Big Day for the Parish & for the Kenmare Shamrocks Hurling & Gaelic Football Club, founded in 1888 today for the first time we are in the Kerry County Senior Football Final Best wishes to all the lads on the team manager selectors & back room staff Go n-éirí libh agus Beir bua

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The All-Party Oireachtas Group on Dementia event with the Alzheimer Society of Ireland. It was an important opportunity to recognise the work being done to raise awareness of dementia and support people living with the condition and their families.

Today is the 70th Anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution and Freedom Fight where peaceful student protests led to a nationwide uprising against Soviet control. To mark this occasion we welcomed Hungarian Ambassador Gergely Bánhegyi to Leinster House this morning 🇭🇺🇮🇪

I was pleased to welcome Ambassador Pavel Vošalík to Leinster House ahead of Czech Republic’s National Day on October 28th 🇨🇿🇮🇪

Presiding over the Committee and Remaining Stages vote on the Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) (Amendment) Bill 2026 in the Seanad this evening.

Austria National Day commemorates the adoption of the Constitutional Law on Permanent Neutrality on October 1955, pleased to welcome the Austrian Ambassador Melitta Schubert in Leinster House today I extend my warmest wishes to the Austrian community ahead of their National Day

Today’s Seanad Order of Business includes: • Motion(s) without debate: Motion re the Horse & Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2026 • Motion regarding the Media Regulation Bill 2026 • Public Health (Tobacco Products & Nicotine Inhaling Products) (Amendment) Bill 2026

It was a pleasure to welcome the Irish American Partnership to Leinster House yesterday before attending their 40th Anniversary Gala Dinner in Dublin’s RDS

Today’s Seanad Order of Business: Government Business: Employment Equality & Institutional Burials (Amendment) Bill 2026 All Stages (Department of Children, Disability & Equality) Motion regarding the earlier signature of the Employment Equality & Institutional Burials (2026)

Seanad Éireann Order of Business for the week of October 20th to October 22nd 2026

The national delegations to the IPU conference gathered to meet, debate & vote at their biannual meeting. The Assembly brought together parliamentarians from across the world to discuss how effective governance & inclusivity can strengthen communities & create opportunities

We welcomed my cousin Carson Daly from NBC's Today Show to my home town Kenmare, Co. Kerry as part of a special broadcast To mark the occasion, Carson was presented with an Irish Flag flown 7 March 2023, 175 years since Thomas F Meagher flew the Flag for the first time in 1848

The International AI Summit held as part of Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The Summit was opened by Taoiseach Micheál Martin, who highlighted Ireland’s ambition to become a leading applied AI economy.

Today’s Seanad Order of Business: Government Business: Statements on the Local Democracy Taskforce Report and Implementation Plan (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

The Literary & Historical Society at University College Dublin invited me to be part of a debate on the Irish Flag and voted that the Irish Tricolour has not become a symbol of division.

German Unity Day is the National Day of Germany 🇩🇪 Ireland and Germany share a close partnership rooted in shared European values. It was a pleasure to welcome Ambassador Gill to Leinster House to mark German Unity Day.

Integrated Education Fund in Northern Ireland met in the Seanad Chamber to discuss the challenges and opportunities of integrated education in Northern Ireland. Met with Chief Executive Paul Caskey, students Logan and Bailey, who gave the closing remarks.

Cyprus 🇨🇾 National Day Delighted to welcome H.E. Mr. Louis Telemachou, Ambassador of Cyprus to Ireland, to mark Cyprus National Day in the Seanad Chamber Wishing Ambassador Telemachou, the Cypriot community in Ireland, & Cypriots around the world a very happy Independence Day

Welcomed Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration of the Republic of Moldova, Cristina Gherasimov, and Ms. Larisa Miculeț, Chargé d'Affaires a.i. of the Republic of Moldova to Ireland