# aodhan-o-riordain - Wednesday 23 February, 2022
# Addiction
# Addiction
Senators are due to debate the issue today amid much criticism over this week’s developments.
# aodhan-o-riordain - Monday 21 February, 2022
# Citizens Assembly
# Citizens Assembly
The delay until 2023 will cost lives, Labour TD Aodhán Ó Ríordáin said.
# aodhan-o-riordain - Wednesday 16 February, 2022
# Expenses
# Expenses
Sinn Féin’s Eoin Ó Broin and Labour’s Aodhán Ó Ríordáin were among those required to refund the value of unvouched expenses.
# aodhan-o-riordain - Tuesday 1 February, 2022
# Schools Admissions
# Schools Admissions
Labour’s Bill seeks to change the School Admissions Act.
# aodhan-o-riordain - Tuesday 16 March, 2021
# St Patrick's Day
# St Patrick's Day
Labour’s Aodhán Ó Ríordáin says dismissing protesters as ‘cranks’ will not work.
# aodhan-o-riordain - Tuesday 16 February, 2021
# Stardust Fire
# Stardust Fire
Opposition parties have urged the Taoiseach and the government to prevent any further delay right after the 40th anniversary of the disaster.
# aodhan-o-riordain - Saturday 30 May, 2020
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
Schools have been closed since 12 March as part of efforts to stop the spread of Covid-19.
# aodhan-o-riordain - Friday 22 May, 2020
# Calculated Grades
# Calculated Grades
The ASTI has said that teachers need to be fully protected if there is a legal challenge to calculated grades.
# aodhan-o-riordain - Friday 3 April, 2020
# Two Horse Race
# Two Horse Race
Tipperary TD Alan Kelly and Dublin TD Aodhán O’Riordáin are in the running for it.
# aodhan-o-riordain - Friday 21 February, 2020
# Leadership Battle
# Leadership Battle
Labour members will vote on a new leader at the beginning of April.
# aodhan-o-riordain - Monday 9 April, 2018
# Apology
# Apology
Ó Ríordáin tweeted a clarification and an apology for a tweet he sent on 28 March.
# aodhan-o-riordain - Saturday 15 July, 2017
# Debt
# Debt
Students in the UK are graduating with loans of £57,000, Labour says the same can’t happen here.
# aodhan-o-riordain - Sunday 23 April, 2017
# Sisters Of Charity
# Sisters Of Charity
Health Minister Simon Harris has insisted the hospital will be independently run.
# aodhan-o-riordain - Tuesday 11 April, 2017
# Mental Health
# Mental Health
In an unusual event, senators on the committee said that they were uncomfortable with their Chair’s line of questioning.
# aodhan-o-riordain - Monday 13 March, 2017
# Anti-trump Protest
# Anti-trump Protest
Irish Senator Aodhán Ó Ríordáin explained that the ‘Irish Stand’ event in New York aims to show solidarity with immigrants.
# aodhan-o-riordain - Friday 30 December, 2016
# My Social Media Life
# My Social Media Life
Well-known Irish names tell us about their life on the internet.
# aodhan-o-riordain - Friday 11 November, 2016
# Not My President
# Not My President
Meanwhile, Irish Senator Aodhán Ó Ríordáin criticised the Irish government’s reaction to Trump’s election.
# aodhan-o-riordain - Friday 30 September, 2016
# Well Holy God
# Well Holy God
Preliminary consultations and preparatory work have been undertaken on the issue.
# aodhan-o-riordain - Saturday 9 July, 2016
# How Bizarre
# How Bizarre
Saturday with Claire Byrne signed off for the season with a massive Oireachtas sing-song. Some were a little better than others…
# aodhan-o-riordain - Sunday 27 March, 2016
# Drugs
# Drugs
The warning has come from the outgoing Drugs Minister Aodhán Ó Ríordáin .
# aodhan-o-riordain - Tuesday 22 March, 2016
# The Post Mortem
# The Post Mortem
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin explained why the seeds of Labour’s demise were sown in 2011 in a wide-ranging interview with TheJournal.ie this week.
# Next Best Thing
# Next Best Thing
Last month Aodhán Ó Ríordáin said he wasn’t going to “kick around the Seanad’ if he lost his Dáil seat. Now he’s changed his mind.
# aodhan-o-riordain - Friday 18 March, 2016
# Next Best Thing
# Next Best Thing
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin , Kevin Humphreys and Ged Nash are all seeking a Leinster House comeback.
# aodhan-o-riordain - Tuesday 1 March, 2016
# At Last
# At Last
It was jubilation for three candidates, and total desolation for Labour’s Aodhán Ó Riordáin.
# Dublin Bay North
# Dublin Bay North
As rules stand now, it looks like Labour will lose its speaking rights in the chamber.
# aodhan-o-riordain - Thursday 18 February, 2016
# Labour's Way
# Labour's Way
The party has outlined its plans to hold a referendum on the abortion ban if returned to government.
# aodhan-o-riordain - Saturday 13 February, 2016
# Canvassing With Aodhán
# Canvassing With Aodhán
TheJournal.ie joined Aodhán Ó Riordáin pounding the pavements of Dublin Bay North.
# Drug Use
# Drug Use
Could Ireland go down the Portuguese route?
# aodhan-o-riordain - Saturday 16 January, 2016
# Analysis
# Analysis
Now one TD says they owe “hundreds of thousands of people” an apology.
# aodhan-o-riordain - Tuesday 1 December, 2015
# Streets Of Dublin
# Streets Of Dublin
A grim tour of the backstreets of the capital…
# aodhan-o-riordain - Thursday 26 November, 2015
# ST ANNES PARK
# ST ANNES PARK
Minister Aodhán Ó Ríordáin has joined the campaign against it.
# aodhan-o-riordain - Thursday 5 November, 2015
# Portuguese Model
# Portuguese Model
The government is considering decriminalising the possession of a small amount of drugs like heroin, cannabis and cocaine.
# aodhan-o-riordain - Saturday 26 September, 2015
# 8th Amendment
# 8th Amendment
Pro-life campaigners have said organisers of the demonstration are in “absolute denial”.
# aodhan-o-riordain - Tuesday 8 September, 2015
# Chaos
# Chaos
A female audience member claimed to have been threatened for applauding a government minister.
# aodhan-o-riordain - Sunday 30 August, 2015
# After Joan
# After Joan
Joan Burton is safe for now but who’s in the mix to replace her? We rank the contenders…
# aodhan-o-riordain - Saturday 11 July, 2015
# Drugs
# Drugs
Críona Ní Dhálaigh has backed an initiative that the government could legislate for in the coming months.
# aodhan-o-riordain - Saturday 4 July, 2015
# Relaxation
# Relaxation
The Portuguese approach could be considered here.
# aodhan-o-riordain - Wednesday 24 June, 2015
# Too Many Tweets
# Too Many Tweets
The independent TD is not happy about a certain government minister’s tweets.
# aodhan-o-riordain - Tuesday 23 June, 2015
# Spat
# Spat
The Equality Minister’s tweet about “extremist right-wingers” got this one going…
# aodhan-o-riordain - Wednesday 17 June, 2015
# Berkeley
# Berkeley
The paper said the deaths “cast a pall” on the J1 visa programme, which the students were travelling on.