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Joe Biden cites work of late Irish poet as Seamus Heaney’s widow watches on

An emotional Marie Heaney, widow of Seamus Heaney, watched on as Joe Biden cited one of the late Nobel laureate’s best-known works in his Oireachtas address. Heaney, who died in 2013, is one of the best-known modern Irish poets and has long been a ...

13 Apr 2023 at 21:30

Derry News

Senator Elisha McCallion elected to the 26th Seanad

Former Derry Councillor, Mayor, MLA and MP Elisha McCallion can now add Senator to the list of titles as she has just been elected to the 26th Seanad Éireann. The Sinn Féin representative was up for election to the Seanad's Industrial & ...

03 Apr 2020 at 07:52

Local News

Former Foyle MP Elisha McCallion to run for a seat in the Seanad in Dublin

Former Foyle MP Elisha McCallion is to run for a seat in the Seanad in Dublin. Mrs McCallion recently lost the seat, which she won in 2017, to SDLP leader Colum Eastwood. Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald has announced her party’s ...

01 Mar 2020 at 15:02

Northern Ireland

Final Seanad seats filled after marathon counting process

The final elected seats to the Irish parliament’s upper house have been filled following a marathon counting process. Independent Eileen Flynn, Sinn Fein’s Nicole Ryan and Fianna Fail candidates Fiona O’Loughlin and Diarmuid Wilson ...

03 Feb 2025 at 19:41

Northern Ireland

Taoiseach accuses Sinn Fein of ‘politicking’ on Northern Ireland issues

The Taoiseach accused Sinn Fein of “politicking around Northern Ireland” issues as he defended his decision not to nominate any senators with a Unionist or Protestant background. Last Friday, Micheal Martin nominated 11 senators ...

12 Feb 2025 at 10:13

First candidates elected to Seanad as counting continues

Northern Ireland

Independent Senator Michael McDowell first candidate to be elected to Seanad

Independents Michael McDowell, Ronan Mullen and Alice Mary Higgins have all been re-elected to the Seanad. Mr McDowell was the first to be elected in the National University of Ireland (NUI) panel, with 11,390 first preference ...

30 Jan 2025 at 21:09

Local News

Derry A-level Politics student addresses Seanad Eireann

Patrick Quigley, a Year 14 Politics student at St Columb’s College, made the long trip to Dublin last week to address Seanad Eireann during a Public Consultation on the constitutional future of the island of Ireland and ...

25 Oct 2022 at 12:15

Northern Ireland

Seamus Heaney’s widow watches on as Joe Biden cites work of late Irish poet

13 Apr 2023 at 19:47

Northern Ireland

Irish senators to gather views from all traditions on island of Ireland’s future

Ireland’s upper house of parliament is asking for people from all traditions to submit their views and ideas about the island’s constitutional future. Although all submissions are welcomed by the committee, the ...

25 Jul 2022 at 13:54

Northern Ireland

Archibald to move to economy role in Sinn Fein Stormont reshuffle

Sinn Fein’s Caoimhe Archibald is to become Stormont’s economy minister in a reshuffle prompted by the election of Conor Murphy to the Seanad. Party leader Mary Lou McDonald announced the shake-up of ministers ...

03 Feb 2025 at 13:49

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