Ahern announces appointed Senators
Friday, 3 August 2007 23:05
Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has announced his list of 11 appointed Senators.
As expected four of the new Seanad seats have gone to members of the Green Party and the Progressive Democrats.
Sunday Independent columnist and film lecturer, Eoghan Harris, has also been appointed.
Speaking on RTÉ Radio's News At One, Mr Harris said that his strong intervention backing the Taoiseach on RTÉ's The Late Late Show in the days before the General Election may have been a factor in his appointment. Watch that discussion here
The full list is:
* Dan Boyle (left), former Green Party TD, Cork South Central
* Martin Brady, former Fianna Fáil TD, Dublin North East
* Ivor Callely, former Fianna Fáil TD and Minister of State, Dublin North Central
* Ciaran Cannon, PD Councillor, Galway
* Maria Corrigan, Fianna Fáil Councillor, Dún Laoghaire Rathdown
* Deirdre de Burca, Green Party Councillor, Wicklow
* John Ellis, former Fianna Fáil TD, Roscommon-South Leitrim
* Eoghan Harris (below right), Sunday Independent columnist, film lecturer and former RTÉ producer
* Lisa McDonald, Fianna Fáil Councillor, Wexford
* Brian Ó Domhnaill, Fianna Fáil Councillor, Donegal
* Fiona O'Malley, former PD TD, Dún Laoghaire
* Senator Donie Cassidy (left) - Leader of Seanad Éireann.
- Nine News: Kate Egan reports that the Taoiseach has nominated 11 senators to the Seanad, which completes the upper house
- Six One News: Kate Egan reports that the Taoiseach has nominated 11 senators to the Seanad, which completes the upper house
- Six One News: Fionan Sheehan of the Irish Independent, says the Taoiseach has resurrected Ivor Callely's career by appointing him to the Senate
- One News: Taoiseach announces Seanad appointments
- News At One: Fionan Sheehan, Irish Independent, discusses the Taoiseach's 11 nominees to the Seanad
- News At One: Senator Eoghan Harris says his support of Bertie Ahern in the Media was a factor of his nomination to the Seanad
- News At One: Newly appointed Senator John Ellis says he intends to stand for the Dáil in Leitrim in the next general election
