# Fidelma Healy-Eames

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One of Ireland's most colourful senators is retiring from politics

Fidelma Healy-Eames will not contest the forthcoming Seanad election.

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Mar 16th 2016, 6:17 PM

# bottom line

Senator Jim Walsh tells Senator Ivana Bacik to "get treatment for haemorrhoids"

Really, he actually said that.

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Dec 10th 2015, 2:41 PM

# funeral embargo

Galway city is so short on cash that it's not possible to be buried on a Sunday

Senator Fidelma Healy Eames has been banging the funding drum this morning.

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Nov 5th 2015, 10:28 AM

Voices

Senators want to criminalise offending people online – and they're dangerously misguided

Without the freedom to offend, freedom of expression does not exist.

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Jul 11th 2015, 8:00 AM

# quelle surprise

Fidelma Healy-Eames: Wiffy is French for wifi

The senator said the ‘mispronunciation’ incident has kickstarted her General Election campaign.

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Jul 6th 2015, 11:32 AM

# there in a wiffy

People cannot get over Fidelma Healy-Eames and her 'wiffy code'

#pcgonemad #sexualorientation

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Jul 3rd 2015, 10:19 AM

# with it

Looks like Senator Fidelma Healy Eames believes that Wi-Fi is pronounced 'wiffy'

Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.

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Jul 2nd 2015, 10:04 PM

# whiffy

Fidelma Healy Eames pronounced WiFi as 'wiffy' and it was straight up mortifying

“Do you have the wiffy code?”

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Jul 2nd 2015, 8:22 PM

# War of Words

Senator: I don't think it's appropriate to teach children about same-sex marriage

The No side has dismissed claims they’re using “dirty tactics”.

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May 19th 2015, 6:00 PM

# marriage referendum

David Norris: "As a gay man, I would really welcome being voted to be an equal person"

The independent senator came on the plinth to dismiss No side claims about funding to groups campaigning for a Yes vote.

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May 13th 2015, 6:10 PM

# intervention

IDA boss didn't talk to the government before calling for a Yes vote

Martin Shanahan’s call for a Yes vote in the same-sex marriage referendum has not gone down well with the No side.

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May 1st 2015, 4:55 PM

# deep burn

Hozier absolutely owned Fidelma Healy Eames on Twitter over same-sex marriage

He didn’t hold back, anyway.

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Mar 23rd 2015, 12:27 PM

# pcgonemad

Senator Fidelma Healy Eames says THAT tweet was about starting an open debate

Former Fine Gael senator was trending on Twitter yesterday.

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Mar 16th 2015, 5:26 PM

# News Fix

Here’s What Happened Today: Sunday

Claims against Sinn Féin, Ireland out of Cricket World Cup and #pcgonemad.

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Mar 15th 2015, 8:35 PM

# pcgonemad

Senator Fidelma Healy Eames is trending again, this time about Mother's Day

She thinks that ‘political correctness has gone mad’.

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Mar 15th 2015, 8:33 PM

# pc gone mad

Fidelma Healy Eames just dropped another clanger on Twitter

Ah here.

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Mar 15th 2015, 11:39 AM

# saving lives

Minister: Speed vans aren't about making money, honest

Dara Murphy denied the cameras are strategically located in areas where speed limits increase.

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Mar 4th 2015, 12:37 PM

# to join or not to join

'Lucinda or Shane never knocked at my door ... they probably knew better'

So, are any Senators going to join the new alliance or party?

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Jan 21st 2015, 10:00 AM

# sexualorientation

This Senator's unusual choice of hashtag is now trending

‘Grotesque, unbelievable, bizarre and #sexualorientation’.

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Jan 18th 2015, 8:27 PM

# party time

Lucinda Creighton is set to announce a new political party today

She will be joined by four other Reform Alliance members.

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Jan 2nd 2015, 8:05 AM

This senator was struggling to keep his eyes open as the Seanad debated water charges

Seán Barrett’s had a long day.

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Dec 18th 2014, 6:26 PM

# Close Call

'Sickened by the threats': Will Senators reject water charges?

“If the Seanad wants to be taken seriously it must do the right thing and not be merely a rubber stamp for the Government’s brutal austerity policies.”

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Dec 16th 2014, 4:00 PM

# birth certs

Adoption group urges support for new law to stop adoptees 'feeling like pariahs'

James Reilly has said that the Adoption Bill will benefit from further consultation.

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Nov 19th 2014, 3:40 PM

# ADOPTION RIGHTS

'My son died believing I had rejected him': Philomena Lee calls on Senators to support Adoption Bill

The Seanad is set to debate a Bill on the rights of adopted people this week.

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Nov 17th 2014, 9:27 AM

# Sorry

Fidelma Healy Eames 'vindicated' by Irish Daily Mail apology

The newspaper published two stories in 2012 about volunteer work the Senator had done.

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Jul 28th 2014, 12:49 PM

# One Year On

'I saw fear in TDs’ eyes': An oral history of how Ireland legislated for X

One year on, TDs and Senators reflect on what it was like to be part of one of the most contentious political debates in decades.

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Jul 20th 2014, 7:50 PM

# budget 2015

A senator wants to stop the pre-budget 'kite flying'. Here's how...

Senator Fidelma Healy-Eames has proposed legislation that she says would put an end to the usual pre-budget speculation and leaks.

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Jun 25th 2014, 7:00 AM

# mixed messages

Do the RA want back in Fine Gael?: 'No' ... 'I don't know' ... 'Google it'

Call them what you like: the Reform Alliance, ‘the Ra’, ‘Lucinda Creighton’s Reform Allilance’. Just don’t call them a party.

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Jun 11th 2014, 8:30 PM

# Gone for good

'We wish her well': Fine Gael has no hard feelings over Creighton's decision to quit the party

The former junior minister has confirmed she will not be renewing her membership of the party.

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Apr 29th 2014, 3:47 PM

# Political wallop

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

# Analysis

Conference must show that Reform Alliance is about more than just abortion issue

The alliance exists because its members voted against the Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill, but can it gain wider appeal? Today’s conference at the RDS will be a key indicator.

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Jan 25th 2014, 7:00 AM

# The RA

‘Everybody will be invited’: Reform Alliance to hold conference at the RDS this month

The alliance consists of five Fine Gael TDs and two senators, most of whom lost the party whip over their vote against abortion legislation last July.

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Jan 5th 2014, 7:54 PM

# Down with the kids

‘The Bart Simpson defence’: Surprising pop culture references in the Dáil and Seanad

Everything from Miley Cyrus to Downton Abbey has been raised in the Dáil and Seanad chambers down the years…

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Dec 29th 2013, 6:30 PM

# Fidelma Healy-Eames

Horse owners 'should get financial help' to tackle unwanted equine problems

Senator Fidelma Healy-Eames has said that local authorities have spent millions on disposing unwanted horses.

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Nov 20th 2013, 8:43 AM

# Reform Alliance

"Our priorities are the country's priorities" - Reform Alliance

Direct election of the Ceann Comhairle, automatic addition to the electoral register and Attorney General certification for guillotined bills top the agenda for the Fine Gael rebels.

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Sep 14th 2013, 3:20 PM

# Reform Alliance

Rebels meet today but Peter Mathews insists: 'There's no new party. I'm a Fine Gael member'

Peter Mathews and Fidelma Healy-Eames are two of the members in the new Reform Alliance group which is meeting today to discuss strategy and policies for the future.

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Sep 14th 2013, 7:00 AM

# Reform Alliance

The politicians formerly known as the Fine Gael rebels are now the Reform Alliance

Fine Gael TDs expelled from the parliamentary party are forming an alliance ahead of the new Dáil term.

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Sep 13th 2013, 10:20 AM

# Fine Gael

'Politics is no Cinderella game': No way back for Fine Gael rebels, Kehoe insists

Paul Kehoe has said it’s not nice to have to expel the five TDs and two Senators over the abortion vote but insisted that “politics is no kind of Cinderella game”.

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Sep 13th 2013, 6:45 AM

# speaking rights

Government rules out Fine Gael rebels’ bid to form second Dáil technical group

The government chief whip has told TheJournal.ie that the coalition has no plans to amend Dáil standing orders as some Fine Gael TDs and senators outside of the Fine Gael parliamentary party are seeking to do.

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Aug 26th 2013, 10:40 AM

# Seanad

Videos: Senator says he's been asked to 'act like a robot' as FF stages walkout

More uproar in the Seanad today…

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Jul 19th 2013, 5:15 PM