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Cathaoirleach

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Cathaoirleach (Irish for "chairperson"; plural: Cathaoirligh) is the title of the chair (or presiding officer) of Seanad Éireann, the sixty-member upper house of the Oireachtas, the legislature of Ireland. [1]

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Administrative Panel

The Administrative Panel is one of five Vocational Panels which together elect 43 of the 60 members of Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (the legislature of Ireland).

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Agricultural Panel

The Agricultural Panel is one of five Vocational Panels which together elect 43 of the 60 members of Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (the legislature of Ireland).

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Brian Mullooly

Brian Mullooly (born 21 February 1935) is a former Irish Fianna Fáil party politician known for serving as Cathaoirleach in November 1996, and from 1997 to 2002.

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Ceann Comhairle

The Ceann Comhairle ("head of the council") is the chairperson (or speaker) of Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (parliament) of Ireland.

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Chairman

The chairman (also chairperson, chairwoman or chair) is the highest officer of an organized group such as a board, a committee, or a deliberative assembly.

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Charles McDonald (Irish politician)

Charles "Charlie" McDonald (born 11 June 1935) is a former Irish Fine Gael politician.

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Clann na Talmhan

Clann na Talmhan ("Family/Children of the land"; formally known as the National Agricultural Party) was an Irish agrarian political party active between 1939 and 1965.

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Constitution of Ireland

The Constitution of Ireland (Bunreacht na hÉireann) is the fundamental law of the Republic of Ireland.

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Cultural and Educational Panel

The Cultural and Educational Panel is one of five Vocational Panels which together elect 43 of the 60 members of Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (the legislature of Ireland).

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Cumann na nGaedheal

Cumann na nGaedheal ("Society of the Gaels"), sometimes spelt Cumann na nGaedhael, was a political party in the Irish Free State, which formed the government from 1923 to 1932.

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Dáil Éireann

Dáil Éireann (lit. Assembly of Ireland) is the lower house, and principal chamber, of the Oireachtas (Irish legislature), which also includes the President of Ireland and Seanad Éireann (the upper house).

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Denis O'Donovan

Denis O'Donovan (born 23 July 1955) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has served as Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann since June 2016 and a Senator for the Agricultural Panel since 2011.

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Ex officio member

An ex officio member is a member of a body (a board, committee, council, etc.) who is part of it by virtue of holding another office.

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Fianna Fáil

Fianna Fáil (meaning 'Soldiers of Destiny' or 'Warriors of Fál'), officially Fianna Fáil – The Republican Party (Fianna Fáil – An Páirtí Poblachtánach), is a political party in Ireland.

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Fine Gael

Fine Gael (English: Family or Tribe of the Irish) is a liberal-conservative and Christian democratic political party in Ireland.

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Gaelic Athletic Association

The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; Cumann Lúthchleas Gael, (CLG)) is an Irish international amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, Gaelic handball and rounders.

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Gaelic Athletic Association county

A Gaelic Athletic Association county is a geographic region within the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), controlled by a county board and originally based on the 32 counties of Ireland as they were in 1884.

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History of the Republic of Ireland

The Irish state came into being in 1922 as the Irish Free State, a dominion of the British Commonwealth, having seceded from the United Kingdom under the Anglo-Irish Treaty.

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Independent politician

An independent or nonpartisan politician is an individual politician not affiliated with any political party.

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Industrial and Commercial Panel

The Industrial and Commercial Panel (An Rolla Tionscail Agus Tráchtála) is one of five Vocational Panels which together elect 43 of the 60 members of Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (the legislature of Ireland).

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Irish Free State

The Irish Free State (Saorstát Éireann; 6 December 192229 December 1937) was a state established in 1922 under the Anglo-Irish Treaty of December 1921.

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Irish language

The Irish language (Gaeilge), also referred to as the Gaelic or the Irish Gaelic language, is a Goidelic language (Gaelic) of the Indo-European language family originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people.

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James Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy

James Henry Mussen Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy, PC (4 April 1851 – 22 March 1931) was an Irish lawyer, politician in the British Parliament and later in the Oireachtas of the Irish Free State.

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James Dooge

James Clement Dooge (30 July 1922 – 20 August 2010) was an Irish Fine Gael politician, engineer, climatologist, hydrologist and academic who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1981 to 1982, Leader of Seanad Éireann and Leader of Fine Gael in the Seanad from 1982 to 1987 and Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann from 1973 to 1977.

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Labour Panel

The Labour Panel (An Rolla Oibreachais) is one of five Vocational Panels which together elect 43 of the 60 members of Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (the legislature of Ireland).

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Leader of the Seanad

The Leader of the Seanad is the leader of the government senators in Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas, the legislature of Ireland.

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Liam Ó Buachalla

Liam Ó Buachalla (10 April 1899 – 15 October 1970) M.Comm.

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Liam Naughten

William Anthony Naughten (30 May 1944 – 16 November 1996) was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann from 1995 to 1996.

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Liam T. Cosgrave

William Thomas Cosgrave (born 30 April 1956) is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann from 1996 to 1997 and a Senator from 1993 to 2002.

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List of political parties in the Republic of Ireland

There are a number of political parties in Ireland, and coalition governments are common.

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Local government in the Republic of Ireland

In Ireland, local government functions are mostly exercised by thirty-one local authorities, termed County, City, or City and County Councils.

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Members of the 10th Seanad

This is a list of the members of the 10th Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland.

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Members of the 11th Seanad

This is a list of the members of the 11th Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland.

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Members of the 12th Seanad

This is a list of the members of the 12th Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland.

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Members of the 13th Seanad

This is a list of the members of the 13th Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland.

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Members of the 14th Seanad

This is a list of the members of the 14th Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland.

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Members of the 15th Seanad

This is a list of the members of the 15th Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland.

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Members of the 16th Seanad

This is a list of the members of the 16th Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland.

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Members of the 17th Seanad

This is a list of the members of the 17th Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland.

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Members of the 18th Seanad

This is a list of the members of the 18th Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland.

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Members of the 1922 Seanad

This is a list of the members of the 1922 Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of the Irish Free State.

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Members of the 1925 Seanad

This is a list of the members of the 1925 Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of the Irish Free State.

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Members of the 1928 Seanad

This is a list of the members of the 1928 Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of the Irish Free State.

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Members of the 1931 Seanad

This is a list of the members of the 1931 Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of the Irish Free State.

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Members of the 1934 Seanad

This is a list of the members of the 1934 Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of the Irish Free State.

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Members of the 19th Seanad

This is a list of the members of the 19th Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland.

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Members of the 20th Seanad

This is a list of the members of the 20th Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland.

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Members of the 21st Seanad

This is a list of the members of the 21st Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland.

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Members of the 22nd Seanad

This is a list of the members of the 22nd Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland.

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Members of the 23rd Seanad

This is a list of the members of the 23rd Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland.

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Members of the 24th Seanad

This is a list of the members of the 24th Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland.

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Members of the 25th Seanad

This is a list of the members of the 25th Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland.

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Members of the 2nd Seanad

This is a list of the members of the 2nd Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland.

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Members of the 3rd Seanad

This is a list of the members of the 3rd Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland.

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Members of the 4th Seanad

This is a list of the members of the 4th Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland.

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Members of the 5th Seanad

This is a list of the members of the 5th Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland.

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Members of the 6th Seanad

This is a list of the members of the 6th Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland.

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Members of the 7th Seanad

This is a list of the members of the 7th Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland.

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Members of the 8th Seanad

This is a list of the members of the 8th Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland.

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Members of the 9th Seanad

This is a list of the members of the 9th Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of the Ireland.

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Michael Yeats

Michael Butler Yeats (22 August 1921 – 3 January 2007) was an Irish barrister and Fianna Fáil politician.

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Micheál Cranitch

Mícheál C. Cranitch (1 December 1912 – October 1999) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician.

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Nominated members of Seanad Éireann

The composition of Seanad Éireann, one of the two houses of the Oireachtas (parliament) of Ireland, is set out in Article 18 of the Constitution of Ireland.

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Oireachtas

The Oireachtas, sometimes referred to as Oireachtas Éireann, is the legislature of Ireland.

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Paddy Burke

Patrick John Burke (born 15 January 1955) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann from 2011 to 2016.

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Pat Moylan

Pat Moylan (born 12 September 1946) is a former Irish Fianna Fáil politician and member of Seanad Éireann.

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Patrick Baxter

Patrick Francis Baxter (1 October 1891 – 3 April 1959) was an Irish politician from County Cavan.

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Patrick J. Reynolds

Patrick Joseph Reynolds (25 November 1920 – 27 December 2003) was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served three terms in Dáil Éireann and five in Seanad Éireann, where he was Cathaoirleach (chairman) for four years.

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Paul Coghlan

Paul Coghlan (born 1 June 1944) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as Leas-Chathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann since June 2016 and a Senator for the Industrial and Commercial Panel since September 1997.

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Politics of the Republic of Ireland

Ireland is a parliamentary, representative democratic republic and a member state of the European Union.

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Presidential Commission (Ireland)

The Presidential Commission is the collective vice-presidency of Ireland.

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Republic of Ireland

Ireland (Éire), also known as the Republic of Ireland (Poblacht na hÉireann), is a sovereign state in north-western Europe occupying 26 of 32 counties of the island of Ireland.

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Rory Kiely

Rory Kiely (1 May 1934 – 13 June 2018) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician.

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Séamus Dolan

Séamus Dolan (10 December 1914 – 10 August 2010) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician.

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Seanad Éireann

Seanad Éireann (Senate of Ireland) is the government upper house of the Oireachtas (the Irish legislature), which also comprises the President of Ireland and Dáil Éireann (the lower house).

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Seanad Éireann (Irish Free State)

Seanad Éireann (Senate of Ireland) was the upper house of the Oireachtas (parliament) of the Irish Free State from 1922 to 1936.

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Seán Doherty (Roscommon politician)

Seán Doherty (29 June 1944 – 7 June 2005) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann from 1989 to 1992 and Minister for Justice from March 1982 to December 1982.

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Seán Fallon (politician)

Seán Fallon (26 September 1937 – 4 July 1995) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician from Athlone in County Westmeath.

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Seán Gibbons

Séan Francis Gibbons (31 May 1883 – 19 April 1952) was an Irish politician who sat as Cumann na nGaedheal Teachta Dála (TD) in the 1920s and as a Fianna Fáil TD in the 1930s.

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Seán Goulding

Seán Goulding (1877 – 15 December 1959) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician.

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Speaker (politics)

The speaker of a deliberative assembly, especially a legislative body, is its presiding officer, or the chair.

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Thomas Westropp Bennett

Thomas William Westropp Bennett (30 January 1867 – 1 February 1962) was an Irish politician, magistrate and public figure in Irish agriculture.

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Timothy O'Donovan

Timothy Joseph O'Donovan (4 April 1881 – 28 June 1957) was a Farmers' Party and Fine Gael politician from County Cork in Ireland.

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Tras Honan

Tras Honan (née Barlow; born 4 January 1930) is a former Irish Fianna Fáil politician from Ennis in County Clare who served as a senator for 15 years.

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Vocational Panel

The Vocational Panels are one of three methods by which members are elected to Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (parliament) of Ireland.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathaoirleach

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