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President Joseph Biden addressing the Houses in the Dail Chamber standing at a dais

U.S. Presidents in Leinster House

13.04.2023

President Joseph R. Biden, Jr., is the fourth American leader to address a joint sitting sitting of the Houses of the Oireachtas, so take a look at the previous occasions on which Leinster House welcomed American presidents.

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Grey title card of the Lessons from the Architects of the Good Friday Agreement series of meetings held by the Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement

Marking 25 years of the Good Friday Agreement

10.04.2023

The Houses of the Oireachtas has looked back on the legacy of the Good Friday Agreement, producing a number of educational and informative textual and visual resources to mark its quarter-century anniversary.

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Part of an exhibition curated by HerStory on display at Leinster House to mark the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Good Friday Agreement

Showcase of peace heroines at Leinster House exhibition

3.04.2023

The exhibition, curated by HerStory, celebrates the role of women in peace-building in Northern Ireland from grass roots to government.

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OWL award winners CSEAS 2023

OWL wins award for Workplace and Organisation of the Future at Civil Service Excellence and Innovation Awards

31.03.2023

The 8th annual Civil Service Excellence and Innovation Awards saw the Houses of the Oireachtas take the Workplace and Organisation of the Future award for its OWL training and graduate programme. 

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A bronze mid-torso length bust of John Hume unveiled in Leinster House in March 2023. John Hume's son, a faint smile on his face, is pictured looking at the bust in a manner that looks like father and son are looking at each other

Bronze bust of the late John Hume unveiled at Leinster House.

30.03.2023

The artwork forms the first of two to be unveiled 25 years after the signing of the Good Friday Agreement to commemorate the Nobel Prize-winning peace work done by Hume and the late Lord David Trimble in Northern Ireland.

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Wide angle photo of attendees at tree planning ceremony on Leinster Lawn in March 2023

Planting of tree on Leinster Lawn commemorates lives lost due to Covid-19

24.03.2023

The Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann, Senator Jerry Buttimer, has led a ceremony on Leinster Lawn to remember the lives Ireland lost because of coronavirus.

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Ceann Comhairle posing with a woman wearing traditional Moldovan dress as part of the launch of an exhibition

Events at Leinster House illustrate its important role in maintaining diplomatic ties

3.03.2023

This week saw a flurry of events in Leinster House illustrating the role parliamentarians play in maintaining diplomatic relations with our neighbours.

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Chairman of the Comhchoiste na Gaeilge, na Gaeltachta agus Phobal Labhartha na Gaeilge, Oireachtas staff and Dr. Conchubhar Ó Crualaoich pictured with a book on Irish placenames

Bronnadh leabhar ar logainmneacha na hÉireann mar chuid de Sheachtain na Gaeilge

1.03.2023

Cathaoirleach Chomhchoiste na Gaeilge, na Gaeltachta agus Phobal Labhartha na Gaeilge, Teachta Aengus Ó Snodaigh; Suzie Rafter agus Erin O’ Mahony, Leabharlann Thithe an Oireachtais; agus an Dr. Conchubhar Ó Crualaoich, Brainse na Logainmneacha, ag léacht ar Logainmneacha: Tobar Feasa na hOidhreachta a d’eagraigh an Choiste do Sheachtain na Gaeilge 2023.

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Cathaoirleach Leader of the Seanad Leas Chathaoirleach Mark Mulreany at the launch of IPA book on the centenary of Seanad group picture

Launch of 100 Bliain de Sheanad Éireann 1922-2022

22.02.2023

In a ceremony hosted in the Oireachtas Library reading room, the Institute of Public Administration publication 100 Bliain de Sheanad Éireann 1922-2022 has been launched by the Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann.

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A group photo taken indoors in which the Ceann Comhairle is posing with members of the Japanese parliamentary community

Ceann Comhairle's visit to Japan demonstrates important bilateral ties

16.02.2023

The visit by the Ceann Comhairle, Deputy Seán Ó Feargháil, comes in the 66th year of diplomatic relations between Ireland and Japan.

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