In the heart of Rapa Nui, better known as Easter Island, a species long thought lost is taking root once again. The toromiro ...

The National University of Ireland and Trinity College Dublin elect three each while the rest are elected to represent "vocational" panels by members of the Dáil, councillors and outgoing senators.

On the National University of Ireland (NUI) panel, independents Michael McDowell, Ronan Mullen and Alice Mary Higgins have all been re-elected. In regard to the vocational panels, the five seats ...

Michael McDowell is the first person to be elected to the Seanad after reaching the quota in the three-seat National University of Ireland (NUI) panel. The first count came in shortly after ...

Mr McDowell was the first to be elected in the National University of Ireland (NUI) panel, with 11,390 first-preference votes. Out of a valid poll of 36,114, the NUI panel had a quota of 9,029.

Both university constituencies - the Dublin University/Trinity College constituency and the National University of Ireland constituency - have been concluded. NUI's three seats have been taken by ...