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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.
Read moreMarking 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.
Read moreOWL 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.
Read moreBronze 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.
Read morePlanting 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.
Read moreEvents 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.
Read moreBronnadh 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.
Read moreLaunch 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.
Read moreCeann 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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