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class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Irish politician (1930–2023)</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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href="/wiki/Seanad_%C3%89ireann" title="Seanad Éireann">Seanad Éireann</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />25 April 1987 – 1 November 1989</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Patrick_J._Reynolds_(politician)" title="Patrick J. Reynolds (politician)">Patrick J. Reynolds</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_Doherty_(Roscommon_politician)" title="Seán Doherty (Roscommon politician)">Seán Doherty</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />13 May 1982 – 23 February 1983</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Charles_McDonald_(Irish_politician)" title="Charles McDonald (Irish politician)">Charles McDonald</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Patrick J. Reynolds</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Cathaoirleach#Leas-Chathaoirleach" title="Cathaoirleach">Leas-Chathaoirleach</a> of <a href="/wiki/Seanad_%C3%89ireann" title="Seanad Éireann">Seanad Éireann</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />9 March 1983 – 25 April 1987</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Charles McDonald</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Charles McDonald</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Seanad_%C3%89ireann" title="Seanad Éireann">Senator</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />27 October 1977 – 17 February 1993</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_Panel" title="Administrative Panel">Administrative Panel</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Tras Barlow</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1930-01-04</span>)</span>4 January 1930<br /><a href="/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin</a>, Ireland</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">25 November 2023<span style="display:none">(2023-11-25)</span> (aged 93)<br /><a href="/wiki/Waterford" title="Waterford">Waterford</a>, Ireland</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Dermot_Honan" title="Dermot Honan">Dermot Honan</a></div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1960; died 1986)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/T._V._Honan" title="T. V. Honan">T. V. Honan</a> (father-in-law)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Carrie_Acheson" title="Carrie Acheson">Carrie Acheson</a> (sister)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Tras Honan</b> (<span title="Name at birth"><a href="/wiki/Birth_name#Maiden_and_married_names" title="Birth name">née</a> <b>Barlow</b></span>; 4 January 1930 – 25 November 2023) was an Irish <a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a> politician who served as <a href="/wiki/Cathaoirleach" title="Cathaoirleach">Cathaoirleach</a> of <a href="/wiki/Seanad_%C3%89ireann" title="Seanad Éireann">Seanad Éireann</a> from 1982 to 1983, and 1987 to 1992, <a href="/wiki/Cathaoirleach#Leas-Chathaoirleach" title="Cathaoirleach">Leas-Chathaoirleach</a> of <a href="/wiki/Seanad_%C3%89ireann" title="Seanad Éireann">Seanad Éireann</a> from 1983 to 1987, and as a <a href="/wiki/Seanad_%C3%89ireann" title="Seanad Éireann">Senator</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Administrative_Panel" title="Administrative Panel">Administrative Panel</a> from 1977 to 1992. Honan was the first woman and to date the only woman to have held the position of Cathaoirleach (Chair) in the upper house of the <a href="/wiki/Oireachtas" title="Oireachtas">Oireachtas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-oireachtas_db_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oireachtas_db-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life_and_career">Life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tras_Honan&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Tras Barlow was born in <a href="/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin</a> on 4 January 1930. She was educated at St. Leo's Convent, <a href="/wiki/Carlow" title="Carlow">Carlow</a> and at the Mercy Convent, <a href="/wiki/Clonmel" title="Clonmel">Clonmel</a>, <a href="/wiki/County_Tipperary" title="County Tipperary">County Tipperary</a>. She worked as a housewife and businesswoman before becoming active in politics.<sup id="cite_ref-RTE_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RTE-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1977, she was elected to the <a href="/wiki/14th_Seanad" title="14th Seanad">14th Seanad</a> as a Fianna Fáil Senator for the <a href="/wiki/Administrative_Panel" title="Administrative Panel">Administrative Panel</a> and served for 15 years<sup id="cite_ref-oireachtas_db_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oireachtas_db-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> until her defeat at the 1993 elections to the <a href="/wiki/20th_Seanad" title="20th Seanad">20th Seanad</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-elecs_irl_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elecs_irl-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1982, in the short-lived <a href="/wiki/16th_Seanad" title="16th Seanad">16th Seanad</a>, she was elected to the position of <a href="/wiki/Cathaoirleach" title="Cathaoirleach">Cathaoirleach</a>, the first woman to hold the post. In 1983, in the <a href="/wiki/17th_Seanad" title="17th Seanad">17th Seanad</a>, she was elected as Leas-Chathaoirleach (Deputy chair), and in 1987, in the <a href="/wiki/18th_Seanad" title="18th Seanad">18th Seanad</a>, she was re-elected as Cathaoirleach. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family">Family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tras_Honan&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1960, she married <a href="/wiki/Dermot_Honan" title="Dermot Honan">Dermot Honan</a>; who was a senator from 1965 to 1975. His father <a href="/wiki/T._V._Honan" title="T. V. Honan">T. V. Honan</a> was also a senator from 1934 to 1954. She was also a sister of <a href="/wiki/Carrie_Acheson" title="Carrie Acheson">Carrie Acheson</a>, a TD. </p><p>Tras Honan died on 25 November 2023, at the age of 93.<sup id="cite_ref-RTE_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RTE-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tras_Honan&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Families_in_the_Oireachtas" title="Families in the Oireachtas">Families in the Oireachtas</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span 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Kitt</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myles_Staunton" title="Myles Staunton">Myles Staunton</a> (FG)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Agricultural_Panel" title="Agricultural Panel">Agricultural Panel</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pierce_Butler_(Irish_politician,_born_1922)" title="Pierce Butler (Irish politician, born 1922)">Pierce Butler</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Connaughton_Snr" title="Paul Connaughton Snr">Paul Connaughton Snr</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Ellis_(Fianna_F%C3%A1il_politician)" title="John Ellis (Fianna Fáil politician)">John Ellis</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Justin_Keating" title="Justin Keating">Justin Keating</a> (Lab)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rory_Kiely" title="Rory Kiely">Rory Kiely</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerard_Lynch_(Irish_politician)" title="Gerard Lynch (Irish politician)">Gerard Lynch</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_McCartin" title="Joe McCartin">Joe McCartin</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_McDonald_(Irish_politician)" title="Charles McDonald (Irish politician)">Charles McDonald</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_McGowan_(Irish_politician)" title="Patrick McGowan (Irish politician)">Patrick McGowan</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_O%27Toole" title="Martin O'Toole">Martin O'Toole</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Ryan_(Irish_politician)" title="William Ryan (Irish politician)">William Ryan</a> (FF)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cultural_and_Educational_Panel" title="Cultural and Educational Panel">Cultural and Educational Panel</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Conroy" title="Richard Conroy">Richard Conroy</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Cooney" title="Patrick Cooney">Patrick Cooney</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flor_Crowley" title="Flor Crowley">Flor Crowley</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timothy_McAuliffe" title="Timothy McAuliffe">Timothy McAuliffe</a> (Lab)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Molony" title="David Molony">David Molony</a> (FG)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Industrial_and_Commercial_Panel" title="Industrial and Commercial Panel">Industrial and Commercial Panel</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ruair%C3%AD_Brugha" title="Ruairí Brugha">Ruairí Brugha</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexis_FitzGerald_Snr" title="Alexis FitzGerald Snr">Alexis FitzGerald Snr</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Desmond_Governey" title="Desmond Governey">Desmond Governey</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Howard_(Irish_politician)" title="Michael Howard (Irish politician)">Michael Howard</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liam_Hyland" title="Liam Hyland">Liam Hyland</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mick_Lanigan" title="Mick Lanigan">Mick Lanigan</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Moynihan_(Kerry_politician)" title="Michael Moynihan (Kerry politician)">Michael Moynihan</a> (Lab)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_J._Reynolds_(politician)" title="Patrick J. Reynolds (politician)">Patrick J. Reynolds</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eoin_Ryan_Snr" title="Eoin Ryan Snr">Eoin Ryan Snr</a> (FF)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Panel" title="Labour Panel">Labour Panel</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Blennerhassett_(politician)" title="John Blennerhassett (politician)">John Blennerhassett</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A9amus_Dolan" title="Séamus Dolan">Séamus Dolan</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Dowling" title="Joseph Dowling">Joseph Dowling</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Des_Hanafin" title="Des Hanafin">Des Hanafin</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Harte_(politician)" title="Jack Harte (politician)">Jack Harte</a> (Lab)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Herbert" title="Tony Herbert">Tony Herbert</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Hillery" title="Brian Hillery">Brian Hillery</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fintan_Kennedy" title="Fintan Kennedy">Fintan Kennedy</a> (Lab)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Lyons_(politician)" title="Michael Lyons (politician)">Michael Lyons</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernard_Markey" title="Bernard Markey">Bernard Markey</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_O%27Brien_(politician)" title="Andy O'Brien (politician)">Andy O'Brien</a> (FG)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Dublin_University_(constituency)" title="Dublin University (constituency)">Dublin University</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Conor_Cruise_O%27Brien" title="Conor Cruise O'Brien">Conor Cruise O'Brien</a> (Ind)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Robinson" title="Mary Robinson">Mary Robinson</a> (Lab)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trevor_West" title="Trevor West">Trevor West</a> (Ind)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/National_University_of_Ireland_(constituency)" title="National University of Ireland (constituency)">National University</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gemma_Hussey" title="Gemma Hussey">Gemma Hussey</a> (Ind)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Augustine_Martin" title="Augustine Martin">Augustine Martin</a> (Ind)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_A._Murphy" title="John A. Murphy">John A. Murphy</a> (Ind)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Nominated_members_of_Seanad_%C3%89ireann" title="Nominated members of Seanad Éireann">Nominated by the Taoiseach</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A9amus_Brennan" title="Séamus Brennan">Séamus Brennan</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A9amus_de_Br%C3%BAn" title="Séamus de Brún">Séamus de Brún</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eileen_Cassidy" title="Eileen Cassidy">Eileen Cassidy</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valerie_Goulding" title="Valerie Goulding">Valerie Goulding</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Harney" title="Mary Harney">Mary Harney</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valentine_Jago" title="Valentine Jago">Valentine Jago</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Lambert" title="Gordon Lambert">Gordon Lambert</a> (Ind)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernard_McGlinchey" title="Bernard McGlinchey">Bernard McGlinchey</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noel_Mulcahy" title="Noel Mulcahy">Noel Mulcahy</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._K._Whitaker" title="T. K. Whitaker">T. K. Whitaker</a> (Ind)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Yeats" title="Michael Yeats">Michael Yeats</a> (FF)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Elected or nominated later</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>1977</b> <a href="/wiki/Michael_Donnelly_(politician)" title="Michael Donnelly (politician)">Michael Donnelly</a> (FF)</li> <li><b>1979</b> <a href="/wiki/Catherine_McGuinness" title="Catherine McGuinness">Catherine McGuinness</a> (Ind)</li> <li><b>1980</b> <a href="/wiki/Jim_Doolan" title="Jim Doolan">Jim Doolan</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Ruttle" title="Jim Ruttle">Jim Ruttle</a> (FF)</li> <li><b>1981</b> <a href="/wiki/P._J._Mara" title="P. J. Mara">P. J. Mara</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_O%27Neill_(politician)" title="Joseph O'Neill (politician)">Joseph O'Neill</a> (FF)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li>FF: <a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a></li> <li>FG: <a href="/wiki/Fine_Gael" title="Fine Gael">Fine Gael</a></li> <li>Lab: <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Ireland)" title="Labour Party (Ireland)">Labour Party</a></li> <li>Ind: <a href="/wiki/Independent_politician_(Ireland)" title="Independent politician (Ireland)">Independent</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="«_14th_Seanad_«_Members_of_the_15th_Seanad_(1981–1982)_»_16th_Seanad_»" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks 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</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_Panel" title="Administrative Panel">Administrative Panel</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Katharine_Bulbulia" title="Katharine Bulbulia">Katharine Bulbulia</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miche%C3%A1l_Cranitch" title="Micheál Cranitch">Micheál Cranitch</a> (FF)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Tras Honan</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Kennedy_(Limerick_politician)" title="Patrick Kennedy (Limerick politician)">Patrick Kennedy</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Leonard" title="Jimmy Leonard">Jimmy Leonard</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flor_O%27Mahony" title="Flor O'Mahony">Flor O'Mahony</a> (Lab)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myles_Staunton" title="Myles Staunton">Myles Staunton</a> (FG)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Agricultural_Panel" title="Agricultural Panel">Agricultural Panel</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Bruton" title="Richard Bruton">Richard Bruton</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pierce_Butler_(Irish_politician,_born_1922)" title="Pierce Butler (Irish politician, born 1922)">Pierce Butler</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Ferris_(politician)" title="Michael Ferris (politician)">Michael Ferris</a> (Lab)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Fitzgerald_(Irish_politician)" title="Tom Fitzgerald (Irish politician)">Tom Fitzgerald</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Hussey_(Irish_politician)" title="Thomas Hussey (Irish politician)">Thomas Hussey</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rory_Kiely" title="Rory Kiely">Rory Kiely</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Mannion_Jnr" title="John Mannion Jnr">John Mannion Jnr</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_McDonald_(Irish_politician)" title="Charles McDonald (Irish politician)">Charles McDonald</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liam_Naughten" title="Liam Naughten">Liam Naughten</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_O%27Toole" title="Martin O'Toole">Martin O'Toole</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Ryan_(Irish_politician)" title="William Ryan (Irish politician)">William Ryan</a> (FF)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cultural_and_Educational_Panel" title="Cultural and Educational Panel">Cultural and Educational Panel</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Patsy_Lawlor" title="Patsy Lawlor">Patsy Lawlor</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Manning" title="Maurice Manning">Maurice Manning</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timothy_McAuliffe" title="Timothy McAuliffe">Timothy McAuliffe</a> (Lab)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_O%27Rourke" title="Mary O'Rourke">Mary O'Rourke</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Walsh_(Irish_politician)" title="Joe Walsh (Irish politician)">Joe Walsh</a> (FF)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Industrial_and_Commercial_Panel" title="Industrial and Commercial Panel">Industrial and Commercial Panel</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Deirdre_Bolger" title="Deirdre Bolger">Deirdre Bolger</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barry_Cogan_(politician)" title="Barry Cogan (politician)">Barry Cogan</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_Fallon_(politician)" title="Seán Fallon (politician)">Seán Fallon</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexis_FitzGerald_Jnr" title="Alexis FitzGerald Jnr">Alexis FitzGerald Jnr</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Howard_(Irish_politician)" title="Michael Howard (Irish politician)">Michael Howard</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mick_Lanigan" title="Mick Lanigan">Mick Lanigan</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruairi_Quinn" title="Ruairi Quinn">Ruairi Quinn</a> (Lab)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_J._Reynolds_(politician)" title="Patrick J. Reynolds (politician)">Patrick J. Reynolds</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eoin_Ryan_Snr" title="Eoin Ryan Snr">Eoin Ryan Snr</a> (FF)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Panel" title="Labour Panel">Labour Panel</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Blennerhassett_(politician)" title="John Blennerhassett (politician)">John Blennerhassett</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toddie_Byrne" title="Toddie Byrne">Toddie Byrne</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donal_Carey" title="Donal Carey">Donal Carey</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A9amus_Dolan" title="Séamus Dolan">Séamus Dolan</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Des_Hanafin" title="Des Hanafin">Des Hanafin</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Harte_(politician)" title="Jack Harte (politician)">Jack Harte</a> (Lab)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Hillery" title="Brian Hillery">Brian Hillery</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Kiely" title="Dan Kiely">Dan Kiely</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Mullooly" title="Brian Mullooly">Brian Mullooly</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_O%27Brien_(politician)" title="Andy O'Brien (politician)">Andy O'Brien</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_O%27Connell_(Fine_Gael_politician)" title="Maurice O'Connell (Fine Gael politician)">Maurice O'Connell</a> (FG)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Dublin_University_(constituency)" title="Dublin University (constituency)">Dublin University</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Catherine_McGuinness" title="Catherine McGuinness">Catherine McGuinness</a> (Ind)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Robinson" title="Mary Robinson">Mary Robinson</a> (Ind)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shane_Ross" title="Shane Ross">Shane Ross</a> (Ind)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/National_University_of_Ireland_(constituency)" title="National University of Ireland (constituency)">National University</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gemma_Hussey" title="Gemma Hussey">Gemma Hussey</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_A._Murphy" title="John A. Murphy">John A. Murphy</a> (Ind)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brendan_Ryan_(Cork_politician)" title="Brendan Ryan (Cork politician)">Brendan Ryan</a> (Ind)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Nominated_members_of_Seanad_%C3%89ireann" title="Nominated members of Seanad Éireann">Nominated by the Taoiseach</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ulick_Burke_(politician)" title="Ulick Burke (politician)">Ulick Burke</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Carroll_(trade_unionist)" title="John Carroll (trade unionist)">John F. Carroll</a> (Lab)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timmy_Conway" title="Timmy Conway">Timmy Conway</a> (Lab)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Dooge" title="James Dooge">James Dooge</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paddy_Dunne_(politician)" title="Paddy Dunne (politician)">Paddy Dunne</a> (Lab)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Fausset" title="Robert Fausset">Robert Fausset</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Higgins_(Irish_politician)" title="Jim Higgins (Irish politician)">Jim Higgins</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miriam_Kearney" title="Miriam Kearney">Miriam Kearney</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Magner" title="Pat Magner">Pat Magner</a> (Lab)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_O%27Leary" title="Seán O'Leary">Seán O'Leary</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._K._Whitaker" title="T. K. Whitaker">T. K. Whitaker</a> (Ind)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li>FF: <a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a></li> <li>FG: <a href="/wiki/Fine_Gael" title="Fine Gael">Fine Gael</a></li> <li>Lab: <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Ireland)" title="Labour Party (Ireland)">Labour Party</a></li> <li>Ind: <a href="/wiki/Independent_politician_(Ireland)" title="Independent politician (Ireland)">Independent</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="«_15th_Seanad_«_Members_of_the_16th_Seanad_(1982–1983)_»_17th_Seanad_»" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" 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href="/wiki/Martin_O%27Toole" title="Martin O'Toole">Martin O'Toole</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Ryan_(Irish_politician)" title="William Ryan (Irish politician)">William Ryan</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Smith_(Irish_politician)" title="Michael Smith (Irish politician)">Michael Smith</a> (FF)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cultural_and_Educational_Panel" title="Cultural and Educational Panel">Cultural and Educational Panel</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A9amus_de_Br%C3%BAn" title="Séamus de Brún">Séamus de Brún</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joachim_Loughrey" title="Joachim Loughrey">Joachim Loughrey</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timothy_McAuliffe" title="Timothy McAuliffe">Timothy McAuliffe</a> (Lab)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_O%27Rourke" title="Mary O'Rourke">Mary O'Rourke</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madeleine_Taylor-Quinn" title="Madeleine Taylor-Quinn">Madeleine Taylor</a> (FG)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Industrial_and_Commercial_Panel" title="Industrial and Commercial Panel">Industrial and Commercial Panel</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Deirdre_Bolger" title="Deirdre Bolger">Deirdre Bolger</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timmy_Conway" title="Timmy Conway">Timmy Conway</a> (Lab)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Daly_(politician)" title="Jack Daly (politician)">Jack Daly</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_Fallon_(politician)" title="Seán Fallon (politician)">Seán Fallon</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Farrell" title="Willie Farrell">Willie Farrell</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Howard_(Irish_politician)" title="Michael Howard (Irish politician)">Michael Howard</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mick_Lanigan" title="Mick Lanigan">Mick Lanigan</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_J._Reynolds_(politician)" title="Patrick J. Reynolds (politician)">Patrick J. Reynolds</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eoin_Ryan_Snr" title="Eoin Ryan Snr">Eoin Ryan Snr</a> (FF)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Panel" title="Labour Panel">Labour Panel</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Monica_Barnes" title="Monica Barnes">Monica Barnes</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toddie_Byrne" title="Toddie Byrne">Toddie Byrne</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donie_Cassidy" title="Donie Cassidy">Donie Cassidy</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denis_Cregan" title="Denis Cregan">Denis Cregan</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Dowling" title="Dick Dowling">Dick Dowling</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Des_Hanafin" title="Des Hanafin">Des Hanafin</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Harte_(politician)" title="Jack Harte (politician)">Jack Harte</a> (Lab)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Herbert" title="Tony Herbert">Tony Herbert</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Killilea_Jnr" title="Mark Killilea Jnr">Mark Killilea Jnr</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Mullooly" title="Brian Mullooly">Brian Mullooly</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_O%27Connell_(Fine_Gael_politician)" title="Maurice O'Connell (Fine Gael politician)">Maurice O'Connell</a> (FG)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Dublin_University_(constituency)" title="Dublin University (constituency)">Dublin University</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Robinson" title="Mary Robinson">Mary Robinson</a> (Ind)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shane_Ross" title="Shane Ross">Shane Ross</a> (Ind)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trevor_West" title="Trevor West">Trevor West</a> (Ind)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/National_University_of_Ireland_(constituency)" title="National University of Ireland (constituency)">National University</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/James_Dooge" title="James Dooge">James Dooge</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_A._Murphy" title="John A. Murphy">John A. Murphy</a> (Ind)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brendan_Ryan_(Cork_politician)" title="Brendan Ryan (Cork politician)">Brendan Ryan</a> (Ind)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Nominated_members_of_Seanad_%C3%89ireann" title="Nominated members of Seanad Éireann">Nominated by the Taoiseach</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paudge_Brennan" title="Paudge Brennan">Paudge Brennan</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flor_Crowley" title="Flor Crowley">Flor Crowley</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camilla_Hannon" title="Camilla Hannon">Camilla Hannon</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Larkin_(Independent_Fianna_F%C3%A1il)" title="James Larkin (Independent Fianna Fáil)">James Larkin</a> (Ind FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seamus_Mallon" title="Seamus Mallon">Seamus Mallon</a> (Ind)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._J._Mara" title="P. J. Mara">P. J. Mara</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernard_McGlinchey" title="Bernard McGlinchey">Bernard McGlinchey</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._J._Nolan" title="M. J. Nolan">M. J. Nolan</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ned_O%27Keeffe" title="Ned O'Keeffe">Ned O'Keeffe</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Robb_(surgeon)" title="John Robb (surgeon)">John Robb</a> (Ind)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/G._V._Wright" title="G. V. Wright">G. V. Wright</a> (FF)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Nominated December 1982</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aidan_Eames" title="Aidan Eames">Aidan Eames</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_O%27Connor_(businessman)" title="Seán O'Connor (businessman)">Seán O'Connor</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Wall_(Irish_politician)" title="Frank Wall (Irish politician)">Frank Wall</a> (FF)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li>FF: <a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a></li> <li>FG: <a href="/wiki/Fine_Gael" title="Fine Gael">Fine Gael</a></li> <li>Lab: <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Ireland)" title="Labour Party (Ireland)">Labour Party</a></li> <li>Ind: <a href="/wiki/Independent_politician_(Ireland)" title="Independent politician (Ireland)">Independent</a></li> <li>Ind FF: <a href="/wiki/Independent_Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Independent Fianna Fáil">Independent Fianna Fáil</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="«_16th_Seanad_«_Members_of_the_17th_Seanad_(1983–1987)_»_18th_Seanad_»" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Members_of_the_17th_Seanad" title="Template:Members of the 17th Seanad"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Members_of_the_17th_Seanad" title="Template talk:Members of the 17th Seanad"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Members_of_the_17th_Seanad" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Members of the 17th Seanad"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="«_16th_Seanad_«_Members_of_the_17th_Seanad_(1983–1987)_»_18th_Seanad_»" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><small>« <i><a href="/wiki/Template:Members_of_the_16th_Seanad" title="Template:Members of the 16th Seanad">16th Seanad</a></i> «</small>   <span style="padding:0 4.5em"><a href="/wiki/17th_Seanad" title="17th Seanad">Members of the 17th Seanad</a> (1983–1987)</span> <small>» <i><a href="/wiki/Template:Members_of_the_18th_Seanad" title="Template:Members of the 18th Seanad">18th Seanad</a></i> »</small></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Cathaoirleach" title="Cathaoirleach">Cathaoirleach</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Patrick_J._Reynolds_(politician)" title="Patrick J. 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Reynolds</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eoin_Ryan_Snr" title="Eoin Ryan Snr">Eoin Ryan Snr</a> (FF)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Panel" title="Labour Panel">Labour Panel</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Donie_Cassidy" title="Donie Cassidy">Donie Cassidy</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denis_Cregan" title="Denis Cregan">Denis Cregan</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Des_Hanafin" title="Des Hanafin">Des Hanafin</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Harte_(politician)" title="Jack Harte (politician)">Jack Harte</a> (Lab)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Higgins_(Irish_politician)" title="Jim Higgins (Irish politician)">Jim Higgins</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Hillery" title="Brian Hillery">Brian Hillery</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Kelleher" title="Peter Kelleher">Peter Kelleher</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Killilea_Jnr" title="Mark Killilea Jnr">Mark Killilea Jnr</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_McMahon" title="Larry McMahon">Larry McMahon</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Mullooly" title="Brian Mullooly">Brian Mullooly</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_O%27Brien_(politician)" title="Andy O'Brien (politician)">Andy O'Brien</a> (FG)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Dublin_University_(constituency)" title="Dublin University (constituency)">Dublin University</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Catherine_McGuinness" title="Catherine McGuinness">Catherine McGuinness</a> (Ind)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Robinson" title="Mary Robinson">Mary Robinson</a> (Ind)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shane_Ross" title="Shane Ross">Shane Ross</a> (Ind)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/National_University_of_Ireland_(constituency)" title="National University of Ireland (constituency)">National University</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/James_Dooge" title="James Dooge">James Dooge</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_D._Higgins" title="Michael D. 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Higgins</a> (Lab)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brendan_Ryan_(Cork_politician)" title="Brendan Ryan (Cork politician)">Brendan Ryan</a> (Ind)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Nominated_members_of_Seanad_%C3%89ireann" title="Nominated members of Seanad Éireann">Nominated by the Taoiseach</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Browne_(Fine_Gael_politician)" title="John Browne (Fine Gael politician)">John Browne</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Connor_(Irish_politician)" title="John Connor (Irish politician)">John Connor</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Deenihan" title="Jimmy Deenihan">Jimmy Deenihan</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Durcan_(politician)" title="Patrick Durcan (politician)">Patrick Durcan</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brendan_Howlin" title="Brendan Howlin">Brendan Howlin</a> 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href="/wiki/Agricultural_Panel" title="Agricultural Panel">Agricultural Panel</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Bradford" title="Paul Bradford">Paul Bradford</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Connor_(Irish_politician)" title="John Connor (Irish politician)">John Connor</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Ferris_(politician)" title="Michael Ferris (politician)">Michael Ferris</a> (Lab)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Fitzgerald_(Irish_politician)" title="Tom Fitzgerald (Irish politician)">Tom Fitzgerald</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Hussey_(Irish_politician)" title="Thomas Hussey (Irish politician)">Thomas Hussey</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rory_Kiely" title="Rory Kiely">Rory Kiely</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/P%C3%A1draic_McCormack" title="Pádraic McCormack">Pádraic McCormack</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_McDonald_(Irish_politician)" title="Charles McDonald (Irish politician)">Charles McDonald</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_McGowan_(Irish_politician)" title="Patrick McGowan (Irish politician)">Patrick McGowan</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_O%27Toole" title="Martin O'Toole">Martin O'Toole</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Ryan_(Irish_politician)" title="William Ryan (Irish politician)">William Ryan</a> (FF)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cultural_and_Educational_Panel" title="Cultural and Educational Panel">Cultural and Educational Panel</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_Byrne_(politician)" title="Seán Byrne (politician)">Seán Byrne</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joachim_Loughrey" title="Joachim Loughrey">Joachim Loughrey</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Manning" title="Maurice Manning">Maurice Manning</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_McKenna" title="Tony McKenna">Tony McKenna</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paschal_Mooney" title="Paschal Mooney">Paschal Mooney</a> (FF)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Industrial_and_Commercial_Panel" title="Industrial and Commercial Panel">Industrial and Commercial Panel</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Bohan" title="Eddie Bohan">Eddie Bohan</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Daly_(politician)" title="Jack Daly (politician)">Jack Daly</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_Fallon_(politician)" title="Seán Fallon (politician)">Seán Fallon</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Farrell" title="Willie Farrell">Willie Farrell</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Fitzsimons" title="Jack Fitzsimons">Jack Fitzsimons</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Hogan" title="Phil Hogan">Phil Hogan</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mick_Lanigan" title="Mick Lanigan">Mick Lanigan</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_O%27Shea_(politician)" title="Brian O'Shea (politician)">Brian O'Shea</a> (Lab)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerry_Reynolds_(Irish_politician)" title="Gerry Reynolds (Irish politician)">Gerry Reynolds</a> (FG)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Panel" title="Labour Panel">Labour Panel</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Donie_Cassidy" title="Donie Cassidy">Donie Cassidy</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denis_Cregan" title="Denis Cregan">Denis Cregan</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuala_Fennell" title="Nuala Fennell">Nuala Fennell</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Des_Hanafin" title="Des Hanafin">Des Hanafin</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Harte_(politician)" title="Jack Harte (politician)">Jack Harte</a> (Lab)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Hillery" title="Brian Hillery">Brian Hillery</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Kelleher" title="Peter Kelleher">Peter Kelleher</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Kiely" title="Dan Kiely">Dan Kiely</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Lydon" title="Don Lydon">Don Lydon</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_McMahon" title="Larry McMahon">Larry McMahon</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Mullooly" title="Brian Mullooly">Brian Mullooly</a> (FF)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Dublin_University_(constituency)" title="Dublin University (constituency)">Dublin University</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/David_Norris_(politician)" title="David Norris (politician)">David Norris</a> (Ind)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Robinson" title="Mary Robinson">Mary Robinson</a> (Ind)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shane_Ross" title="Shane Ross">Shane Ross</a> (Ind)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/National_University_of_Ireland_(constituency)" title="National University of Ireland (constituency)">National University</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_A._Murphy" title="John A. 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Murphy</a> (Ind)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_O%27Toole" title="Joe O'Toole">Joe O'Toole</a> (Ind)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brendan_Ryan_(Cork_politician)" title="Brendan Ryan (Cork politician)">Brendan Ryan</a> (Ind)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Nominated_members_of_Seanad_%C3%89ireann" title="Nominated members of Seanad Éireann">Nominated by the Taoiseach</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A9amus_Cullimore" title="Séamus Cullimore">Séamus Cullimore</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%89amon_de_Buitl%C3%A9ar" title="Éamon de Buitléar">Éamon de Buitléar</a> (Ind)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Eogan" title="George Eogan">George Eogan</a> (Ind)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Friel" title="Brian Friel">Brian Friel</a> (Ind)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Magnier" title="John Magnier">John Magnier</a> (Ind)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Robb_(surgeon)" title="John Robb (surgeon)">John Robb</a> (Ind)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_McEllistrim_(1926%E2%80%932000)" title="Tom McEllistrim (1926–2000)">Tom McEllistrim</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Mulroy" title="Jimmy Mulroy">Jimmy Mulroy</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vivian_O%27Callaghan" title="Vivian O'Callaghan">Vivian O'Callaghan</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_O%27Connell_(Dublin_politician)" title="John O'Connell (Dublin politician)">John O'Connell</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_O%27Connor" title="Nicholas O'Connor">Nicholas O'Connor</a> (FF)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Elected or nominated later</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>1988</b> <a href="/wiki/Tony_Bromell" title="Tony Bromell">Tony Bromell</a> (FF)</li> <li><b>1989</b> <a href="/wiki/Michael_Dawson_(businessman)" title="Michael Dawson (businessman)">Michael Dawson</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Kavanagh_(politician)" title="Paul Kavanagh (politician)">Paul Kavanagh</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_McDonnell_(Irish_politician)" title="Frank McDonnell (Irish politician)">Frank McDonnell</a> (FF)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li>FF: <a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a></li> <li>FG: <a href="/wiki/Fine_Gael" title="Fine Gael">Fine Gael</a></li> <li>Lab: <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Ireland)" title="Labour Party (Ireland)">Labour Party</a></li> <li>Ind: <a href="/wiki/Independent_politician_(Ireland)" title="Independent politician (Ireland)">Independent</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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