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

A “simple” recount will take place for the final seat on the Trinity Seanad panel after 31 votes separated Green Party ...

Lorraine Clifford-Lee of Fianna Fáil has lost her Seanad seat — and must now pin her hopes on being directly nominated by the Taoiseach. The ex-Senator is seen as having a good chance in that regard, ...

Independents Michael McDowell, Ronan Mullen and Alice Mary Higgins have all been re-elected to the Seanad. Mr McDowell was ...

In the vocational cultural and educational panel, Sinn Féin’s Pauline Tully - who lost her Cavan-Monaghan Dáil seat in a shock defeat – was re-elected on the second count. She received 189 votes, just ...

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

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Independents Michael McDowell, Ronán Mullen and Alice Mary Higgins have all been re-elected to the Seanad. Mr McDowell was ...

Independents Rónán Mullen, Alice Mary Higgins and Michael McDowell have been re-elected to the Seanad. It means that all ...

Counting got underway in the Seanad elections in some panels on Wednesday, but counting to fill the majority of seats got ...