The Seanad debates legislation proposed by the Government. It can amend Bills and delay them, but not stop them from becoming ...

CONCERNS are emerging that a new Programme for Government may not be possible by the time the Dail returns on January 22 with Fianna Fail and Fine Gael “halfway” through formation talks. Taoiseach ...

Matt Dempsey, former Editor of the Irish Farmers’ Journal and Chairman of the Food Vision Tillage Group will contest the upcoming elections for Seanad Éireann which take place by postal ballot from 15 ...

Kieran Culkin has confessed. The star of “A Real Pain” and “Succession” admitted that he once swapped a prop joint for one ...

FIANNA Fail and Fine Gael have agreed “common ground” on plans for several departments in Government formation talks including Defence, Foreign Affairs, Social Protection and Tourism. However, ...

She called Mr Kavelashvili’s inauguration a “parody”. Mr Kavelashvili, who was the only candidate on the ballot paper, easily ...

Voters in Ireland were more than usually busy in 2024, casting their ballot in five different polls – for two referenda in March, local and European ballots in June and a general election in November.

The central demand is the immediate restoration of paper ballots in elections, emphasising transparency and verifiability. The group argues that paper ballots ensure a more accountable process ...

In a move decried by Israeli newspaper Haaretz as ‘a win for gimmicks over diplomacy’, the Israeli foreign minister Gideon Sa ...

Scotland’s biggest teaching union will ballot members over potential strike action in Glasgow. The EIS will open a ballot on January 6 as it looks to pressure the council into reversing cuts to ...

“After consulting Legco and the community, the government is willing to heed good advice and has decided to continue to use ballot paper detection machines for voluntary use by voters in the ...

Described as “a little emotional”, he said his name would remain on the ballot. Several TDs said ... is also on the voting paper. Fine Gael is not nominating any candidates.