Parliament in Ireland

She also met with President Michael D. Higgins, discussing the EU's future and the Croat community in Ireland, and held talks with the speaker of the Irish parliament's lower house, Sean O Fearghail, and members of the Irish-Croatian friendship group in the Irish parliament. The collocutors emphasized the ...

Stormont, the Northern Irish Parliament, has been the victim of a targeted attack that has prompted action stations within the IT department. In a blanket email sent to all staff (and seen by the BBC), employees were informed that the attack was an attempt by cybercriminals to access assembly mailboxes with ...

Deputy Adams, who holds a seat in the Irish parliament, hit out at the actions of Israeli security forces during Friday's 'Great Return' protest in Gaza, which left 16 Palestinians dead and more than 1,400 injured. “There can be no justification or excuse by Israel for the calculated slaughter by Israeli military snipers of unarmed ...

Pubs in Ireland are being allowed to sell alcohol on Good Friday for the first time in nearly a century. In January, the Irish parliament passed new legislation ending a 91 year-long ban on pubs, restaurants and supermarkets selling alcohol on the Friday before Easter Monday – a legacy of the country's ...

ZAGREB, March 15, 2018 - Ireland acknowledges the huge contribution Croatian immigrants have made to its society, visiting Irish Parliament Speaker Sean O Fearghail said after talks with his host, Sabor Speaker Gordan Jandroković, in Zagreb on Thursday. We are aware of an increasing number of ...

The Irish parliament was temporarily shut down following a furious row between several of its members over the new speaking system. Marc MacSharry, of the opposition Fianna Fail party, started a shouting match with brothers and independent members of the lower house, Michael and Danny Healy-Rae, ...

The email service at the Northern Ireland Parliament, Stormont has been hit by a brute force attack allowing unknown attackers to access email accounts of several members. According to an internal email seen by the BBC, Members of the NI Parliament have been notified that the attack was an external ...

"There is, for Christians, a very clear witness in the Scriptures that all human life, including before physical birth, has a sacred dignity in the eyes of God," they said. There have already been five referendums related to the issue, the first in 1983. But in recent years the Irish parliament had stalled proposals to ...

Murphy said: 'I have signed the polling day order and I can confirm that a referendum on repealing the Eighth Amendment of the constitution and allowing the Oireachtas (Irish parliament) to legislate in this area will be held on Friday 25th of May 2018.' Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar last year won ...