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# McNulty

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# Sinead Burke
Everything you need to know about the strangest election in Irish politics
A Seanad by-election is a strange creature that’s not without controversy.
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Oct 17th 2015, 8:15 AM
# Notes on a scandal
Here is John McNulty's handwritten note accepting his controversial state board appointment
The former Fine Gael Seanad candidate’s nomination to the board of IMMA caused a huge political crisis recently.
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Oct 29th 2014, 3:37 PM
Voices
Opinion: The McNulty affair shows political reform has misplaced focus
Appointing party members to state boards is actually defensible in many ways, writes Eoin O’Malley.
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Oct 11th 2014, 7:00 PM
# News Fix
Here's What Happened Today: Friday
Everyone’s talking about our newest Senator, Irish preparation for Ebola, and a girl called Malala.
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Oct 10th 2014, 11:11 PM
# Polling Time
24 candidates, but only one who isn't asking for votes ... Happy by-election day
Polls open in Roscommon-South Leitrim and Dublin South West … And will John McNulty take a seat in the Seanad? We’ll know by this afternoon.
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Oct 10th 2014, 6:30 AM
# McNulty-gate
John McNulty goes back to running his shop as Enda says he didn't vote for him
The reluctant candidate could yet win the Seanad by-election on Friday.
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Oct 6th 2014, 2:03 PM
# Dáil talk
State of the Nation: Kite-flying and 'dirty tricks'
Here’s everything you need to know about what’s happening in Irish politics right now…
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Oct 6th 2014, 9:00 AM
# the mcnulty saga
Tánaiste won't say who she's voting for in the Seanad election
Meanwhile, the Taoiseach said he “won’t speculate” on the outcome of the ballot. Many TDs have already voted for the Donegal man.
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Oct 3rd 2014, 2:27 PM
# baptism of fire
Heather Humphreys had another bad afternoon answering questions on 'McNulty-gate'
The relatively new Arts Minister continues to face questions over the John McNulty debacle.
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Oct 2nd 2014, 3:55 PM
# Question Time
Joan Burton told: 'The country wants Enda's head on a plate and you can deliver it'
Mick Wallace said people are sick with ‘cronyism in Irish politics’.
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Oct 2nd 2014, 1:07 PM
# McNulty-gate
Enda: I can't name the Fine Gael official because they'd be pilloried
The Taoiseach is this evening facing his parliamentary party for the first time since the John McNulty controversy broke.
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Oct 1st 2014, 7:55 PM
# He's out
GONE: John McNulty has withdrawn from the Seanad by-election
The Fine Gael nominee for the upper house has said contesting the election would distract from the “critical work of government”.
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Sep 30th 2014, 10:15 PM
# McNulty-gate
McNulty met with FG officials before Seanad race withdrawal - but says he wasn't pushed
The Minister for Arts also said that McNulty wasn’t a Seanad candidate when she appointed him to the board of IMMA.
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Sep 30th 2014, 7:42 PM
# Another Fine Mess
Here's why Enda Kenny now has a BIG problem in the Seanad
Analysis: The coalition does not have a majority in the upper house and won’t now that John McNulty has withdrawn from the by-election race.
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Sep 30th 2014, 5:30 PM
# State boards
None of Enda Kenny's cabinet colleagues asked him to explain 'McNulty-gate' today
Meanwhile, Brendan Howlin has announced changes to the way state board appointments are made today.
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Sep 30th 2014, 3:13 PM
# State boards
Joan Burton is glad Enda Kenny apologised over 'McNulty-gate'
Meanwhile, Brendan Howlin will be bringing a memorandum to Government on this issue.
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Sep 29th 2014, 2:33 PM
# McNulty-gate
McNulty appears as IMMA board member on Seanad ballot paper - even though he's resigned
The controversy over Fine Gael’s pick for the vacant Seanad seat is rumbling on.
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Sep 29th 2014, 10:39 AM
# McNulty-gate
8 things you need to know about Fine Gael's Seanad shambles... and why it matters
A little-known losing local election candidate is at the centre of a controversy that is causing huge problems for Fine Gael.
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Sep 27th 2014, 7:30 AM
# All his fault
'Not my finest hour': Enda Kenny says he takes all the blame for McNulty-gate
The Taoiseach has said he takes full responsibility for the controversy surrounding John McNulty’s nomination to the Seanad.
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Sep 26th 2014, 11:59 PM
# McNulty-gate
FG TD thinks McNulty appointment is 'stroke politics at its worst'... and he's not the only one
Meanwhile, Finance Minister Michael Noonan has sought to play down the John McNulty controversy today.
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Sep 26th 2014, 5:20 PM
# Controversy
John McNulty quits controversial state board job... but will continue his Seanad bid
The controversy surrounding Fine Gael’s nominee for the upper house is rumbling on today.
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Sep 25th 2014, 11:00 PM
# McNulty-gate
Overlooked Seanad hopeful Samantha Long quits Fine Gael, says party is ignoring females
Meanwhile, Micheál Martin has called for the Seanad by-election process to be re-run.
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Sep 25th 2014, 11:39 AM
# Dáil talk
State of the Nation: This McNulty scandal is really building up a head of steam...
Here’s everything you need to know about what’s happening in Irish politics right now…
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Sep 25th 2014, 8:58 AM
# McNulty
Lots of Fine Gael and Labour people are angry about this man’s appointment to a state board
Seanad hopeful John McNulty addressed members of the Fine Gael parliamentary party in Leinster House this evening.
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Sep 24th 2014, 10:00 PM
# McNulty
Stroke politics? The controversy over Fine Gael's Seanad hopeful isn't going away
John McNulty was appointed to a state board days before Fine Gael nominated him for the Seanad.
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Sep 24th 2014, 12:40 PM
# Seanad-igans
Arts Minister defends decision to give Fine Gael's Seanad nominee a state board job
John McNulty was appointed to the board of the Irish Museum of Modern Art days before he was nominated for the vacant Seanad seat.
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Sep 23rd 2014, 6:40 PM
# dominic west
In pictures: Dominic West at Trinity College Dublin
The TCD graduate and star of the ‘The Wire’ spoke at the University Philosophical Society tonight.
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Nov 22nd 2011, 10:27 PM