• Independent Senator (Labour Panel)
• Entered the Seanad on 10 October 2014 — Byelection
• Email me whenever Gerard Craughwell speaks (no more than once per day)

• Recent appearances
• Numerology

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 May 2023)

“Recently, in Mayo County Council, Independent Councillor Seamus Weir, cathaoirleach of the council, did something rather unusual. He organised for Mr. Larry Carty to make a presentation to the assembled council regarding the death of Private Billy Kedian. Billy Kedian, a soldier of the 1st Battalion in Galway, was killed on 31 May 1999. Yesterday, The Irish Suncarried a story about Billy...”

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 May 2023)

“I should have thanked Neil Cotter, who broke the story in The Irish Sun.”

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 May 2023)

“Yesterday we got the news that Private Sean Rooney is to be honoured by the United Nations with a medal for his bravery in the loss of his life. This is a wonderful thing for the Rooney family, for the medal is a tangible remembrance of that man and the life he gave in the service of peace. I make a plea today, and asked the Acting Leader and Cathaoirleach to support it, that the Rooney...”

More of Gerard Craughwell's recent appearances

RSS feed (?)

These statistics are updated only each weekend. Please note that numbers do not measure quality. Also, representatives may do other things not currently covered by this site.More about this)

• Has spoken in 91 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among Senators.
• People have made 2 comments on this Senator's speeches — well above average among Senators.
• 10321 people are tracking whenever this Senator speaks — email me whenever Gerard Craughwell speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 884 times in debates — well above average among Senators.
  (Yes, this is a silly statistic. We include it to draw your attention to why you should read more than just these numbers when forming opinions.)