The poet Tennyson wrote “I am a part of all that I have met”; and the challenges that Senator Frances Black has overcome and the cares of the people she has embraced have shaped her life.

Frances Black says she’s aware that many people “really want” her to be a candidate in this year’s Irish presidential election and she has “a lot of reflecting to do”. Momentum is ...

In the coming days, Tánaiste Simon Harris is once again due to meet Senator Frances Black to present a timeline to enact the Government's version of the Occupied Territories Bill. It will be a ...

He confirmed that he had met Senator Frances Black, who wrote the initial bill, and told her the Government would move ahead with its “own legislation”. Her legislation would ban trade of ...

Richard O'Reilly spoke with Senator Frances Black ...

The first is the speed with which it's going to be enacted. Senator Frances Black argues there can't be anymore delays, given "genocide is happening and children are starving". However ...

He was born in Oakland City, Indiana, on November 11, 1938, to the late Ronald and Marie (Duncan) Black. One sister, Mary Frances Black Sloat, also precedes him in death. He leaves to cherish his ...

Promising to progress the Bill, Mr Harris said he met with senator Frances Black, who drafted the original Occupied Territories Bill, and plans to speak with her again next week with a full ...

“The Attorney General last July provided a very detailed assessment of Senator Frances Black’s bill, raised some issues, legitimate issues that can be addressed by amendment. “There was no ...

The Green Party leader, who was a minister in the last coalition, said that government claims of a legal issue with banning services was ‘a delaying tactic’ (Brian Lawless/PA) Ireland’s ...