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Michael McNamara has admitted he refused to vote for the establishment of the controversial new semi-state company.
The Meath West deputy expects to be back in the party by the end of the month.
Paul Kehoe has dismissed suggestions that Fine Gael faced losing up to 25 TDs over the abortion bill and has criticised the repetition by TDs during the debate on the Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill.
TDs and senators may have spent six figures in Leinster House bars last year, but how do their perks compare with those of their international counterparts?
The amount spent on pints of lager and Guinness as well as Snack bars and Club Milks as TDs debated the landmark abortion legislation is laid bare in documents obtained and published today by TheJournal.ie.
The Oireachtas bars do not “come under the same regulations as public bars”, a Freedom of Information request has confirmed.
If you guessed over €11,000, you were right.
Meanwhile, the Seanad has passed committee stage of the abortion bill by 33 votes to 14 meaning it moves to its final stages next week.
There was opposition from Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and independent senators as the Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill passed second stage in the upper house today.
The bill has passed second stage in the upper house and now moves on to committee stage.
Jim Walsh was among those to contribute to the continuing debate on the Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill this afternoon.
Fidelma Healy-Eames has confirmed her opposition to the legislation in the Seanad this morning but one Fianna Fáil senator is supporting the bill.
The bill passed the Dáil last week but senators will seek to amend it forcing its return to the Dáil over the next few days. Watch proceedings live here.
… and some of next week too.
The economy continues to dominate and the issue of abortion will not be revisited by this government, Pat Rabbitte has said.
The former European Affairs Minister gave a wide-ranging interview to Marian Finucane on RTÉ Radio this morning. Here’s what she had to say…
Meanwhile Peadar Tóibín’s suspension from Sinn Féin for six months means he is banned from attending all party events.
TDs have denied there was a “mad drunken session” as the Dáil debated the abortion bill on Wednesday and Thursday but questions have arisen out of the lapgate incident and the Dáil bar being open until 5am.
The vote result was met with a smattering of applause in the Chamber at about 12.30am this morning.
Former Minister of State for European Affairs says that Enda Kenny asked her for resignation after her Níl vote – so she handed it over.
TD for Meath West has been censured for his vote against the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill.
TDs have returned to Leinster House after a long night to continue debating amendments to the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013.
The Dublin Central TD is the clear favourite to replace Lucinda Creighton in her junior ministry after she lost the party whip tonight.
Fine Gael looks likely to lose the European Affairs minister when the Dáil debates and votes on amendments to the Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill today but other wavering TDs could now support the new law.
Meanwhile, Sinn Féin has said that Peadar Tóibín’s decision to vote against the party on the Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill is a “serious breach of party rules”.
Brian Walsh is now the third member of the Fine Gael parliamentary party who has decided to vote against the Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill.
A couple in the US say that they are putting the fate of their unborn child to the public vote.