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# Upper House

FF-FG voting pact steamrolls two-seat Seanad race as there's disappointment for Hazel Chu

Fine Gael’s Maria Byrne and Fianna Fáil’s Gerry Horkan have both been elected.

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Apr 21st 2021, 4:38 PM

# Upper House

FF and FG seek to share the spoils as two Senators will be elected today

The government parties have a voting pact to support each other’s candidate, as well as their own.

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Apr 21st 2021, 6:00 AM

# seanad election

Lynn Ruane, David Norris and Michael McDowell to return to the Seanad

Counting continues to fill seats on the Industrial and Commercial panels.

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Apr 2nd 2020, 12:05 PM

# Upper House

Sinn Féin MEP Lynn Boylan and Independent Rónán Mullen elected to the Seanad

Former TDs Michael D’Arcy and Eugene Murphy have been elected.

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Apr 1st 2020, 3:58 PM

# Upper House

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.

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Mar 30th 2020, 12:05 AM

# new home

Senators are back today, and they have some new digs

The old Seanad chamber is closed for essential renovation works.

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Sep 26th 2017, 6:05 AM

# Upper House

Averil Power loses out to Lynn Ruane in battle for Seanad seat

There’ll be plenty of familiar faces in the upper house.

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Apr 27th 2016, 8:55 PM

# The other house

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?

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Mar 28th 2016, 9:30 PM

# By-election

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.

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Nov 13th 2015, 3:08 PM

# totally rad

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.

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Apr 13th 2015, 10:45 PM

# The Upper Room

Over a year after the Seanad referendum, there will be reforms

A working group will report back to the government by March.

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Dec 7th 2014, 4:02 PM

# total recall

'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.

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Jul 30th 2014, 12:35 PM

# Vacancy

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.

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Jul 11th 2014, 7:30 AM

# Coalition headache

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.

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Jul 9th 2014, 6:15 PM

Voices

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.

Oct 11th 2013, 7:30 PM

# Seanad

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.

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Oct 10th 2013, 7:20 AM

# Fight Fight Fight

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.

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Sep 20th 2013, 9:59 PM

# Seanad Abolition

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…

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Oct 28th 2012, 8:00 AM

# Seanad Éireann

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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Apr 26th 2011, 9:04 AM