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Bill Digests and glossaries now accessible within Bill pages
4.02.2021
Publications to support TDs, Senators and their staff preparing to debate proposed legislation are now accessible along with the core documents in the Bills & Acts section of this website.
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United Nations flag to fly at Leinster House throughout Ireland's membership of UN Security Council during 2021 and 2022
1.01.2021
The flag of the United Nations will be flown at Leinster House alongside the Irish flag during Ireland's membership of the UN Security Council in 2021 and 2022.
Read moreFinancial Times webinar on Brexit hosted by Library & Research Service
14.12.2020
Robert Shrimsley, the FT’s chief political commentator, spoke at a webinar on Brexit hosted by the Library & Research Service last Friday.
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Oireachtas Friends of Science host talk on Covid-19 vaccines
2.12.2020
The inaugural talk of the Oireachtas Friends of Science of the 33rd Dáil and 26th Seanad took place yesterday. Professor Kingston Mills gave a talk entitled Covid-19 vaccines: making sense of the clinical trial reports, merits of different types, logistics of roll out and hesitancy.
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Metadata of all the documents laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas published
18.11.2020
The Oireachtas Library has published an open metadata dataset of all the documents laid before the Houses since 1922.
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Dr. Rónán Kennedy to investigate algorithms, big data and artificial intelligence in legal services as SFI public service fellowship researcher in residence
10.11.2020
Dr. Rónán Kennedy will study algorithms, big data and artificial intelligence in the Irish legal services market during his three-month residency in the Oireachtas. Dr. Kennedy is one of six researchers seconded to the Houses of the Oireachtas Library & Research Service as part of the SFI (Science Foundation Ireland) public fellowship programme.
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Researcher in residence Dr. Boris Galkin to study drone technology as part of SFI public service fellowship
9.11.2020
Dr. Boris Galkin will investigate civilian drone technology and its future in Ireland during a three-month residency in the Oireachtas. Dr. Galkin is one of six researchers seconded to the Houses of the Oireachtas Library & Research Service as part of the SFI (Science Foundation Ireland) public service fellowship programme.
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1,000th bound volume of Dáil debates commenced
4.11.2020
Today's sitting of Dáil Éireann commences the 1,000th bound volume of the Official Report of debates of Dáil Éireann.
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Six scientific researchers seconded to L&RS under SFI Public Service Fellowship
23.10.2020
Six scientific researchers have been seconded to the Houses of the Oireachtas Library & research Service (L&RS) under the SFI Public Service Fellowship programme.
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New Environmental Indicators series launched by L&RS
21.10.2020
The first in a new series of Environmental Indicators has been published by the Oireachtas Library & Research Service (L&RS).
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