Senate

‘The suicide rates are huge’ – Podcast interview with Senator Frances Black…

Paul Gosling on April 29, 2019, 7:00 am | Readers 1820

Senator Frances Black is an independent senator in Ireland’s Oireachtas and a member of its Good Friday Agreement Implementation Committee. She has family roots in Rathlin Island and a strong commitment to addressing mental health challenges. Frances is also a very modest person. “I’m first and foremost a singer you know,” she says. “And I left school when I was very young. I don’t have a great language. But I do know that people understand the language of the heart. …

“Senator Callely will now be reviewing his legal decisions…”

Pete Baker on January 14, 2011, 1:01 pm | Readers 6

As the Irish Times reports Senator Ivor Callely has won his High Court action aimed at overturning a Seanad committee’s finding that he misrepresented his normal place of residence to claim expenses. The High Court found this morning the Seanad Select Committee of Members’ Interests breached Mr Callely’s constitutional right to natural justice and fair procedures in its decision. An iol report quotes from the High Court ruling Judge Iarfhlaith O’Neill found the Committee did not allow Mr Callely a reasonable …