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'Young trans people don't turn trans when they're 18, they deserve so much better'
Newly-elected Sinn Féin senator Fintan Warfield thinks a lot still needs to be done to help young trans people living in Ireland.
Averil Power loses out to Lynn Ruane in battle for Seanad seat
There’ll be plenty of familiar faces in the upper house.
Is today's Seanad election a pointless exercise in futility?
If we don’t get a government deal, then yes, probably.
This musician and LGBT activist is the first senator elected to the new Seanad
Sinn Féin’s Warfield became the mayor of South Dublin after being elected to the council in 2014.
Seanad Debate FactCheck: Did David Norris really once get 1,000,000 retweets?
TheJournal.ie’s FactCheck was paying close attention to TV3′s Seanad debate last night. Here’s who told the truth, and who lied.
Everything you need to know about one of the most exclusive elections in Ireland
The Seanad election is underway. But how does it all work and how many people actually get a vote?
'I’m not going to lie to people, I’d much rather be in the Dáil'
Last month Aodhán Ó Ríordáin said he wasn’t going to “kick around the Seanad’ if he lost his Dáil seat. Now he’s changed his mind.
Three Labour ministers who lost their Dáil seats are going for the Seanad
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, Kevin Humphreys and Ged Nash are all seeking a Leinster House comeback.
Senator arrested after walking into Temple Bar crime scene
James Heffernan was released an hour and a half later.
Here's who's running for the Seanad's university panels
The postal ballot will begin from 21 March.
Dragon's Den star Peter Casey wants to give rural Ireland a boost if he gets into the Seanad
He announced today that he will run in the elections for the upper house of the Oireachtas.
'Home to what?': Emigrants want a say in who runs the show while they're living abroad
Barry Johnston says emigrants are exercised about having no say in the kind of country they would one day like to return to.
Joan Burton survives motion of no confidence as TDs attack Labour in heated debate
Here’s everything you need to know about what’s happening in Irish politics right now…
Enda Kenny will be hanging out with a lot of billionaires today
Here’s everything you need to know about what’s happening in Irish politics right now…
Joan Burton is facing a motion of no confidence over 'blatant cronyism'
Here’s everything you need to know about what’s happening in Irish politics right now…
Labour TD criticises Burton for giving David Begg state board role without public process
Here’s everything you need to know about what’s happening in Irish politics right now…
TDs are back from their Christmas break - and they've got one thing on their minds
Here’s everything you need to know about what’s happening in Irish politics right now…
An election is around the corner, but will Enda be Taoiseach again?
Here’s everything you need to know about what’s happening in Irish politics right now…
An 1871 law catering for 'lunatics' was FINALLY repealed today
A new law will repeal the Lunacy Regulations Act, which has been on Ireland’s statute books for 144 years.
January surprise? Joan is on high alert for an early election
Could Enda go to the country before the end of next month?
'The abortion holocaust': Senator condemned for 'horrific' language
Jim Walsh has drawn condemnation for remarks made in the Seanad earlier.
Senator Jim Walsh tells Senator Ivana Bacik to "get treatment for haemorrhoids"
Really, he actually said that.
'Clearly there is a heightened risk of something going wrong'
Here’s everything you need to know about what’s happening in Irish politics right now…
Senator regrets if people were offended by controversial abortion comments
The Renua senator was responding to criticism of his remarks in the Seanad yesterday.
Paul Bradford: "There are no such babies as babies with fatal foetal abnormalities"
The Senator said that there are babies with “life-limiting conditions”.
Joan Burton lashes 'online warriors' as Mairia Cahill becomes a Labour senator
The abuse victim has won a seat on the Seanad’s Industrial and Commercial Panel.
Mairia Cahill 'deeply regrets and is deeply sorry' for dissident involvement
The Labour Seanad candidate has broken her silence.
Security at Leinster House to be beefed up after increased risk to TDs
Here’s everything you need to know about what’s happening in Irish politics right now…
Former minister reportedly investigated over child sex abuse claims
Here’s everything you need to know about what’s happening in Irish politics right now…
Mairia Cahill is refusing to talk about her past dissident links
The Labour Seanad candidate is coming under pressure over her refusal to debate.
Labour is taking legal advice over an email about Mairia Cahill
The email was sent to every TD and Senator overnight by the independent Seanad by-election candidate Jerry Beades.
Watch the historic moment same-sex marriage moved a step closer
Applause broke out in the Seanad as the Marriage Bill passed all stages today
David Norris: I am not in favour of incest, I never have been
The independent senator has sought to clarify remarks he made in the Seanad on Tuesday.
David Norris says that gay cousins should be allowed to marry each other
“It wouldn’t take a feather out of me if two cousin married each other. What’s the problem with that. Really?”
Everything you need to know about the strangest election in Irish politics
A Seanad by-election is a strange creature that’s not without controversy.
The government won't be doing any Seanad reform after all
Proposals to expand the electorate will not be implemented before the election.
Marriage Equality jumped another legal hurdle today as marriages move closer
The bill will now move to the Seanad before it is enacted.
Sinn Féin 'actively considering' running someone against Mairia Cahill
The party is considering its options.
Cahill says running for the Seanad for Labour is a message to her abuser and the IRA
Cahill said she spent a lot of time considering how she would manage the nomination if successful.
Mairia Cahill has joined Labour and is set to run for the Seanad
The Belfast woman has been nominated for the position by Joan Burton and Alan Kelly.