News and features

Oireachtas Library celebrates Explore Your Archive week

20.11.2018

The Houses of the Oireachtas Library & Research Service (L&RS) is taking part in a social media campaign to launch Explore Your Archive 2018.

Report on childhood obesity launched

19.11.2018

The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Children and Youth Affairs has published a report on childhood obesity.

Oireachtas Library marks 100th anniversary of end of First World War

9.11.2018

The Oireachtas Library & Research Service is marking the centenary of the end of the First World War by exhibiting a document from the Dublin Castle collection.

Lord Mayor of Belfast addresses Seanad Éireann

9.11.2018

The Lord Mayor of Belfast, Deirdre Hargey, addressed Seanad Éireann yesterday.

Countess de Markievicz exhibition opens in National Gallery

7.11.2018

The Ceann Comhairle officially launched the exhibition Markievicz: Portraits & Propaganda at the National Gallery of Ireland yesterday evening.

Oireachtas seeks descendants of those elected in 1918 general election for Irish constituencies

22.10.2018

The Houses of the Oireachtas would like to hear from children and grandchildren of the 101 people returned for an Irish constituency in the general election of December 1918.

Ceann Comhairle presents National Bravery Awards to 21 recipients

19.10.2018

Ceann Comhairle Seán Ó Fearghaíl TD has presented National Bravery Awards to 21 individuals who risked their own lives to aid others in peril. The presentation took place at Farmleigh House in the Phoenix Park, Dublin.

Disclosures Tribunal publishes its third interim report

11.10.2018

The ‘Third Interim Report of the Tribunal of Inquiry into Protected Disclosures made under the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 and certain other matters’ has been laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas today. The Honourable Mr Justice Peter Charleton is the tribunal chairman.

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Oireachtas Library marks Budget 2019 with display of historic documents

5.10.2018

The Oireachtas Library & Research Service is marking Budget 2019 by displaying a file of material relating to budgets, estimates and expenditures made between 1923 and 1924.

45 Stories exhibition launched in Leinster House

26.09.2018

The Leas-Chathaoirleach, Senator Paul Coghlan, launched 45 Stories in Leinster House today. 45 Stories is a travelling European Commission exhibition showcasing the many ways that EU membership has benefitted Ireland over the past 45 years.