The Irish Times

Miriam Lord’s week: Healy-Rae makes stand over seating

Kerry TD refuses to give up seat in dispute delaying return of electronic voting in Dáil

Sat Jul 02 2016 - 01:00

Paddy Harte jnr set to be announced as FG Donegal candidate

Source close to Harte says he has agreed to put his name forward

Fri Jan 15 2016 - 01:00

Labour nominee Maíria Cahill wins Seanad byelection

Cahill takes seat vacated by Jimmy Harte, said she had ‘dealt with the issues in my past’

Fri Nov 13 2015 - 15:53

Maíria Cahill: Membership of dissident group was mistake

Labour nominee in Seanad byelection was pressured to detail involvement with RNU

Thu Nov 12 2015 - 20:09

Maíria Cahill under pressure to clarify dissident republican links

Labour candidate expected to be elected to Seanad in byelection on Friday

Thu Nov 12 2015 - 13:28

Seanad byelection: obscure Irish political event nears an end

Maíria Cahill set to come out on top when 200-odd votes are counted on Friday

Thu Nov 12 2015 - 07:52

David Norris criticises Maíria Cahill over ex-dissident links

Norris says sisters of murder victim Robert McCartney urged further questioning of Cahill

Wed Nov 11 2015 - 01:00

Meath councillor to contest Seanad byelection for Sinn Féin

Sinead Burke will run against party critic Máiría Cahill, who was chosen by Labour

Thu Oct 15 2015 - 13:49

Mayo GP to contest Seanad byelection for Fianna Fáil

Sinn Féin also intends to challenge for seat which Maíria Cahill is in running for

Wed Oct 14 2015 - 19:48

Miriam Lord: Sphinx-like Kenny whips up frenzy

Near-hysteria grips Leinster House as announcement of election date is awaited

Fri Oct 09 2015 - 21:03

Cahill says she’s no issue with Sinn Féin contesting by-election

Belfast woman unveiled as Labour Party’s chosen candidate for Seanad seat

Wed Oct 07 2015 - 18:14

No election before 2016, says Fine Gael Seanad leader

Upper House has 28 Bills to pass before Christmas, Maurice Cummins tells Senators

Tue Oct 06 2015 - 21:38

Maíria Cahill set to win Labour seat in Seanad byelection

Anti-abuse campaigner accepts nomination offer from party leadership

Mon Oct 05 2015 - 01:00

Mairia Cahill to contest Seanad by-election for Labour

Victims campaigner has alleged she was sexually abused by a senior IRA figure

Sun Oct 04 2015 - 00:21

Minister orders byelection to fill Seanad vacancy

Labour’s Jimmy Harte resigned from Upper House last week

Wed Sept 30 2015 - 19:04

Boyd Barrett and Hayes referred to gardaí over funding

TDs miss Standards in Public Office commission deadline to disclose donations

Tue Mar 24 2015 - 17:26

Government looks likely to win crucial Seanad vote on Water Services Bill

Government Senators are now in a minority in the 60-seat upper chamber

Thu Dec 18 2014 - 17:18

Labour Senator Jimmy Harte continuing to make progress

Harte suffered significant head injuries after a fall last year in Newmarket Square

Tue Nov 18 2014 - 13:22

Senators express shock and support for critically ill colleague after serious fall

Fianna Fáil says any necessary voting arrangement can be ’taken as a given’

Wed Nov 20 2013 - 01:01

Doctors monitoring seriously-ill Jimmy Harte

Labour Senator in a critical but stable condition after fall left him with head injuries

Mon Nov 18 2013 - 14:40

Sen Jimmy Harte was not assaulted, gardaí believe

Missing jacket and keys found in pub injured politician had visited after earlier fears of attack

Sun Nov 17 2013 - 19:33

Senator Jimmy Harte found with serious head injuries

Donegal politician seriously ill in Beaumont Hospital after being discovered in street

Sun Nov 17 2013 - 10:02

My Running Life: Senator Jimmy Harte

Tue Nov 12 2013 - 01:00

Yes campaign reflected the advice of the ‘spinmeisters’ - John Crown

You’ve got to actually do the test - not send someone else in to sit your exam - Barrett

Mon Oct 07 2013 - 01:10

Kenny factor not the only reason Seanad referendum was lost

Very effective No campaigners had a big influence on voters’ decisions

Mon Oct 07 2013 - 01:00

Labour Senators deny failure to vote was a bid to undermine Coalition

Government defeated in Seanad on Private Members’ Bill on upward only rent reviews

Fri Oct 04 2013 - 01:00

Senators complain referendum campaign has been ‘dirty’

Cross-party calls for a No vote during this morning’s order of business in Seanad

Thu Oct 03 2013 - 13:06

Government suffers defeat in Seanad vote

Four Labour senators failed to show up for a vote

Thu Oct 03 2013 - 01:00

Government suffers Seanad defeat in advance of referendum

Four Labour Senators absent for vote to abolish upward only rents

Thu Oct 03 2013 - 01:00

Government defeated in Seanad vote ahead of referendum

Four Labour Senators absent for critical vote after they failed to show up

Wed Oct 02 2013 - 20:51

Ex-FG member accuses party of spreading ‘false propaganda’ on Seanad

Fidelma Healy-Eames says claim abolition would save €20m ‘completely erroneous’

Tue Oct 01 2013 - 18:47

Fuel laundering in Border region could force rethink on colour-coded diesel

The State is losing money but local people fear the social cost more

Tue Aug 06 2013 - 01:00

Minister of State Lynch ‘comfortable’ in hospital

Cork TD taken by air ambulance from Donegal to CUH to for blood poisoning treatment

Wed Jul 31 2013 - 14:52

Bill passed in Seanad for abolition referendum

Upper House votes 33-25 in favour of legislation after heated exchanges

Wed Jul 24 2013 - 01:00