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# Brian Purcell

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# the tube
Hirings, firings and boardroom rows: The rise and fall of Ireland's version of The Apprentice
We take a look at the good, bad and the bizarre of Ireland’s TV past every Wednesday in The Tube.
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Jul 15th 2020, 6:30 PM
# Fennelly
Enda Kenny facing motion of no confidence (and his AG could be in trouble too)
Micheál Martin earlier accused the Taoiseach of being “shifty and underhand” while Gerry Adams said Kenny should resign.
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Sep 2nd 2015, 8:30 PM
# Analysis
Don't believe the spin, the Fennelly report is a big problem for Enda Kenny
Analysis: Government efforts to portray the report as clearing Enda Kenny may not work.
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Sep 2nd 2015, 12:55 PM
# One Year On
We still don't know if Martin Callinan resigned, retired or was sacked...
Analysis: The departure of the Garda Commissioner remains shrouded in controversy.
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Mar 25th 2015, 8:15 AM
# Poisoned chalice
Why does no one want to run the Department of Justice?
The post of secretary general in Frances Fitzgerald’s department is being readvertised.
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Oct 29th 2014, 6:27 PM
# News Fix
Here's What Happened Today: Tuesday
Everyone’s talking about a miscarriage of justice, live-tweets from Gaza, and dating site experiments.
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Jul 29th 2014, 11:21 PM
# Reassigned
'The public will have a problem with Brian Purcell keeping his €200,000 salary'
Justice minister Frances Fitzgerald and Sinn Féin’s Gerry Adams have been speaking about yesterday’s damning report.
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Jul 29th 2014, 12:30 PM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 It’s Tuesday – and here’s all that you need to know as you start your day.
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Jul 29th 2014, 8:24 AM
# closed and secretive
Secrecy has become part of Justice Dept's DNA, damning report concludes
The report, initiated in the wake of the Guerin findings, found there was a “closed, secretive” culture in the Department.
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Jul 28th 2014, 10:57 PM
# dept of home affairs
Could Justice be split in two? The people who wrote today's damning report reckon so...
It’s recommended Frances Fitzgerald’s Department could be split into two portfolios, one for ‘Justice’ and one for ‘Home Affairs’.
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Jul 28th 2014, 10:03 PM
# independent review
After refusing to back him for 80 days, Frances Fitzgerald now needs a new secretary general
The Justice Minister has accepted a request from Brian Purcell to be reassigned in the wake of a damning report.
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Jul 28th 2014, 5:40 PM
# Brian Purcell
80 days in and we still don't know if Frances Fitzgerald has confidence in her top civil servant
The Minister for Justice is expected to publish a report into the running of her department very shortly.
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Jul 28th 2014, 9:33 AM
# Leaders' Questions
"You've some neck" - Martin calls for Kenny to admit he 'fired' Callinan
The Fianna Fáil leader said it was “very serious” that junior minister Alex White agreed that the Taoiseach forced the former Garda Commissioner to quit.
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Jun 11th 2014, 12:47 PM
# answers
White: The sooner we know what happened with Callinan's resignation, the better
White was speaking at the Labour leadership hustings in Dublin this evening.
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Jun 9th 2014, 7:59 PM
# lack of communication
Alex White thinks Enda Kenny fired the Garda Commissioner... maybe
The junior health minister reportedly told Labour members the Taoiseach acted “without as much as a phone call” to Eamon Gilmore.
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Jun 6th 2014, 1:52 PM
# none the wiser
Brian Purcell appears before the Justice Committee, but refuses to answer questions about Callinan
Members of the committee slammed his lack of cooperation as “farcical”.
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May 28th 2014, 7:40 PM
# Gardagate
'I don't have the authority to sack anybody': Taoiseach asked what Purcell told Callinan
Kenny said there was nothing “mysterious” about the matter.
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May 28th 2014, 1:14 PM
# Oireachtas agenda
Top Justice official for Guerin grilling today, Commissioner also facing TDs' questions
The election over, TDs and senators were back at work yesterday. Today, the much-anticipated committee appearance of Brian Purcell will provide the main focus in Leinster House.
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May 28th 2014, 9:00 AM
# Gardagate
Taoiseach won't say yet what he told Secretary General to tell Callinan
If he is called before the Commission of Investigation into the GardaGate scandal, he will “respond fully” on the issue.
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May 21st 2014, 11:20 PM
# Analysis
Mary Lou's 20-minute wonder underlines the need for top official to explain Gardagate - for his own sake
Department of Justice Secretary General Brian Purcell is at the centre of several controversies, but the biggest questions concern the events leading up to the departure of Martin Callinan in March.
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May 17th 2014, 11:45 AM
# Brian Purcell
Justice Committee to Secretary General: We will ask you about Guerin Report
Brian Purcell will appear before the Oireachtas Justice Committee the week after next.
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May 15th 2014, 4:27 PM
# Wait and See
Frances Fitzgerald still can't say if she has confidence in her most senior civil servant
The Justice Minister will await the outcome of an independent review into her new department before deciding on Brian Purcell who today said he will answer questions about the findings of the Guerin report before TDs and Senators.
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May 13th 2014, 6:20 PM
# Cabinet
Findings of Guerin report to dominate this morning's Cabinet meeting
Meanwhile, Secretary General at the Department of Justice has been invited before an Oireacthas committee to discuss the findings.
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May 13th 2014, 7:18 AM
# no probe
Justice Committee not calling anyone in on GardaGate ... yet
However, the panel of TDs and senators is seeking to have an examination of the timeline of events included in the terms of reference of the Commission of Investigation.
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Apr 2nd 2014, 6:57 PM
# no red flags
Official report: Justice Dept didn’t think Callinan’s taping revelations were that important
The fact that calls were taped in garda stations since the 1980s wasn’t widely discussed by officials after the letter arrived “and certainly not in any red flag manner”.
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Apr 1st 2014, 11:56 PM
# Gardagate
9 key questions facing Alan Shatter ahead of tonight's no confidence motion
Fianna Fáil will be piling the pressure on the Justice Minister tonight as it tables a motion of no confidence. Here are the questions they and others will want answered.
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Apr 1st 2014, 6:45 AM
# Gardagate
The Taoiseach says he didn’t ask the former Garda Commissioner to resign
Martin Callinan ‘made his own decision’, Enda Kenny has said. Meanwhile, Fianna Fáil is tabling a motion of no confidence in Alan Shatter next week.
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Mar 28th 2014, 1:15 PM
# Gardagate
Taoiseach: Garda recordings could have an impact on findings of tribunals
Enda Kenny has revealed fresh concerns about the recordings in and out of garda stations.
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Mar 27th 2014, 1:32 PM