Richard James Mulcahy was an Irish Fine Gael politician and army general who served as Minister for Education from 1948 to 1951 and 1954 to 1957,Minister for the Gaeltacht from June 1956 to October 1956,Leader of the Opposition from 1944 to 1948,Leader of Fine Gael from 1944 to 1959,Minister for Local Government and Public Health from 1927 to 1932 and Minister for Defence from January to April 1919 and 1922 to 1924. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1918 to 1938 and from 1943 to 1961 and a Senator from March 1938 to June 1938 and 1943 to 1944. He served in the cabinets of W. T. Cosgrave and John A. Costello.
Fergus O'Dowd is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Louth constituency since the 2002 general election. He was appointed Chair of the Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement in September 2020. He previously served as Chair of the Committee on Transport,Tourism and Sport from 2017 to 2020 and as a Minister of State from 2011 to 2014.
Kathleen O'Meara is an Irish former Labour Party politician. She was a member of Seanad Éireann from 1997 to 2007. On both occasions she was elected by the Agricultural Panel.
Terry Leyden is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician who served as a Senator from September 2002 to March 2020,and previously during December 1992. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1977 to 1992,and as a Minister of State from March to December 1982,and from 1987 to 1992.
John Gerard Hanafin is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician,who was a member of Seanad Éireann from 2002 to 2011. He was elected by the Labour Panel. Hanafin is the brother of the former cabinet minister Mary Hanafin and the son of the former Senator,Des Hanafin. He was first elected to the Seanad in 2002 and re-elected in 2007. He was a member of North Tipperary County Council representing the Thurles area from 1988 to 2003.
Denis O'Donovan is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as a Senator for the Agricultural Panel since April 2011. He previously served as Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann from 2016 to 2020 and Leas-Chathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann from 2011 to 2016. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork South-West constituency from 2002 to 2007.
Dan Neville is an Irish former Fine Gael politician. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1997 to 2016,and was a Senator for the Labour Panel from 1989 to 1997. He served as Chair of the Fine Gael parliamentary party from 2014 to 2016.
Tom Hayes is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as a Minister of State from 2013 to 2016. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Tipperary South constituency from 2001 to 2016. He was a Senator for the Agricultural Panel from 1997 to 2001.
A vocational panel is any of five lists of candidates from which are elected a total of 43 of the 60 senators in Seanad Éireann,the upper house of the Oireachtas (parliament) of Ireland. Each panel corresponds to a grouping of "interests and services" of which candidates are required to have "knowledge and practical experience". The panels are nominated partly by Oireachtas members and partly by vocational organisations. From each panel,between five and eleven senators are elected indirectly,by Oireachtas members and local councillors,using the single transferable vote. The broad requirements are specified by Article 18 of the Constitution of Ireland and the implementation details by acts of the Oireachtas,principally the Seanad Electoral Act 1947,and associated statutory instruments.
Michael Ferris was an Irish Labour Party politician who served for more than twenty years as a member of the Oireachtas,as both a Senator and a Teachta Dála (TD). Before becoming a full-time politician,he was an administrator in a veterinary practice.
The Agricultural Panel is one of five vocational panels which together elect 43 of the 60 members of Seanad Éireann,the senate of the Oireachtas. The Agricultural Panel elects eleven senators.
Joe O'Reilly is an Irish Fine Gael politician has served as a Senator for the Labour Panel since April 2016,and previously from 2007 to 2011 for the Industrial and Commercial Panel and from 1989 to 1992 for the Cultural and Educational Panel. He served as Leas-Chathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann from August 2020 to December 2022. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cavan–Monaghan constituency from 2011 to 2016.
Phil Prendergast is an Irish former Labour Party politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the South constituency from 2011 to 2014,Leader of the Labour Party in the Seanad in 2011 and a Senator for the Labour Panel from 2007 to 2011.
Seanad Éireann is the senate of the Oireachtas,which also comprises the President of Ireland and Dáil Éireann.
Aodhán ÓRíordáin is an Irish Labour Party politician who has been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Ireland for the Dublin constituency since July 2024. He previously served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Bay North constituency from the 2020 general election to 2024,and from 2011 to 2016 for the Dublin North-Central constituency. He served as a Minister of State from 2014 to 2016. He was a Senator for the Industrial and Commercial Panel from 2016 to 2020.
Trevor ÓClochartaigh is an Irish former politician who has served as a Senator for the Agricultural Panel from 2011 to 2018.
John Kelly is an Irish former Labour Party politician who has served as a Senator for the Administrative Panel from 2011 to 2016.
Mary Moran is an Irish former Labour Party politician who served as a Senator from 2011 to 2016,after being nominated by the Taoiseach.
The 25th Seanad was in office from 2016 to 2020. An election to Seanad Éireann,the senate of the Oireachtas,followed the 2016 general election to the 32nd Dáil on 26 February. There are 60 seats in the Seanad:43 were elected on five vocational panels by serving politicians,for which polling closed on 25 April;6 were elected in two university constituencies,for which polling closed on 26 April;and 11 were nominated by the Taoiseach on 27 May 2016. It remained in office until the close of poll for the 26th Seanad in March 2020.
Ian James Marshall is a farmer and former Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) politician from Markethill,County Armagh,in Northern Ireland. He is from a unionist background and campaigned against Brexit. He was elected to Seanad Éireann in Dublin in 2018,but lost his seat in the 2020 Seanad election.
