Máire Geoghegan-Quinn to vote against abolition of Seanad in referendum
Ireland's EU commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn has declared she will vote against the abolition of the Seanad in this year's referendum, pitting her against the Government on the central element of its political reform agenda.
NEWLY-ELECTED SINN FÉIN TD Pearse Doherty has taken his seat in the Dáil.