# seanad - Sunday 16 December, 2018
The proposed legislation is due before the Dáil in the new year.
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# seanad - Thursday 13 December, 2018
The legislation will now be signed into law by President Michael D Higgins.
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# seanad - Thursday 6 December, 2018
The Seanad will now sit on Monday in order to get the legislation over the line by the Christmas deadline.
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# seanad - Saturday 1 December, 2018
It is likely the landmark bill to regulate abortion services in Ireland will pass in the Dáil at the earliest next week.
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# seanad - Wednesday 28 November, 2018
Despite government opposition, the Bill has cross-party support from Labour, Sinn Féin, Fianna Fáil as well as independent senators.
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# seanad - Friday 23 November, 2018
Despite government opposition, the Bill has cross-party support from Labour, Sinn Féin, Fianna Fáil as well as independent senators.
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# seanad - Wednesday 21 November, 2018
Fianna Fáil’s Lorraine Clifford-Lee clashed with Fine Gael’s Jerry Buttimer.
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# seanad - Wednesday 10 October, 2018
The legislation provides for changes such as minimum pricing and restrictions on advertising.
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# seanad - Thursday 20 September, 2018
Charlie Flanagan said the reference to blasphemy in the Constitution incorrectly identifies Ireland “as a country that does not value freedom of expression”.
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# seanad - Friday 27 July, 2018
A division has emerged around the Cabinet table between Fine Gael members and independent ministers.
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# seanad - Tuesday 3 July, 2018
The Embassy of Israel said the boycott will not facilitate Ireland’s role or influence in the Middle East.
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# seanad - Sunday 1 July, 2018
Martin said his party is considering a Bill tabled in the Seanad that aims to prohibit Ireland from trading with any companies originating in an occupied territory.
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# seanad - Wednesday 2 May, 2018
The Prohibition of Conversion Therapies Bill 2018 has passed through its second stage in the Seanad and has further stages to go through.
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# seanad - Sunday 15 April, 2018
It’s been five years since Ireland voted to keep the Seanad in a referendum, but not much has changed since.
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# seanad - Thursday 22 March, 2018
Sinn Féin Senator Fintan Warfield reintroduced the bill to the committee stage of the Seanad yesterday.
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# seanad - Wednesday 21 March, 2018
Health Minister Simon Harris said Ireland’s abortion law must change to help women who are currently “isolated and neglected”.
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# seanad - Wednesday 28 February, 2018
The business committee has decided to suspend the Dáil at 2pm today.
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# seanad - Wednesday 14 February, 2018
Leo Varadkar previously said he would like to see people from both nationalist and unionist communities take seats.
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# seanad - Saturday 10 February, 2018
The Taoiseach said Ireland plans to intensify and increase aid work in the Palestinian territories.
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# seanad - Thursday 1 February, 2018
Varadkar made the comment as he announced that a new committee on Seanad reform is to be set up.
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# seanad - Wednesday 31 January, 2018
The bill seeks to prohibit trade in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.
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# seanad - Monday 22 January, 2018
Research carried out in Galway found that 34% of workers regularly had their employers withhold their tips.
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# seanad - Monday 18 December, 2017
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar added that his own personal views wouldn’t decide what stance the Cabinet takes.
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# seanad - Thursday 16 November, 2017
Senators Terry Leyden and Neale Richmond had a war of words over the failed Rugby World Cup bid.
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# seanad - Monday 23 October, 2017
Placing legislative restrictions on how our anthem is used would be an unnecessary limitation on our freedom of expression, writes Caoimhín De Barra.
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# seanad - Friday 6 October, 2017
What would be classed as misuse of the anthem, and how should potential misuses be punished?
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# seanad - Tuesday 26 September, 2017
The old Seanad chamber is closed for essential renovation works.
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# seanad - Wednesday 19 July, 2017
The Senator who proposed the bill said its passing marks “another progressive step in Ireland’s long journey of separation between Church and State.”
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A new Bill will amend the International Protection Act 2015, which covers the reunification of refugee families.
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# seanad - Wednesday 28 June, 2017
Speaking about his new Housing Co-op Bill, Norris said people appear to have forgotten that “eviction” is a dirty word in Ireland.
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# seanad - Thursday 22 June, 2017
# seanad - Tuesday 9 May, 2017
Senator Joan Freeman originally praised the Taoiseach for his involvement, but took a different view today in the Seanad.
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# seanad - Sunday 30 April, 2017
Senator Joan Freeman talks to us about mental health services and being ‘a pain in the government’s neck’.
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# seanad - Sunday 9 April, 2017
During a debate on proposed new laws to protect the vulnerable, Senator Lynn Ruane opened up about her own experience.
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# seanad - Sunday 2 April, 2017
Put forward by Sinn Féin senators, the law aims to ensure “transparency” over where your tip is going.
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# seanad - Wednesday 29 March, 2017
Proposed legislation would reduce the voting age for local and European Parliament elections.
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The proposal will be debated in the Seanad today.
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# seanad - Monday 20 February, 2017
Sinn Féin senator Trevor Ó Clochartaigh says he has received documentation showing abuse of the council housing system by officials.
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# seanad - Monday 30 January, 2017
Senator Ray Butler received the payment after he lost his Dáil seat in Meath.
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# seanad - Sunday 15 January, 2017
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.
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