Bertie Ahern retired as Taoiseach (Prime Minister) in May 2008 having enjoyed the unique distinction in modern Irish politics of being the first person in over sixty years to have been elected to that office on three successive occasions. He continues to serve as a member of Dáil Éireann (Parliament).

He was first elected to the Dáil (Parliament) in 1977 for the constituency of Dublin-Finglas and has represented Dublin Central since 1981. He was Minister for Labour from March 1987 to Novem...

Lord Archibald Hamilton served as the Conservative M.P. for Epsom and Ewell from 1978 to 2001.

He was Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher from 1987 to 1988 and went on to serve as a defence minister in both the Thatcher and Major governments.

Lord Hamilton was elected chairman of the 1922 Conservative backbench committee in 1997 and served until 2001.

He was appointed to the House of Lords in 2005.

Lord Kilclooney's political career began as MP for South Tyrone in the Northern Ireland House of Commons between 1965 and 1972 where he served in the Cabinet as Minister for Home Affairs.

He was a Member of the European Parliament for Northern Ireland in from 1979 until 1989 and was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in 1982 for North Down. He then became MP for Strangford in 1983, until 2001 and was Deputy Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party between 1995 to 2001. During this time he h...

Baroness (Caroline) Cox was created a Life Peer in 1982 and was a deputy speaker of the House of Lords from 1985 to 2005.  She was Founder Chancellor of Bournemouth University; Chancellor of Liverpool Hope University from 2006-2013 and is an Hon. Vice President of the Royal College of Nursing.   She was a founder Trustee of MERLIN [Medical Emergency Relief International] and is Chief Executive of HART [Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust].

Caroline Cox has been honoured with the Commander Cross...

Lord Northbrook was educated at Winchester and Bristol University where he obtained a BA in History.

He is one of the 92 Hereditary Peers elected under the House of Lords Act 1999. He first sat in the House of Lords in 1992 and was an Opposition Whip from 1999 to 2000.

He has been involved in Committee work in the House with ad-hoc recent Committees on the Equality Act:the impact on Disabled People, and Financial Exclusion

He has focussed his speeches on Treasury, Constitutional and Ru...