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# house-speaker - Thursday 12 March, 2020
Taoiseach thanks US House Speaker for Brexit position: 'Nancy Pelosi's words matter'
Varadkar said her standpoint during a testing time in the Brexit negotiations “was timely, invaluable, and made a huge difference”.
# house-speaker - Wednesday 18 December, 2019
New SDLP MP writes letter to Commons speaker protesting against oath of allegiance to the Queen
“My primary allegiance is to the people of South Belfast, in all their diversity,” Claire Hanna wrote to the House Speaker today.
# house-speaker - Monday 21 October, 2019
Johnson in bid to get Brexit legislation through Commons after speaker rules out new vote on deal
This is because of a parliamentary procedure where the same vote cannot take place more than once in the same parliamentary session.
# house-speaker - Saturday 14 September, 2019
A look back at John Bercow - a divisive figure who embodies the Brexit-era politician
From “Order! Order” to “Division! Clear the Lobby!” here’s a look back at the colourful House Speaker.
# house-speaker - Tuesday 16 April, 2019
'Don’t even think about it': Pelosi warns UK that US trade deal is non-runner if Good Friday Agreement is threatened
“The Good Friday accord ended 700-years of conflict,” she told the London School of Economics last night.
# house-speaker - Wednesday 10 April, 2019
US politician Nancy Pelosi to address the Dáil next week
It is understood the visit is part of a fresh push to get the E3 Visa Bill over the line in the US.
# house-speaker - Wednesday 11 April, 2018
In a blow to Republicans, House Speaker Paul Ryan says he's going to retire
The House Speaker said the decision was a personal one, saying he didn’t want his kids to have a “weekend dad”.
# house-speaker - Thursday 25 May, 2017
Paul Ryan says Republican should apologise for 'bodyslamming' Guardian reporter
Republican incumbent in Montana Greg Gianforte took umbrage with a question asked of him by Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs.
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Poll: Would you go to a socially-distanced concert?
CONCERTS AND MANY other events have, of course, been cancelled during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Images of a socially-distanced concert in England were widely shared during the week.
Fans at the Sam Fender concert at the Virgin Money Unity Arena, a pop-up venue in Gosforth Park, Newcastle, watched the outdoor concert in groups of up to five people from 500 separate raised metal platforms.
Promoters described the event as the world’s first socially-distanced gig. Some people thought the layout looked great, while others were not so sure.
We want to know: Would you go to a socially-distanced concert?
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Dr Anthony O'Connor: 'The rhetoric of “all being in it together” is dead'
By Dr Anthony O'Connor - @Antcon7062
Open Letter from Ireland's psychologists: 'Direct Provision is causing untold psychological harm'
By Psychologists for Social Change Ireland
“As a country we must do better,” according to about 150 signatories.
What we can learn from the world's 'Blue Zones' - where people regularly live into their 90s and 100s
By Professor Ciaran O’Boyle
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