# senator - Friday 4 January, 2019
Heffernan appeared in court on charges brought following events relating to 31 July/ 1 August 2016.
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# senator - 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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# senator - Wednesday 7 November, 2018
The former presidential nominee lost out to Barack Obama in 2012.
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# senator - Saturday 4 August, 2018
The lawsuit is over what Leyonhjelm said in the media, as his upper house comments are protected by parliamentary privilege.
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# senator - Monday 23 July, 2018
The senator had previously been vocal about his desire to run against Michael D Higgins.
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# senator - Tuesday 10 July, 2018
Michael D Higgins confirmed this morning that he would seek a second term in the Áras.
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# senator - Tuesday 27 March, 2018
Máire Devine has been suspended from Sinn Féin over her tweets about the late Brian Stack.
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# senator - Wednesday 14 March, 2018
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said today that he would raise LGBT rights issues with the vice president.
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# senator - Thursday 22 February, 2018
The issue was raised as a passing comment at a private meeting where there was a larger debate about women in politics.
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# senator - Thursday 18 January, 2018
Senator Gerard Craughwell said an email he sent to local politicians was in the public interest.
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# senator - Thursday 4 January, 2018
The medical device is worth in the region of €2,000, and had been made available on the public street following a local fundraising drive.
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# senator - Thursday 30 November, 2017
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh claims there were “serious breaches” of Sinn Féin’s code of conduct in Galway West.
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# senator - Wednesday 22 November, 2017
Senator Skye Kakoschke-Moore found out on Friday that her mother was born with a British citizenship.
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# senator - Thursday 16 November, 2017
Leeann Tweeden also accused Al Franken of posing for a photo with his hands on her breasts as she slept.
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Two more women have accused US Senate candidate Roy Moore of inappropriate conduct.
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# senator - Friday 10 November, 2017
Senate candidate Roy Moore has denied the allegations; his campaign called the story “fake news”.
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# senator - Tuesday 15 August, 2017
Michael D Higgins has refused to rule out the possibility of a second run for Áras an Uachtaráin.
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# senator - Saturday 13 May, 2017
New legislation could also see vandals hit with a €50,000 punishment.
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# senator - 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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# senator - 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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# senator - Monday 6 March, 2017
Feighan had chosen to not contest last year’s general election after spending nine years in Dáil Éireann.
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# senator - Thursday 23 February, 2017
A senator has tabled a bill to end the practice of having to close pubs on that day.
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# senator - Monday 30 January, 2017
Senator Ray Butler received the payment after he lost his Dáil seat in Meath.
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# senator - Sunday 22 January, 2017
Sipo has ruled that Brian Ó Domhnaill contravened ethics legislation, something he has strongly denied.
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# senator - Friday 30 December, 2016
# senator - Thursday 15 December, 2016
Brian Ó Domhnaill denied any wrongdoing and told the hearing he filled out his expense claims “as honestly as he could”.
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# senator - Monday 21 November, 2016
A Fine Gael senator has hit out against the level of abuse politicians receive online.
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# senator - Saturday 22 October, 2016
The disputed expense claims date back to 2006 and 2007, when Brian Ó Domhnaill was a member of Donegal County Council.
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# senator - Saturday 23 July, 2016
Virginia senator Tim Kaine is seen as a popular centrist choice for a brutal electoral campaign.
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# senator - Wednesday 13 July, 2016
Legal and translation fees connected with the case have added up to a significant amount.
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# senator - Thursday 30 June, 2016
The independent senator has spoken of his family situation ahead of a campaign for more funding for sufferers.
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# senator - Wednesday 1 June, 2016
Joan Freeman was named as one of the Taoiseach’s nominees to the Seanad last week.
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# senator - Monday 9 May, 2016
Brian Ó Domhnaill claimed expenses for attending events in different locations on the same days.
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# senator - Sunday 1 May, 2016
Fintan Warfield thinks ‘you don’t have to be a Shinner to be a republican’.
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# senator - Thursday 28 April, 2016
Newly-elected Sinn Féin senator Fintan Warfield thinks a lot still needs to be done to help young trans people living in Ireland.
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# senator - Monday 7 December, 2015
“This scandal about councillors seeking out bribes has absolutely nothing to do with me.”
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# senator - Tuesday 1 December, 2015
The Senator said that there are babies with “life-limiting conditions”.
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# senator - Tuesday 21 July, 2015
“I understand it’s very nice from television.”
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Or should the protected birds be left alone?
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# senator - Monday 6 July, 2015
The senator said the ‘mispronunciation’ incident has kickstarted her General Election campaign.
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