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Saturday 31 October 2020
A Seanad by-election is a strange creature that’s not without controversy.
The Donegal senator sustained serious head injuries in an accidental fall nearly two years ago.
Jimmy Harte was found unconscious in Dublin in the early hours of 16 November, 2013.
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A Labour spokesperson confirmed yesterday that Harte remains in a critical condition and will get “the best of care” at Beaumont Hospital.
Harte was found unconscious in the early hours of Saturday morning after sustaining serious injuries in what is now believed to have been an accidental fall.
Harte is in Beaumont Hospital and is believed to be in a serious condition.
Why did the government lose a vote in the Seanad last night? Here’s what we’ve found out today.
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.
Labour senator Jimmy Harte has called on mobile phone companies to help out the estimated tens of thousands of fans who will be heading to Poland next month.
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Jimmy Harte responded with insults to Twitter users who had criticised his comments on the controversial ‘Magda’ story in yesterday’s Irish Independent.
The Polish woman at the centre of a controversial article which was mistranslated from a Polish newspaper has spoken out about her shock at the description of her life on the dole.
A Labour Senator has harshly criticised a Polish woman who has described her life on the dole in Ireland to a Polish newspaper.
WELL, IT’S HALLOWEEN, the spookiest day of the year.
Among many traditions for Oíche Shamhna is the barmbrack.
There was a bit of chatter on social media yesterday about how the loaves should be cut after a woman posted a photo of a “crime scene” in which her husband had cut the barmbrack into triangular slices, as you would with a birthday cake.
So, today we want to know… What’s the correct way to slice a barmbrack?
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