18th Seanad

The 18th Seanad was in office from 1987 to 1989. An election to Seanad Éireann, the Senate of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament), followed the 1987 general election to the 25th Dáil. The senators served until the close of poll for the 19th Seanad.

18th Seanad
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Overview
Legislative body	Seanad Éireann
Jurisdiction	Ireland
Meeting place	Leinster House
Term	25 April 1987 – 5 July 1989
Government	20th government of Ireland
Members	60
Cathaoirleach	Tras Honan (FF)
Leas-Chathaoirleach	Charles McDonald (FG)
Leader of the Seanad	Mick Lanigan

Cathaoirleach

On 25 April 1987, Tras Honan (FF) was proposed as Cathaoirleach by Mick Lanigan (FF) and seconded by William Ryan (FF). She was elected without a division.^[1]

On 20 May 1987, Charles McDonald (FG) was proposed as Leas-Chathaoirleach by Maurice Manning (FG) and seconded by Katharine Bulbulia (FG). He was elected without a division.^[2]

Composition of the 18th Seanad

There are a total of 60 seats in the Seanad: 43 were elected on five vocational panels, 6 were elected from two university constituencies and 11 were nominated by the Taoiseach.

The following table shows the composition by party when the 18th Seanad first met on 25 April 1987.

Origin Party		Vocational panels					NUI	DU	Nominated	Total
		Admin	Agri	Cult & Educ	Ind & Comm	Labour
	Fianna Fáil	4	6	3	5	6	0	0	6	30
	Fine Gael	3	4	2	3	4	0	0	0	16
	Labour Party	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	3
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	5	11
Total		7	11	5	9	11	3	3	11	60

List of senators

• Note: The entries for Senators who were elected or appointed to fill vacancies are shown in italics

Name	Panel	Party		Notes
Katharine Bulbulia	Administrative Panel		Fine Gael
Michael Doherty	Administrative Panel		Fianna Fáil
Joe Doyle	Administrative Panel		Fine Gael	Elected to 26th Dáil at general election on 15 June 1989[3]
Seán Haughey	Administrative Panel		Fianna Fáil
Tras Honan	Administrative Panel		Fianna Fáil
Patrick Kennedy	Administrative Panel		Fine Gael
Mary Wallace	Administrative Panel		Fianna Fáil	Elected to 26th Dáil at general election on 15 June 1989[3]
Paul Bradford	Agricultural Panel		Fine Gael	Elected to 26th Dáil at general election on 15 June 1989[3]
John Connor	Agricultural Panel		Fine Gael	Elected to 26th Dáil at general election on 15 June 1989[3]
Michael Ferris	Agricultural Panel		Labour	Elected to 26th Dáil at general election on 15 June 1989[3]
Tom Fitzgerald	Agricultural Panel		Fianna Fáil
Thomas Hussey	Agricultural Panel		Fianna Fáil
Rory Kiely	Agricultural Panel		Fianna Fáil
Pádraic McCormack	Agricultural Panel		Fine Gael	Elected to 26th Dáil at general election on 15 June 1989[3]
Charles McDonald	Agricultural Panel		Fine Gael
Patrick McGowan	Agricultural Panel		Fianna Fáil
Martin O'Toole	Agricultural Panel		Fianna Fáil	Elected to 26th Dáil at general election on 15 June 1989[3]
William Ryan	Agricultural Panel		Fianna Fáil
Seán Byrne	Cultural and Educational Panel		Fianna Fáil
Joachim Loughrey	Cultural and Educational Panel		Fine Gael
Maurice Manning	Cultural and Educational Panel		Fine Gael
Tony McKenna	Cultural and Educational Panel		Fianna Fáil
Paschal Mooney	Cultural and Educational Panel		Fianna Fáil
Eddie Bohan	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fianna Fáil
Tony Bromell	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fianna Fáil	Elected at by-election on 19 December 1988 after death of Jack Daly[4]
Jack Daly	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fine Gael	Died on 5 May 1988[5]
Seán Fallon	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fianna Fáil
Willie Farrell	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fianna Fáil
Jack Fitzsimons	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fianna Fáil
Phil Hogan	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fine Gael	Elected to 26th Dáil at general election on 15 June 1989[3]
Mick Lanigan	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fianna Fáil
Brian O'Shea	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Labour	Elected to 26th Dáil at general election on 15 June 1989[3]
Gerry Reynolds	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fine Gael	Elected to 26th Dáil at general election on 15 June 1989[3]
Donie Cassidy	Labour Panel		Fianna Fáil
Denis Cregan	Labour Panel		Fine Gael
Nuala Fennell	Labour Panel		Fine Gael	Elected to 26th Dáil at general election on 15 June 1989[3]
Des Hanafin	Labour Panel		Fianna Fáil
Jack Harte	Labour Panel		Labour
Brian Hillery	Labour Panel		Fianna Fáil	Elected to 26th Dáil at general election on 15 June 1989[3]
Peter Kelleher	Labour Panel		Fine Gael
Dan Kiely	Labour Panel		Fianna Fáil
Don Lydon	Labour Panel		Fianna Fáil
Larry McMahon	Labour Panel		Fine Gael
Brian Mullooly	Labour Panel		Fianna Fáil
John A. Murphy	National University of Ireland		Independent
Joe O'Toole	National University of Ireland		Independent
Brendan Ryan	National University of Ireland		Independent
David Norris	Dublin University		Independent
Mary Robinson	Dublin University		Independent
Shane Ross	Dublin University		Independent
Séamus Cullimore	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil	Elected to 26th Dáil at general election on 15 June 1989[3]
Michael Dawson	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil	Nominated to fill vacancy on 26 June 1989 after the 1989 general election[6]
Éamon de Buitléar	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Independent
George Eogan	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Independent
Brian Friel	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Independent
Paul Kavanagh	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil	Nominated to fill vacancy on 26 June 1989 after the 1989 general election[6]
John Magnier	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Independent
Frank McDonnell	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil	Nominated to fill vacancy on 26 June 1989 after the 1989 general election[6]
John Robb	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Independent
Tom McEllistrim	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil	Elected to 26th Dáil at general election on 15 June 1989[3]
Jimmy Mulroy	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil
Vivian O'Callaghan	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil
John O'Connell	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil	Elected to 26th Dáil at general election on 15 June 1989[3]
Nicholas O'Connor	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil

Changes

Date	Panel	Loss		Gain		Note
5 May 1988	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fine Gael			Death of Jack Daly[5]
19 December 1988	Industrial and Commercial Panel				Fianna Fáil	Tony Bromell elected at by-election after the death of Jack Daly[7][4]
15 June 1989	Agricultural Panel		Fine Gael			Paul Bradford elected to 26th Dáil at general election[3]
15 June 1989	Agricultural Panel		Fine Gael			John Connor elected to 26th Dáil at general election[3]
15 June 1989	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil			Séamus Cullimore elected to 26th Dáil at general election[3]
15 June 1989	Administrative Panel		Fine Gael			Joe Doyle elected to 26th Dáil at general election[3]
15 June 1989	Labour Panel		Fine Gael			Nuala Fennell elected to 26th Dáil at general election[3]
15 June 1989	Agricultural Panel		Labour			Michael Ferris elected to 26th Dáil at general election[3]
15 June 1989	Labour Panel		Fianna Fáil			Brian Hillery elected to 26th Dáil at general election[3]
15 June 1989	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fine Gael			Phil Hogan elected to 26th Dáil at general election[3]
15 June 1989	Agricultural Panel		Fine Gael			Pádraic McCormack elected to 26th Dáil at general election[3]
15 June 1989	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil			Tom McEllistrim elected to 26th Dáil at general election[3]
15 June 1989	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil			John O'Connell elected to 26th Dáil at general election[3]
15 June 1989	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Labour			Brian O'Shea elected to 26th Dáil at general election[3]
15 June 1989	Agricultural Panel		Fianna Fáil			Martin O'Toole elected to 26th Dáil at general election[3]
15 June 1989	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fine Gael			Gerry Reynolds elected to 26th Dáil at general election[3]
15 June 1989	Administrative Panel		Fianna Fáil			Mary Wallace elected to 26th Dáil at general election[3]
26 June 1989	Nominated by the Taoiseach				Fianna Fáil	Michael Dawson nominated to fill vacancy after the 1989 general election[6]
26 June 1989	Nominated by the Taoiseach				Fianna Fáil	Frank McDonnell nominated to fill vacancy after the 1989 general election[6]
26 June 1989	Nominated by the Taoiseach				Fianna Fáil	Paul Kavanagh nominated to fill vacancy after the 1989 general election[6]