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# upper-house - Thursday 2 April, 2020
Lynn Ruane, David Norris and Michael McDowell to return to the Seanad
Counting continues to fill seats on the Industrial and Commercial panels.
# upper-house - Wednesday 1 April, 2020
Sinn Féin MEP Lynn Boylan and Independent Rónán Mullen elected to the Seanad
Former TDs Michael D’Arcy and Eugene Murphy have been elected.
# upper-house - Monday 30 March, 2020
Counting in Seanad election to begin today - but access to count venue will be restricted
This has been an election like none other for candidates hoping for a seat in the upper house.
# upper-house - Tuesday 26 September, 2017
Senators are back today, and they have some new digs
The old Seanad chamber is closed for essential renovation works.
# upper-house - Wednesday 27 April, 2016
Averil Power loses out to Lynn Ruane in battle for Seanad seat
There’ll be plenty of familiar faces in the upper house.
# upper-house - Monday 28 March, 2016
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?
# upper-house - Friday 13 November, 2015
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.
# upper-house - Monday 13 April, 2015
Check out these VERY radical proposals to reform the Seanad
The Seanad Working Group on Reform has published a report calling for overhaul of the upper house.
# upper-house - Sunday 7 December, 2014
Over a year after the Seanad referendum, there will be reforms
A working group will report back to the government by March.
# upper-house - Wednesday 30 July, 2014
'A right pain in the bum': Most senators are coming back tomorrow... but some are on holidays
We contacted all members of the Seanad to find out if they’ll be coming back for debates on Gaza and Ukraine tomorrow.
# upper-house - Friday 11 July, 2014
The government doesn't have a majority in the Seanad, but will pass a law to fix that today
Fine Gael hopes to fill the vacant Seanad seat when TDs and Senators return from their holidays in September.
# upper-house - Wednesday 9 July, 2014
The government has lost another Seanad vote - and it could delay free GP care for children
Senator John Crown’s amendment to free GP care legislation has been passed – against the government’s wishes.
# upper-house - Friday 11 October, 2013
Column: Politics in Ireland is eating itself
The Government has been burned twice in apparently straightforward attempts to reform the political system due to a misguided, blanket rejection of all politicians by the public, writes Colm Ó Broin.
# upper-house - Thursday 10 October, 2013
Five-day weekend: The Seanad sat for just two days this week
The uncertainty over the future of the upper house meant that there wasn’t much business organised for this week.
# upper-house - Friday 20 September, 2013
FG: Scrapping the Seanad saves €20m. Oireachtas: Um, there's no way to know
The €20 million saving has been a central plank of Fine Gael’s pro-abolition campaign – but now the Oireachtas says there’s no way to know how much will be saved if the Seanad goes.
# upper-house - Sunday 28 October, 2012
Seanad abolition: Where do the parties stand?
The government has committed to abolishing the upper house but where do the parties stand on whether it should stay or go? We asked them and here is what they told us…
# upper-house - Tuesday 26 April, 2011
A bluffer's guide to the Seanad election count
Did you vote in the Seanad elections? Relax – you probably didn’t have one. Here’s how the whole thing works.
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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 (8441)
No (3897)
Not sure (598)
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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