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Cancer Society ‘astonished’ at move to delay law banning insurer penalties

Insurance Ireland claims plans for mandatory action will undermine ‘fairness’ in the market, while the Department of Finance stalled the bill which would have stopped survivors being penalised

Martin to avoid ruffling any feathers in cabinet reshuffle

Sources say Taoiseach will play it safe and maintain status quo, while Donohoe and McGrath are likely to swap portfolios

Elaine Byrne: A reimagined Seanad may be the most judicious route to a shared island

In the steps towards greater union on the island of Ireland, we would do well to remember the remarkable democratic accomplishment of the first senate in 1922

James McDermott: Unfairness of Trinity vote is a recurring theme

As rivals jockey to replace Ivana Bacik in Seanad Éireann, it’s worth reminding ourselves that the very concept of a university senator is an anachronistic one

Elaine Byrne: Seanad’s centenary gives us the opportunity to celebrate our shared history

Sixteen southern unionists were appointed to the Seanad in 1922 by WT Cosgrave, giving a voice to minorities not represented in the Dáil, and bringing maturity in the form of amendments to major pieces of legislation

Doherty threatens to proceed with controversial peat harvesting bill

Private horticultural bill to allow practice to resume is co-signed by Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil senators, but has angered the Green Party

Dozens of TDs and senators claim expenses without travelling to Leinster House

An estimated €123,000 was paid out last year under a clause allowing politicians to get a full allowance if they can show they were unable to travel to the Oireachtas

Sinn Féin to support Lawless in Seanad by-election

The independent candidate’s strong links to Irish America are understood to be behind the party’s intention to back the businessman

Chu promised Green backers of her Seanad run that she would not quit the party

Green Party chair publicly toyed with joining Social Democrats and had said she would run for Dáil ‘one way or the other’

Low stakes, high risks: the perils of the Seanad by-election

While Hazel Chu embarks on a solo run for a Seanad seat, many in Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are concerned that their parties’ fragile election pact will fall apart in a welter of mutual distrust

Constitutional challenge to Seanad voting rules heads to High Court

Case brought by UL graduate Tomás Heneghan contends that current rules about who can be an elector are unconstitutional