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# sean-barrett - Thursday 6 October, 2016
FactCheck: Does every other country in Europe have water charges?
Fine Gael TD Seán Barrett made the claim over the airwaves recently. Is it true?
# sean-barrett - Saturday 14 May, 2016
Outgoing Dáil Chairmen paid €17,626 in February and March, despite overseeing just four hours of debate
As Ceann Comhairle and Leas Ceann Comhairle, Seán Barrett and Michael Kitt continued to be paid salary and expenses, even when the Dáil was broken up for the election.
# sean-barrett - Wednesday 13 April, 2016
Poll: Would a Brexit spell economic doom for Ireland?
Senator Sean Barrett claims this morning that the UK leaving the European Union would spell disaster for Ireland’s economy.
# sean-barrett - Thursday 10 March, 2016
Here's the first ever Ceann Comhairle to be elected by secret ballot
The 32nd Dáil has completed its first act in electing a new chairperson.
# sean-barrett - Thursday 3 March, 2016
These are the TDs in the mix for one of the most important jobs in the new Dáil
Before they try to elect a Taoiseach, TDs will have to elect a new Ceann Comhairle next week.
# sean-barrett - Tuesday 26 January, 2016
For perhaps the last time, Peter Mathews was sent packing from the Dáil today
The independent TD was given his marching orders from the Dáil yet again today.
# sean-barrett - Wednesday 9 December, 2015
Instead of being kicked out, Peter Mathews was just completely ignored in the Dáil today
The independent TD’s spat with the Ceann Comhairle rumbles on.
# sean-barrett - Wednesday 25 November, 2015
Peter Mathews has just been kicked out of the Dáil again
The independent TD was ordered out of the Dáil for the second time in two weeks this afternoon.
# sean-barrett - Friday 13 November, 2015
Girl (11) who saved her mother's life following attack by suckler cow honoured at Bravery Awards
42 people received awards from Ceann Comhairle Seán Barrett at today’s ceremony at Farmleigh House in Dublin.
# sean-barrett - Wednesday 11 November, 2015
Peter Mathews was thrown out of the Dáil and given an unusual punishment earlier
The independent TD’s refusal to stop talking landed him in trouble today.
# sean-barrett - Sunday 13 September, 2015
How many of these TDs can hold their seats?
Banking inquiry members have faced a heavy workload this year, but has it damaged their chances of re-election?
# sean-barrett - Wednesday 24 June, 2015
'I'm not entirely ignorant': Gerry Adams had another run-in with the Ceann Comhairle earlier
“I wish you wouldn’t interrupt my flow.”
# sean-barrett - Thursday 18 June, 2015
WATCH: There was a brief moment of hilarity at the banking inquiry earlier
It got fierce exciting for a minute there.
# sean-barrett - Tuesday 31 March, 2015
Seán Barrett got into another almighty row with a TD in the Dáil this evening
After a quiet few months, the Ceann Comhairle was back to his angry best this evening.
# sean-barrett - Wednesday 4 February, 2015
Did drinks companies water down the new alcohol laws?
Here’s everything you need to know about what’s happening in Irish politics right now…
# sean-barrett - Tuesday 3 February, 2015
'In the heat of the moment': Seán Barrett withdraws claim opposition out to undermine him
Earlier, Sinn Féin’s leader said the dispute was deflecting from the real issue.
Missed last night's water charge deadline? No problem, it seems
Here’s everything you need to know about what’s happening in Irish politics right now…
# sean-barrett - Friday 30 January, 2015
That big row which led to the Dáil walkout is getting bigger (and now Shatter's involved)
Ceann Comhairle Seán Barrett has defended his decision not have a debate on an inquiry into Garda malpractice last Wednesday.
# sean-barrett - Saturday 24 January, 2015
Sorry Pat, the Ceann Comhairle says he's in it until the end
Suggestions that Pat Rabbitte could replace Seán Barrett have been shot down.
# sean-barrett - Wednesday 21 January, 2015
'Lucinda or Shane never knocked at my door ... they probably knew better'
So, are any Senators going to join the new alliance or party?
# sean-barrett - Tuesday 30 December, 2014
The Ceann Comhairle has called for the whip to be dropped on issues on conscience
Speaking to The Irish Times, the Ceann Comhairle expressed his views specifically in relation to the Eight Amendment.
# sean-barrett - Saturday 20 December, 2014
Gerry Adams wants Sean Barrett to meet with him over ongoing issues
The Sinn Féin leader said he has been writing to Barrett for “months”.
# sean-barrett - Thursday 18 December, 2014
This senator was struggling to keep his eyes open as the Seanad debated water charges
Seán Barrett’s had a long day.
# sean-barrett - Friday 12 December, 2014
It looks like this man could be facing a motion of no confidence pretty soon
Ceann Comhairle Seán Barrett is increasingly unpopular amongst opposition TDs.
Róisín Shortall kicked out of the Dáil after a big row
The dispute over the cost of the water charges grant has been the subject of heated exchanges this morning
# sean-barrett - Thursday 11 December, 2014
Dream of child with dying mother 'to have food and go to school' started Mary's Meals
The founder of the charity is today receiving a human rights award on behalf of the Oireachtas-based Human Dignity Group.
# sean-barrett - Wednesday 3 December, 2014
Mary Harney denies shutting down offshore accounts inquiry
Several former TDs and ministers have strenuously denied any wrongdoing, after Mary Lou McDonald read out their names in the Dáil today.
# sean-barrett - Thursday 13 November, 2014
Dáil adjourned until Tuesday after Mary Lou stages four-hour sit-in
It’s the second time in a month the Sinn Féin TD has been suspended from the chamber.
# sean-barrett - Wednesday 8 October, 2014
People are complaining about the same rowdy TDs being rowdy in the Dáil every day
The Ceann Comhairle had to give out to deputies again this morning.
# sean-barrett - Wednesday 17 September, 2014
Lucinda Creighton says she's joined the Dáil Technical Group - but they don't want her
Much confusion as to whether the former Fine Gael TD is now part of the loose alliance of independent deputies.
# sean-barrett - Wednesday 3 September, 2014
"You won't say quiet to me, sir": Check out this 2007 clip of Enda clashing with a furious Ceann Comhairle
“Quiet now, you’re new in the job,” was the advice from Enda, setting off a reaction of Bishop Brennan-style proportions from John O’Donoghue.
# sean-barrett - Sunday 20 July, 2014
5 examples of Ceann Comhairle Seán Barrett completely losing it with TDs
The Dáil is over for the summer so here’s a look back at deputies getting told off by the principal.
# sean-barrett - Tuesday 1 July, 2014
TDs stopped from asking Enda Kenny questions - then he's stopped from answering them
Dáil procedure got in the way during Questions to An Taoiseach today.
# sean-barrett - Tuesday 17 June, 2014
'Resume your seat while I'm on my feet': Gerry Adams was given out to in the Dáil today
The Sinn Féin president got a telling-off from the Dáil Ceann Comhairle this afternoon.
# sean-barrett - Tuesday 10 June, 2014
With all this politics what hope does the banking inquiry have of finding out anything?
The government messed up in not ensuring it had a majority on the inquiry in the first place, but now its attempts to reverse this threaten to undermine the whole process of finding out what happened to the Irish banking system.
Here's how the government could restore its majority on the banking inquiry
The first meeting of the special Oireachtas Committee was due to get underway tomorrow but has now been postponed indefinitely amid a row over the number of government members on the inquiry.
# sean-barrett - Saturday 7 June, 2014
'A dog's dinner': Banking inquiry could be delayed as government tries to sort out its own mess
With membership of the committee still not finalised the inquiry into the collapse of the Irish banking system is already facing a race against time.
# sean-barrett - Friday 6 June, 2014
'Totally unacceptable': Concern that PAC has monopoly on probe into spending of €3.25bn
The Oireachtas Health Committee is seeking to change the rules that currently prevent any other Oireachtas committee from investigating matters that are already being probed by the powerful Public Accounts Committee.
# sean-barrett - Saturday 31 May, 2014
Enda Kenny has 'no responsibility' to tell TDs what he thinks of Trichet's banking inquiry snub
The former European Central Bank president has has said he will not appear before the forthcoming inquiry citing ECB rules.
# sean-barrett - Friday 2 May, 2014
Here are the TDs and Senators who are likely to sit on the banking inquiry
Who is in the running to be part of an unprecedented Oireachtas inquiry into the collapse of the Irish banking system? We’ve been finding out.
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Poll: Are live debates influencing how you'll vote in the General Election?
WE’RE JUST 11 days out from poll day for the General Election.
Last night, the seven leaders from the main political parties took part in RTÉ’s first live TV debate of the campaign.
The leaders of political parties which included – Fine Gael’s Leo Varadkar, Sinn Féin’s Mary Lou McDonald, Fianna Fáil’s Micheál Martin, Green Party’s Eamon Ryan, People Before Profit’s Richard Boyd Barrett, Labour’s Brendan Howlin and Roísín Shortall of the Social Democrats – clashed over housing, pensions, crime and taxation.
This debate came after Varadkar and Martin went head-to-head on Virgin Media One last week.
So, today we want to know: Are live debates influencing how you’ll vote in the General Election?
Poll Results:
No (7545)
Yes (2712)
I'm not sure / no opinion (591)
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Opinion: How would I, a refugee in Ireland, vote in this election?
By Evgeny Shtorn
Voting is a privilege and homelessness is the biggest challenge, writes Evgeny Shtorn.
How I Spend My Money: A 23-year-old clerical officer on €23,000 who lives in Louth
By TheJournal.ie reader
The Irish For: Cúpla focal for the happy couple
By Darach Ó Séaghdha - @TheIrishFor
Wedding prayers and toasts can sound so beautiful in Irish, writes Darach Ó Séaghdha.
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