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# Friday sittings

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# Friday sitting
Minister nominated for 'brass neck of the year' as TDs row about Seanad reform
Fianna Fáil’s proposal to overhaul the upper house will be opposed by the government.
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Mar 28th 2014, 11:53 AM
# Cyberbullying
Social media: the good, the bad and the ugly
The Dáil discussed all aspects of social media this afternoon, from how Skype is keeping Irish families in touch at a time of emigration to the effects of cyberbullying.
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Jan 24th 2014, 3:31 PM
# Censorship
Censorship Board can't be abolished until it deals with Alan Shatter's 'Laura'
And everyone struggled to keep a straight face in the Dáil this morning…
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Jan 24th 2014, 10:44 AM
# Friday sittings
'I binge drink myself, and I'm ashamed of that': TDs debate alcohol sponsorship of sport
Alcohol and fluoridation of the Irish drinking water supply were discussed by a small number of TDs in a new-look Friday sitting in the Dáil today.
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Nov 8th 2013, 4:51 PM
# emergency workers
Dáil to debate five year jail terms for assaults on emergency workers
Fianna Fáil proposed legislation will call for a crackdown on those convicted of assaulting or threatening an emergency worker in the line of duty.
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Oct 5th 2012, 7:30 AM
# Dáil Reform
TGIF: How have the Dáil’s Friday sittings worked out?
As we approach the end of another Dáil term, we’ve been asking the government and the opposition how the much-vaunted sittings of the Dáil on the first Friday of every month have been working out.
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Jul 14th 2012, 8:15 AM
# In Numbers
Prime numbers: the week in stats
Opinion polls, lucky punts, expenses, unemployment and more – our numerical guide to the last 604,800 seconds in Ireland.
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Feb 4th 2012, 7:38 PM
# Dáil
Shatter criticises Kelleher no-show for Friday Dáil debate
But the Fianna Fáil TD who had criticised the government over Friday sittings said he didn’t have to attend today’s Dáil debate and repeated his criticisms.
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Feb 3rd 2012, 6:20 PM
# Dáil
Dáil sittings on a Friday are 'a slap in the face of reform' - Fianna Fail TD
Billy Kelleher has accused the government of “window-dressing” by implementing Friday sittings where he says “no meaningful business” is being done.
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Feb 3rd 2012, 9:03 AM