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

THREE candidates have been elected on the first count on the Senate Agricultural panel — including former junior minister ...

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

Independent candidate Aubrey McCarthy has secured the final seat in the Dublin University/Trinity College constituency in the Seanad elections.

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

Former Sinn Féin Cavan-Monaghan TD Pauline Tully who topped the poll just two votes shy of the 191 quota and Fine Gael ...

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

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Outgoing Fianna Fáil senator Lorraine Clifford-Lee is understood to be considering her legal options after she lost her Seanad seat following a recount this morning. She has not yet ruled out the ...

The time is now to cast the last votes in the Seanad election. Postal voting for 49 seats on 7 vocational and university panels has been ongoing since mid-January and counting will begin on Wednesday.