Counting is under way for nominees to Seanad Éireann (the upper house of the Irish parliament) on Thursday. One of the ...

MAYO Fine Gael TD Alan Dillon has been appointed as a Minister of State for Small Business and Retail and Circular Economy.

Independent Senator Michael McDowell is the first candidate to be elected in the first count of the Seanad election. He was ...

There are some Seanad “lifers” also running, senators who run exclusively for the Upper House. They include former ...

Having failed in her second bid to become taoiseach, Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald is going back to the drawing board to rethink how her party approaches another five years on the opposition ...

The full list of appointments to junior and super-junior ministries was confirmed yesterday, with more TDs added to those revealed last week, bringing the total to a record 23. However, only six are ...

Senator Joe Flaherty and Cllr Paraic Brady seeking election from the Cultural and Educational Panel and the Agricultural ...