Republic of Ireland
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The Republic of Ireland is a sovereign, independent state. ...
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | The Oireachtas is the National Parliament of the Republic of Ireland. ...
The Dáil Chamber Dáil Éireann is the lower house of the Oireachtas (parliament) of the Republic of Ireland. ...
The Ceann Comhairle1 is the chairman or speaker of Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (parliament) of the Republic of Ireland. ...
Dr. Rory OHanlon (born 7 February 1934), Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann. ...
Seanad Éireann (English: Senate of Ireland), the Irish Senate, is the upper house of the Oireachtas: the parliament of the Republic of Ireland1. ...
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The President of Ireland (Irish: Uachtarán na hÉireann) is the head of state of the Republic of Ireland. ...
Mary Patricia McAleese (Irish name Máire PádraigÃn Mhic Ghiolla Ãosa; born 27 June 1951) is the eighth, and current, President of Ireland. ...
The Council of State (Irish: Comhairle Stáit) is an organ established by the Constitution of Ireland to advise the President of Ireland in the exercise of many of her discretionary, reserve powers. ...
The Presidential Commission (Irish: Coimisiún Uachtarán) is the collective vice-presidency of the Republic of Ireland. ...
The Taoiseach (plural: Taoisigh) or, more formally, An Taoiseach, is the head of government of the Republic of Ireland and the leader of the Irish cabinet1. ...
Patrick Bartholemew Ahern (Irish name: Pádraig Parthalán Ó hEachthairn) (born September 12, 1951), commonly called Bertie Ahern, is an Irish politician. ...
The Tánaiste (plural: Tánaistithe), or more formally An Tánaiste, is the deputy prime minister of the Republic of Ireland1. ...
Mary Harney (born March 11, 1953) is an Irish Progressive Democrats politician. ...
The Government of Ireland contains a number of Ministries, known in the Republic of Ireland as Government Departments. ...
The Opposition Front Bench is a group of senior opposition TDs in Dáil Éireann who together under the leadership of the Leader of the Opposition form an alternative cabinet to the governments, whose members mark each individual member of the government. ...
The Irish Leader of the Opposition is a title traditionally held by the leader of the largest opposition party in Dáil Éireann. ...
Enda Kenny Enda Kenny (born April 24, 1951) is a senior Irish politician. ...
Local government in the Republic of Ireland is governed by the Local Government Act, 2001, which established a two-tier structure of local government. ...
The courts system in the Republic of Ireland consists of the Supreme Court, the High Court and a number of lower courts. ...
The Supreme Court (Irish: Chúirt Uachtarach) is the highest judicial authority in the Republic of Ireland. ...
The High Court of the Republic of Ireland is a court which deals at first instance with the most serious and important civil and criminal cases, and also acts as a court of appeal for civil cases in the Circuit Court. ...
An amendment may be made to any part of Bunreacht na hÉireann, the constitution of the Republic of Ireland, but only by referendum. ...
The Republic of Ireland elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. ...
The date for Irelands presidential election was set for 22 October 2004. ...
The European Parliament Election, 2004 was the Republic of Ireland component of the European Parliament Election, 2004. ...
The Irish general election of 2002 was held on Friday 17 May 2002, just over three weeks after the dissolution of the 28th Dáil on Thursday 25 April by President Mary McAleese, at the request of the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern. ...
There are a number of political parties in the Republic of Ireland, and coalition governments are common. ...
| | Politics Portal | Cathaoirleach (pronounced, ka-here-loch) is the title of the speaker of the sixty-member Irish upper house, Seanad Éireann (pronounced sch-anad air-inn).The current Cathaoirleach is Senator Rory Kiely. The Cathaoirleach is the sole judge of order and has a range of powers and functions namely: Seanad Éireann (English: Senate of Ireland), the Irish Senate, is the upper house of the Oireachtas: the parliament of the Republic of Ireland1. ...
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- Calls on members to speak and all speeches must be addressed to the Chair.
- Puts such questions to the House as are required, supervises Divisions and declares the results.
- Has authority to suppress disorder, to enforce prompt obedience to Rulings and may order *Members to withdraw from the House or name them for suspension by the House itself for a period.
- In the case of great disorder can suspend or adjourn the House.
The Cathaoirleach is also an ex-officio member of the Presidential Commission, the collective vice-presidency of Ireland. The Presidential Commission (Irish: Coimisiún Uachtarán) is the collective vice-presidency of the Republic of Ireland. ...
A vice president is an officer in government or business who is next in rank below a president. ...
Recent Cathaoirligh of Seanad Éireann
| # | Name | Took Office | Left Office | Party | | 14. | Tras Honan
(1st time) | May 13, 1982 | February 23, 1983 | Fianna Fáil | | 15. | Patrick J. Reynolds | February 23, 1983 | April 25, 1987 | Fine Gael | | | Tras Honan
(2nd time) | April 25, 1987 | November 1, 1989 | Fianna Fáil | | 16. | Seán Doherty | November 1, 1989 | January 23, 1992 | Fianna Fáil | | 17. | Seán Fallon | January 23, 1992 | July 12, 1995 | Fianna Fáil | | 18. | Liam Naughten | July 12, 1995 | November 16, 1996 | Fine Gael | | 19. | Brian Mullooly
(1st time) | November 16, 1996 | September 27, 1996 | Fianna Fáil | | 20. | Liam T. Cosgrave | November 27, 1996 | September 17, 1997 | Fine Gael | | | Brian Mullooly
(2nd time) | September 17, 1997 | September 12, 2002 | Fianna Fáil | | 21. | Rory Kiely | September 12, 2002 | Current Incumbent | Fianna Fáil | May 13 is the 133rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (134th in leap years). ...
1982 (MCMLXXXII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
February 23 is the 54th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
1983 (MCMLXXXIII) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Fianna Fáil - The Republican Party (IPA ; English translation: Soldiers of Destiny) is the largest political party in Ireland. ...
February 23 is the 54th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
1983 (MCMLXXXIII) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
April 25 is the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (116th in leap years). ...
1987 (MCMLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Fine Gael (IPA in English and in Irish, approximate English translation: Family of the Irish) is the second largest political party in both the Republic of Ireland and Ireland as a whole. ...
April 25 is the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (116th in leap years). ...
1987 (MCMLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining. ...
1989 (MCMLXXXIX) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Fianna Fáil - The Republican Party (IPA ; English translation: Soldiers of Destiny) is the largest political party in Ireland. ...
Seán Doherty (August 29, 1944 - June 7, 2005), was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. ...
November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining. ...
1989 (MCMLXXXIX) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
January 23 is the 23rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...
Fianna Fáil - The Republican Party (IPA ; English translation: Soldiers of Destiny) is the largest political party in Ireland. ...
January 23 is the 23rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...
July 12 is the 193rd day (194th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 172 days remaining. ...
1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Fianna Fáil - The Republican Party (IPA ; English translation: Soldiers of Destiny) is the largest political party in Ireland. ...
July 12 is the 193rd day (194th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 172 days remaining. ...
1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
November 16 is the 320th day of the year (321st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 45 days remaining. ...
1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...
Fine Gael (IPA in English and in Irish, approximate English translation: Family of the Irish) is the second largest political party in both the Republic of Ireland and Ireland as a whole. ...
November 16 is the 320th day of the year (321st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 45 days remaining. ...
1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...
September 27 is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 95 days remaining. ...
1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...
Fianna Fáil - The Republican Party (IPA ; English translation: Soldiers of Destiny) is the largest political party in Ireland. ...
Liam T. Cosgrave (born 1956) is a former Fine Gael politician in the Republic of Ireland. ...
November 27 is the 331st day (332nd on leap years) of the year. ...
1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...
September 17 is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years). ...
1997 (MCMXCVII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Fine Gael (IPA in English and in Irish, approximate English translation: Family of the Irish) is the second largest political party in both the Republic of Ireland and Ireland as a whole. ...
September 17 is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years). ...
1997 (MCMXCVII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
September 12 is the 255th day of the year (256th in leap years). ...
2002(MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Fianna Fáil - The Republican Party (IPA ; English translation: Soldiers of Destiny) is the largest political party in Ireland. ...
This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...
September 12 is the 255th day of the year (256th in leap years). ...
2002(MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Fianna Fáil - The Republican Party (IPA ; English translation: Soldiers of Destiny) is the largest political party in Ireland. ...
External link The Irish Free State
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| | Anglo-Irish Treaty | Provisional Government | Constitution of the Irish Free State | Statute of Westminster | Great Seal of the Irish Free State | Monarchy in the Irish Free State Henry VIII, became King of Ireland in 1542. ...
The office of Lord Chancellor of Ireland was the highest judicial office in Ireland from earliest times until the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922. ...
Official standard of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (also known as the Viceroy or in the Middle Ages as the Lord Deputy) was the head of the Kingdom of Englands (before the Act of Union 1707) or Kingdom of Great Britains (after 1707...
The President of Ireland (Irish: Uachtarán na hÉireann) is the head of state of the Republic of Ireland. ...
The Presidential Commission (Irish: Coimisiún Uachtarán) is the collective vice-presidency of the Republic of Ireland. ...
The Irish Free State (Irish: Saorstát Éireann) was (1922–1937) the name of the state comprising the 26 of Irelands 32 counties which were separated from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland under the Irish Free State Agreement (or Anglo-Irish Treaty) signed by British and...
Image File history File links Great Seal of the Irish Free State - fair use This work is copyrighted. ...
Signature page of the Anglo-Irish Treaty The Anglo-Irish Treaty, officially called the Articles of association between Ireland and the British Empire, was a treaty between the Government of the United Kingdom and representatives of the (extra-judicial) Irish Republic which concluded the Anglo-Irish War. ...
The Provisional Government was, in British law, the transitional government of Southern Ireland in 1922 from the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty to the creation of the Irish Free State. ...
The Constitution of the Irish Free State was the constitution of the independent Irish state established in December 1922. ...
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The Great Seal of the Irish Free State (Irish: Séala Mor do Shaorstát Éireann) was the official seal which replaced the Great Seal of the Realm used to seal official documents of the Irish Free State (Saorstát Éireann) by the Governor-General. ...
King George V, the first monarch to reign in the Irish Free State. ...
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King of Ireland | Governor-General | President of the Executive Council | Vice-President of the Executive Council | Executive Council | Extern Minister | Ministers and Secretaries Act | His Majesty's Government in the Irish Free State Henry VIII, became King of Ireland in 1542. ...
The Governor-General (Irish: Seanascal) was the representative of the King in the 1922–1937 Irish Free State. ...
The President of the Executive Council (Irish: Uachtaráin na hArd-Chomhairle) was the head of government or prime minister of the 1922-1937 Irish Free State, and the leader of the Executive Council (cabinet). ...
The Vice-President of the Executive Council (Irish: Leas-Uachtarán na hArd-Chomhairle) was in effect the deputy prime minister of the Irish Free State, the Executive Council. ...
The Executive Council (Irish: Ard-Chomhairle) was the cabinet and de facto executive branch of government of the 1922-1937 Irish Free State. ...
An Extern Minister was a Irish minister appointed by the Governor-General of the Irish Free State on the nomination of a committee of Dáil Éireann. ...
The Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924 was one of the key statute laws enacted by the Irish Free State. ...
His Majestys Government in the Irish Free State (HMGIFS) was the formal designation used by the Executive Council (cabinet) of the Irish Free State in formal correspondence it and the United Kingdom or other Commonwealth states. ...
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Royal Assent | Ceann Comhairle | Cathaoirleach | Oath of Allegiance The Great Seal of the Irish Free State All state documents were stamped with the Seal from 1931. ...
The Dáil Chamber The chamber was remodelled in the early 1920s. ...
The Seanad Chamber The Seanad meets in the former picture gallery in Leinster House. ...
The Viceregal Lodge The residence of two of the three Irish governors-general. ...
The Ceann Comhairle1 is the chairman or speaker of Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (parliament) of the Republic of Ireland. ...
The Irish Oath of Allegiance was a controversial provision in the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921, which Irish TDs (members of the Irish parliament) and Senators were required to take, in order to take their seats in Dáil Éireann (The Chamber of Deputies) and Seanad Éireann (the Irish Senate). ...
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Supreme Court | High Court | Chief Justice | Courts of Justice Act, 1924 Dublin Castle Seat of the Supreme Court of the Irish Free State until 1931. ...
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See also: External Relations Act | Executive Powers (Consequential Provisions) Act | Constitution (Amendment No. 27) Act A general election took place in southern Ireland in 16 June 1922 under the provisions of the 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty to elect a constituent assembly paving the way for the establishment of the Irish Free State. ...
The Irish general election of 1923 was held on August 27, 1923. ...
See also: Government of the 5th Dáil Categories: Elections in Ireland | 1927 ...
The Irish general election of September 1927 was held on September 15, 1927. ...
The Irish general election of 1932 was held on February 16, 1932, just over two weeks after the dissolution of the 6th Dáil on January 29. ...
The Irish general election of 1933 was held on January 24, 1933. ...
See also: Government of the 9th Dáil Categories: Elections in Ireland | 1937 ...
The Executive Authority (External Relations) Act, 1936 was an enactment of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament) in 1936. ...
The Executive Powers (Consequential Provisions) Act, 1937 was an Act of the Oireachtas which retrospectively completed the abolition of the Governor-General of the Irish Free State. ...
The Constitution (Amendment No. ...
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