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# Denis Landy

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Senators abandon cars after protesters shut down street outside Leinster House
A female Garda was hit in the face with a traffic cone, and one man was arrested.
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Jul 1st 2015, 11:40 PM
Senator suggests marriage referendum money better spent testing gay people for HIV
Senator Jim Walsh told the Seanad the idea was put to him by a gay man he met last weekend.
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Mar 31st 2015, 7:38 PM
There was an almighty row over Phil Hogan and Irish Water in the Seanad today
The upper house was suspended three times this afternoon. Here’s what happened….
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Nov 5th 2014, 3:30 PM
Eirgrid identifying underground cable route from Cork to Kildare
Earlier this week, Eirgrid announced the underground route option for the Grid West project.
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Jun 27th 2014, 4:45 PM
Here's why the government could lose more Seanad votes in the coming months
A wafer-thin majority and ‘the three amigos’ could all spell trouble for the coalition…
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Mar 1st 2014, 8:45 AM
Senator admits his two-day week 'gives the impression the Seanad is full of dossers'
Earlier, the Taoiseach promised that senators will get more work once legislation to give all third-level graduates a vote in Seanad elections is passed. The upper house is sitting for just a day-and-a-half this week.
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Feb 4th 2014, 6:42 PM
Reilly letter “should be a concern for all citizens” – Labour senator
James Reilly raised concerns with Phil Hogan over the placing of electrical cables in his constituency.
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Jan 12th 2014, 7:57 PM
'Gaffe in the Gulf': Backbenchers criticise Taoiseach over linking pylons and emigration
One of Enda Kenny’s own backbenchers has said the Taoiseach’s comments, linking construction of overhead pylons to emigration of young people, are “unfortunate”.
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Jan 7th 2014, 1:33 PM
Incoming Eirgrid chairman faces TDs and Senators amid ongoing pylons controversy
One senator has already said he will oppose the appointment of John O’Connor as the chairman of the the body responsible for the development and maintenance of the State’s electricity grid.
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Dec 3rd 2013, 11:11 AM
Seán Kelly hopeful that GAA will look at saving its birthplace
The former GAA president says he has received a positive response from the organisation this week about the future of the Hayes’ Hotel.
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Nov 15th 2013, 7:45 AM
Three Labour senators targeted over dole cut but they'll support measure
Young people are being urged to lobby three Labour senators to vote against a provision of the Social Welfare and Pensions Bill in the Seanad next week but they will all support the measure.
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Nov 2nd 2013, 7:15 AM
Confusion and not obstruction was reason for government’s defeat in the Seanad
Why did the government lose a vote in the Seanad last night? Here’s what we’ve found out today.
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Oct 3rd 2013, 3:55 PM
'The question is carried, isn't it?': The moment the government was defeated in the Seanad
It wasn’t the first time the government has lost a vote in the upper house but it came with the referendum just two days away.
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Oct 3rd 2013, 7:23 AM
Labour senators to join Mary O'Rourke in campaigning for Seanad to be saved
Two Labour senators will canvass with the former Fianna Fáil minister in the midlands this week.
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Sep 9th 2013, 3:15 PM
Labour says Senator Denis Landy's 'bribe' claim 'is a matter for himself'
The Labour Party has indicated it does not intend to pursue a claim from Senator Denis Landy that he was offered a trip abroad in order to miss a crucial Seanad vote last month.
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Aug 8th 2013, 6:30 AM
Complaint made over Labour senator Denis Landy's 'bribe' claim
A member of the public has complained to the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission over an allegation by Denis Landy that he was approached with an offer of a holiday in exchange for missing a crucial Seanad vote.
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Jul 30th 2013, 6:15 AM
Senator claiming he was offered holiday to skip Seanad vote won't pursue matter
Denis Landy told the Sunday Independent he was offered a holiday in New York to coincide with Seanad votes on its abolition referendum but Labour says he is not pursuing the matter any further at this point.
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Jul 22nd 2013, 9:49 PM