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Wednesday 30 September 2020
Fine Gael TD Seán Barrett made the claim over the airwaves recently. Is it true?
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.
Senator Sean Barrett claims this morning that the UK leaving the European Union would spell disaster for Ireland’s economy.
The 32nd Dáil has completed its first act in electing a new chairperson.
Before they try to elect a Taoiseach, TDs will have to elect a new Ceann Comhairle next week.
The independent TD was given his marching orders from the Dáil yet again today.
The independent TD’s spat with the Ceann Comhairle rumbles on.
Strict new Covid-19 measures have been announced for the two counties – here’s what you need to know.
The independent TD was ordered out of the Dáil for the second time in two weeks this afternoon.
42 people received awards from Ceann Comhairle Seán Barrett at today’s ceremony at Farmleigh House in Dublin.
The independent TD’s refusal to stop talking landed him in trouble today.
Banking inquiry members have faced a heavy workload this year, but has it damaged their chances of re-election?
“I wish you wouldn’t interrupt my flow.”
It got fierce exciting for a minute there.
After a quiet few months, the Ceann Comhairle was back to his angry best this evening.
Here’s everything you need to know about what’s happening in Irish politics right now…
Earlier, Sinn Féin’s leader said the dispute was deflecting from the real issue.
Here’s everything you need to know about what’s happening in Irish politics right now…
Ceann Comhairle Seán Barrett has defended his decision not have a debate on an inquiry into Garda malpractice last Wednesday.
Suggestions that Pat Rabbitte could replace Seán Barrett have been shot down.
So, are any Senators going to join the new alliance or party?
Speaking to The Irish Times, the Ceann Comhairle expressed his views specifically in relation to the Eight Amendment.
The Sinn Féin leader said he has been writing to Barrett for “months”.
Seán Barrett’s had a long day.
Ceann Comhairle Seán Barrett is increasingly unpopular amongst opposition TDs.
The dispute over the cost of the water charges grant has been the subject of heated exchanges this morning
The founder of the charity is today receiving a human rights award on behalf of the Oireachtas-based Human Dignity Group.
Several former TDs and ministers have strenuously denied any wrongdoing, after Mary Lou McDonald read out their names in the Dáil today.
It’s the second time in a month the Sinn Féin TD has been suspended from the chamber.
The Ceann Comhairle had to give out to deputies again this morning.
Much confusion as to whether the former Fine Gael TD is now part of the loose alliance of independent deputies.
“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.
The Dáil is over for the summer so here’s a look back at deputies getting told off by the principal.
Dáil procedure got in the way during Questions to An Taoiseach today.
The Sinn Féin president got a telling-off from the Dáil Ceann Comhairle this afternoon.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The former European Central Bank president has has said he will not appear before the forthcoming inquiry citing ECB rules.
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.
A MAJOR REPORT into the post office network, set to be published later today, will reveal that it’s close to collapse unless state support is provided.
The report, commissioned by the Irish Postmasters’ Union and carried out by business advisers Grant Thornton, paints a picture of a service that is at a “critical” juncture.
Postal workers were hailed at the start of the pandemic for keeping us connected with letters and delivering much-needed online orders to our homes.
But it’s also true that sending a letter to friends or family has become much less popular, following the rise of social media and email.
So today we want to know: When was the last time you sent a letter or card to friends or family?
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Professor Kathleen Lynch argues that a class divide is feeding injustice into our education system.
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