News and features
Virtual transition year experience weeks hosted by Houses of the Oireachtas
19.03.2021
The Houses of the Oireachtas hosted 37 transition year students this week and last week for virtual work experience.
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Oireachtas TV to broadcast St. Patrick’s Festival events
12.03.2021
Oireachtas TV will broadcast most of this year’s St. Patrick’s Festival events from 12 to 17 March.
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Search for northwest shipping passage revisited in display of early 19th century book
10.03.2021
This month the Oireachtas Library is revisiting the long, dangerous search for a northwest shipping route through the Arctic by exhibiting Captain John Ross’s published account of his expedition between 1829 and 1833.
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Leas-Cheann Comhairle gives video address on International Women’s Day
9.03.2021
On International Women's Day 2021, the Leas-Cheann Comhairle, Deputy Catherine Connolly, gave a video address.
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Oireachtas Friends of Science and Technology host talk on DNA sequencing of Covid-19
3.03.2021
The Oireachtas Friends of Science and Technology hosted an online talk on DNA sequencing, Covid-19 mutations and the Irish role in sequencing the Coronavirus today.
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New resource to help TDs in their scrutiny of Estimates for Public Services
1.03.2021
The Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) has published a new web page of guidance and analysis relevant to scrutinising the Estimates for Public Scrutiny.
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Oireachtas hosts virtual plenary of British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly
23.02.2021
The Houses of the Oireachtas hosted the 60th Plenary of the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly (BIPA) yesterday. Oireachtas Members attended in the Dáil Chamber while members of the other parliamentary assemblies attended remotely.
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European Parliamentary Week 2021 takes place by video conference
22.02.2021
European Parliamentary Week 2021 takes place by video conference today, Monday 22 February.
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Lawtech and its potential implications examined as SFI researcher in residence publishes paper
18.02.2021
The Oireachtas Library & Research Service (L&RS) has published a new Spotlight on algorithms, big data and artificial intelligence in the Irish legal market.
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Banking crisis of 1721 revisited in display of 300-year-old pamphlets
16.02.2021
This month the Oireachtas Library is revisiting the failed attempt to set up a national bank of Ireland 300 years ago with pamphlets for and against the proposal in its virtual display case.
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