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Governor Healey of Massachusetts in conversation in a room in Leinster House with the Cathaoirleach

Governor of Massachusetts visits Leinster House

28.06.2023

The Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann, Senator Jerry Buttimer, has welcomed Maura Healey, the Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, to Leinster House, where she has addressed the Seanad.

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Irish parliamentary delegation on an official visit to Lithuania

Parliamentary delegation carries out official visits to Georgia and Lithuania.

28.06.2023

The Ceann Comhairle and a parliamentary delegation have carried out official visits to Georgia and Lithuania.

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The President of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Cyprus, Her Excellency Annita Demetriou, pictured with the Cathaoirleach, Senator Jerry Buttimer

President of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Cyprus visits Leinster House

14.06.2023

Her Excellency Ms Annita Demetriou made an address to the Seanad having been welcomed to Leinster House by the Ceann Comhairle and the Cathaoirleach, and the visit comes a year after the Ceann Comhairle had been welcomed to Cyprus on an official visit.

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Panel discussion participants from the When Ireland said Yes event marking anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement

Marking the day Ireland said "Yes" to the Good Friday Agreement

24.05.2023

In 1998, referendums on the landmark Good Friday Agreement were passed by the people of Ireland.

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Picture of a collection of social media awards against a backdrop

Success at the Social Media Awards 2023

15.05.2023

The Houses of the Oireachtas enjoyed another successful night at the annual Social Media Awards, taking home awards for work on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, as well as the service's social media strategy.

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Ceann Comhairle, Cathaoirleach and EU Commissioner Mairead McGuinness attending an exhibition marking Ireland's participation in Europe launched on Europe Day 2023

Europe Day 2023 in the Houses

9.05.2023

Europe Day is marked on 9 May, the anniversary of the Schuman Declaration in 1950, across the countries that comprise the EU.

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Head and shoulders image of Nadia Dobrianska, taken during a lecture on how lives have been affected by the war in Ukraine

Using the Irish language to describe lives affected by war

27.04.2023

Using entirely the medium of her adopted language, Nadia Dobrianska, a Ukrainian refugee studying Irish history, has given an intensely personal account of how the conflict in Ukraine has upended the lives of Ukrainians.

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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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