The Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, has nominated Progressive Democrats Dáil candidate in Wexford, Colm O'Gorman, to become a member of Seanad Éireann, with immediate effect.
This is to fill a vacancy from among the Taoiseach's nominees created by the recent death of the PD Senator, Kate Walsh.
Senator Walsh was an Independent councillor who regularly topped the poll in the Celbridge area of Co Kildare before joining the Progressive Democrats.
