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# seanad-eireann - Thursday 3 May, 2012

Giggles This post contains videos

VIDEO: Alan Shatter has a laughing fit… in the Seanad

03/05/12 4,702 Views 12 Comments

What’s got the justice minister so amused? Apparently it’s the plethora of acronyms contained in his own speech…

# seanad-eireann - Saturday 31 March, 2012

Opinion

Column: David Norris’s Privacy Bill recycles a flawed earlier version

31/03/12 2,246 Views 8 Comments

Secretary of the Irish NUJ, Séamus Dooley, on his concerns about the recent legislation proposed by a number of independent senators.

# seanad-eireann - Wednesday 28 March, 2012

Press Freedom

Shatter launches stinging attack on ‘contrived’ journalism

28/03/12 3,184 Views 35 Comments

The minister for justice tells a Seanad debate that some journalists omit important facts in order to scandalise the public.

# seanad-eireann - Monday 19 March, 2012

Courts

Callely in legal action over newspaper reports of property ownership

19/03/12 4,121 Views No Comments

The former senator is seeking legal action against the publishers of the Irish Independent and the Irish Mail on Sunday.

# seanad-eireann - Thursday 15 March, 2012

Oireachtas

Open democracy: Leinster House to offer public tours from tomorrow

15/03/12 2,506 Views 34 Comments

Members of the public can now tour the houses of the Oireachtas every Monday and on non-sitting Fridays without having to book beforehand.

Gender Quotas

Government stops independent Senators’ move to raise gender quotas

15/03/12 1,710 Views 40 Comments

Independent senators had wanted new laws to require at least 40 per cent of candidates to be from either gender.

# seanad-eireann - Saturday 25 February, 2012

Daily Fix

The Daily Fix: Saturday

25/02/12 4,761 Views 1 Comment

Your essential round-up of all the day’s main news and the bits and bobs that you may have missed.

# seanad-eireann - Thursday 23 February, 2012

From Business ETC RTÉ

RTÉ Board to be told today that ‘it can’t run a deficit’

23/02/12 2,472 Views 34 Comments

Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte assures senators after questions on whether taxpayer is “getting bang for our buck” with licence fee.

# seanad-eireann - Wednesday 22 February, 2012

From Business ETC Media Standards

Pat Rabbitte criticises descent of media into “corrosive cynicism”

22/02/12 2,916 Views 28 Comments

The Minister for Communications was leading statements on media standards in the Seanad – and hearing concerns from senators about the future of the media in Ireland.

From Business ETC Seanad

David Norris says tabloid editor told him stories about him were “payback”

22/02/12 6,243 Views 50 Comments

Independent senator and former Presidential candidate scathing of media standards during discussion in Seanad.

# seanad-eireann - Thursday 16 February, 2012

Fiscal Compact

Harsh words in Seanad over cut on EU-IMF interest

16/02/12 2,173 Views 14 Comments

Lucinda Creighton says she would refuse to return to the Seanad if FF members “accuse me of being a liar”.

# seanad-eireann - Wednesday 15 February, 2012

Expenses

Government blocks Seanad move to abolish unvouched independents’ allowance

15/02/12 2,992 Views 21 Comments

An amendment moved by independent Senators making the ‘leaders’ allowance’ vouched has been defeated by the government.

# seanad-eireann - Sunday 5 February, 2012

Expenses

Former FF senator given €3,100 expenses for role he couldn’t fulfil

05/02/12 6,827 Views 52 Comments

Pat Moylan was paid €3100.05 in expenses across April and May – for being the Cathaoireach of a Seanad that no longer existed.

# seanad-eireann - Saturday 4 February, 2012

Seanad Expenses

Here’s how much the Seanad received in expenses last year

04/02/12 5,869 Views 45 Comments

The figures for Senators’ expenses for December allow us to build a full picture of the payments made to each member last year.

# seanad-eireann - Friday 20 January, 2012

Fracking

Senator says we should allow fracking – to create jobs

20/01/12 5,050 Views 118 Comments

Feargal Quinn suggests that companies could be asked to put up a bond equal to the clean-up cost of any possible environmental damage.

# seanad-eireann - Thursday 12 January, 2012

Expenses

Ireland’s ‘best-kept secret’: 12 senators receiving €23k annual ‘leaders’ allowance’

12/01/12 8,379 Views 75 Comments

12 independent members of the Seanad are entitled to a little-known allowance of around €23,000 per year, TDs are told.

Expenses

Callely win could land taxpayer with €500k legal bill

12/01/12 5,380 Views 71 Comments

The Public Accounts Committee is told that Ivor Callely’s legal fees for his Supreme Court challenge could reach hundreds of thousands.

# seanad-eireann - Wednesday 11 January, 2012

The Law

26 bills – but no referendums – on government’s list of Spring bills

11/01/12 2,162 Views 20 Comments

The government’s draft agenda for the Dáil’s spring term includes 26 bills to be published, and another 25 currently in draft.

# seanad-eireann - Thursday 22 December, 2011

Manslaughter

Senator’s bill would make ‘corporate manslaughter’ a criminal offence

22/12/11 2,185 Views 17 Comments

Legislation proposed by FF senator Mark Daly would criminalise companies who breach a duty of care to a person who then dies.

# seanad-eireann - Tuesday 6 December, 2011

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GALLERY: A day of Budget protests at Leinster House

06/12/11 2,372 Views 26 Comments

Various lobby and protest groups held demonstrations in Dublin today, to coincide with the Budget announcements. Here’s a sample.

# seanad-eireann - Thursday 24 November, 2011

Seanad Éireann This post contains videos

Mary Robinson addresses the Seanad on its role in her career

24/11/11 831 Views No Comments

Watch live from the Seanad as former President Mary Robinson speaks about its role in her career as a human rights activist.

Balancing The Books This post contains videos

WATCH: Eamonn Coghlan gets Senators exercised – literally – in the Seanad

24/11/11 2,283 Views 7 Comments

Eamonn Coghlan asked members of the Seanad to try out some balance exercises during a debate on PE teaching yesterday.

# seanad-eireann - Tuesday 22 November, 2011

Seanad Éireann

David Norris to lodge Seanad complaint over media treatment

22/11/11 2,721 Views 23 Comments

David Norris says he has been subjected to abusive media tactics similar to those being discussed at the UK’s Leveson Inquiry.

# seanad-eireann - Wednesday 9 November, 2011

Oireachtas

First women-only Oireachtas meeting sparks controversy

09/11/11 2,322 Views 60 Comments

Labour’s Joanna Tuffy has objected to the ‘pigeonholing’ of women in the meeting to be held tonight.

Your Say This post contains a poll

Poll: Should there be a gender quota in general elections?

09/11/11 2,748 Views 112 Comments

As Mary Mitchell-O’Connor hosts an all-women meeting of TDs and senators, we are asking you: Should there be a minimum quota on the number of women putting themselves forward for political election?

# seanad-eireann - Thursday 20 October, 2011

Race For The Áras

Higgins statement on Norris and bank guarantee ‘released in error’

20/10/11 1,433 Views 8 Comments

Press release had admonished Norris on his bank guarantee bill voting record – but today, both Presidential candidates insist there is “no spat” between them and Higgins had not seen nor approved the release.

# seanad-eireann - Wednesday 19 October, 2011

Broadcasting

Senator lashes lack of media solidarity for Sam Smyth

19/10/11 1,912 Views 18 Comments

Labour senator John Whelan criticises members of the media for not offering public support to Today FM’s Sam Smyth.

# seanad-eireann - Monday 17 October, 2011

Your Say This post contains a poll

Poll: How will you vote on the referendum on Oireachtas inquiries?

17/10/11 3,278 Views 51 Comments

Today we’re asking how you plan to vote on one of the two referendums which are taking place on 27 October alongside the Presidential election.

# seanad-eireann - Wednesday 5 October, 2011

Race For The Áras

Norris received TCD disability pension because of Hepatitis diagnosis

05/10/11 3,038 Views 136 Comments

David Norris confirms he received a disability pension from Trinity College, after being diagnosed with Hepatitis in 1994.

# seanad-eireann - Friday 23 September, 2011

# seanad-eireann - Wednesday 21 September, 2011

Lobbying

Government to block “bizarre proposal” restricting lobbying of judges

21/09/11 829 Views 10 Comments

The government is to vote against John Crown’s bill which would require TDs and Senators to declare any contact with judges.

# seanad-eireann - Saturday 17 September, 2011

Opinion

Column: I’m in the Seanad now – but I think it needs to change or die

17/09/11 920 Views 8 Comments

Kathryn Reilly is only 22 but her life changed “spectacularly” when she became a Sinn Féin senator this year. Here she explains how she did it – and what she has found since she got to the ‘upper house’.

# seanad-eireann - Saturday 10 September, 2011

Seanad Expenses

Senator donating entire Seanad salary to cancer research

10/09/11 1,147 Views 28 Comments

Prof John Crown is also putting his parliamentary expenses towards the employment of a political policy researcher.

# seanad-eireann - Tuesday 26 July, 2011

Amhrán Na Laoch? This post contains a poll

FG senator wants to change words of National Anthem

26/07/11 2,885 Views 55 Comments

Jim Darcy told the Seanad that the words ‘Sinne Fianna Fáil’ were “appropriated” and should be changed back.

# seanad-eireann - Thursday 21 July, 2011

School's Out

In numbers: the first term of the new Dáil and Seanad

21/07/11 363 Views 3 Comments

The Dáil wraps up for the summer holidays today. Here’s some figures as to how things have gone so far.

# seanad-eireann - Monday 18 July, 2011

Leinster House strikes €300,000 deal for staff night-time taxi service

18/07/11 499 Views 9 Comments

Staff working after 10pm are entitled to take taxis home – but plans for Dáil reform should cut how often they’re used.

# seanad-eireann - Saturday 16 July, 2011

Seanad Éireann

Lucky 13 Senators share a €434,174 payout… for getting promoted

16/07/11 297 Views 23 Comments

The 13 Senators who gave up council seats to take their new jobs are entitled to a severance windfall.

9 At 9

The 9 at 9: Saturday

16/07/11 2,211 Views 7 Comments

Nine things to know this morning, including a row between Church and State, the wrong type of Roscommon U-turn, and a bad day for Lady Gaga…

# seanad-eireann - Tuesday 12 July, 2011

From Business ETC Bailout

European Parliament president backs cut in bailout interest rate

12/07/11 238 Views 10 Comments

Jerzy Buzek is in Ireland for a two-day visit, and will address the Seanad and an Oireachtas Committee on Ireland’s role.

# seanad-eireann - Wednesday 29 June, 2011

Ming Flanagan This post contains videos

‘Ming’ Flanagan says suicide remarks taken out of context

29/06/11 2,001 Views 17 Comments

Senator accuses TD of having told a Department of Health official to “go get a rope and commit suicide”.

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A NEW REPORT from the OECD has suggested people living in Ireland have some of the best lives in the world, with Ireland among the top countries in its Better Life Index.

The index finds that life expectancy, low pollution, positive experiences and a healthy work-life balance are among the factors that contribute to happy lives in Ireland.

It did note, however, that the gap between the rich and poor is wider in Ireland than elsewhere, while the gender gap in educational performance is also larger than average.

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