John Hume said setting up the first credit union in Northern Ireland was 'the thing I'm proudest of'
By Gerry Thompson
Opinion: Government must break down the bureaucratic walls faced by teachers returning to Ireland
By Anonymous Substitute Teacher
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