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In recent years several Taoisigh have appointed Northerners to the Seanad - am I right that they're usually the independents? And is it me or has this stopped? Eoghan Harris may have been a UUP adviser in his career but looks very much a southerner. Timrollpickering10:08, 20 August 2007 (UTC)Reply
It's not just 'some' random database, it's the official Houses of the Oireachtas members database. I think they may know what they are talking about. It is also easier to use in a sentence without piping, e.g. John Smith was nominated by the Taoiseach to the Nth Seanad. As an alternative, it could be titled Senators nominated by the Taoiseach. Snappy (talk) 05:43, 23 June 2009 (UTC)Reply
A fair number of the Senators in the "official" database have blank or incorrect Party affiliations, so I think they may not be infallible.
Their choice of nomenclature is probably determined by user-friendliness as well as strict correctness. So, indeed, is Wikipedia's; although the policies we have to achieve this are probably different from theirs.
Piping convenience is a non-issue; redirects and bots can take care of that. In any case, "John Smith was nominated to the Nth Seanad by the Taoiseach", "John Smith was nominated by Bertie Ahern to the Nth Seanad", etc. would need a pipelink regardless.
The last one isn't Irish specific - a lot of Senates around the world have appointed members and fill casual vacancies that way. I guess "Senator nominated by the Taoiseach" is best. Timrollpickering (talk) 22:59, 24 June 2009 (UTC)Reply