'It bypasses the democratic process': Eight-storey apartment block approved despite local TDs' concerns
245 apartments are set to be constructed as part of the development on Finglas Road.
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245 apartments are set to be constructed as part of the development on Finglas Road.
Here’s how party HQ has been attempting to keep internal rows out of the headlines.
Noeleen Reilly said she first raised concerns with the party leadership four years ago.
The disciplinary measures relate to an ongoing alleged feud between party representatives in north Dublin.
Gerry Kelly found his car clamped on a Belfast street on Friday morning.
The Committee on Procedure ruled that Alan Farrell didn’t breach Dáil privilege.
Dessie Ellis said he’s passed on the threatening letters to the gardaí.
Alan Farrell said he was merely calling on Sinn Féin deputies to make a statement.
Transport Minister Shane Ross said discussions have recently taken place between Dublin City Council and the National Transport Authority.
A TD made the claim in the Dáil today.
The government – and particularly Alan Kelly – are getting hammered over the latest controversy.
The FAI chief executive has been on the phone to discuss a possible appearance before the Oireachtas Transport and Communications Committee.
One Sinn Féin TD thinks taxi signs get attention from “undesirables”.
Eamonn Nolan temporarily stepped down from his role following a row over the addition of a second candidate in Dublin North-West. The matter is now subject of an internal investigation.
Meanwhile, a Syrizan minister got TWO standing ovations at Sinn Féin’s Ard Fheis.
TDs have been debating a Sinn Féín-proposed motion on homelessness.
The Sinn Féin president says that his party will “ferociously argue” against budget measures that would “heap the burden” on families and carers.
The Sinn Féin president was popular as he walked the streets this morning but people were more interested in getting their picture with him than discussing the upper house.
Dublin City Council Homeless section says 2.5 people will exit homelessness every day.
It’s a 28 per cent increase in the number of people sleeping rough when compared to April last year.
You may not agree with Sinn Féin, but criticising Gerry Adams for apologising is pure political point-scoring.
FG chairman Charlie Flanagan said Dessie Ellis’s refusal to discuss British claims that he was involved in IRA murders were “utterly disgraceful”.
A newly-released British document claims that Ellis was involved in the murder of 50 people by the IRA in the north and south during the Troubles but he has rejected these claims.
Sinn Féin’s Dessie Ellis said the state allowed regulations which failed to stop contamination and failed to legislate to protect people.
Your essential round-up of the day’s biggest news stories, as well as the bits and pieces you may have missed…
Dessie Ellis intervened in an attempted eviction of a woman and her daughter from their council house in north Dublin after a dispute over rent arrears.
A controversial bill on agency workers is on the table today – but one TD has warned his peers to keep things in perspective…
Socialists and others have outlined a campaign where they will urge 1.6 million households not to register for the charge.
Over half-a-dozen TDs say they will not pay the €100 tax when it comes into effect in the New Year with a number of Sinn Féin deputies considering their options.
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