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Independent TD Mattie McGrath said Martin was drinking too much green tea and that it had gone to his head.
The recommendation became public on Sunday night, but the government rejected it yesterday – instead deciding that the entire country should enter Level 3.
Partners cannot attend scans and can only join pregnant women for the late stages of labour.
TD Mattie McGrath said that the ‘archaic’ system was facing a worrying backlog.
Some critics have concerns about whether each area will get enough attention from Catherine Martin.
The transport minister said his new speeding laws are in peril.
The Independent TDs met with Micheál Martin today.
The Rural Independent Group comprises Mattie McGrath, Michael Collins, Carol Nolan, Michael Healy-Rae and Danny Healy-Rae.
The ballot in Tipperary was called into question following the death of independent candidate Marese Skehan.
Candidate Marese Skehan was found dead in her home in Thurles earlier today.
Creed made the comments in the Dáil yesterday and some farmers are calling for an apology.
Millions has been spent on services procured on almost 350 occasions over a three-year period.
Almost 500 were slaughtered in the first two months of this year.
Mattie McGrath, Michael Collins and Carol Nolan met with the bank’s reps in the wake of violent scenes in Roscommon.
Three TDs and a dozen members of the Land League had staged a protest in the Baggot Street branch of the bank since 2pm.
The TD says the former president’s frequent criticism of the Catholic Church is ‘getting silly’
As the controversial legislation passed in the Dáil last week, TD Danny Healy-Rae shouted: “This is sad day for rural Ireland.”
The numbers of dogs being euthanised has fallen significantly since 2002 when 21,000 were put down.
The Road Traffic Amendment Bill has been before the Dáil for over a year.
Leo Varadkar discussed the case with Tipperary TD Mattie McGrath in Dáil Éireann on 30 May.
The No side said earlier this week that the government had a hand in lobbying for the Google decision to ban all adverts.
TDs such as Mattie McGrath, Danny and Michael Healy Rae were accused of filibustering this week.
Independent TD Mattie McGrath raised her case in the Dáil, telling the Minister for Justice that she had refused to surrender her house to receivers.
Over the course of three months, 22 TDs and senators questioned experts and people who had personal experiences related to the topic.
The Citizens’ Assembly confirmed this week that seven of the 99 citizens were recruited improperly by Red C Research and Marketing.
Two members of the committee have accused the proceedings of being biased.
The Taoiseach has criticised security at Leinster House for being far less stringent as other national parliaments.
Mattie McGrath had asked members of Sinn Féin to reveal where Jean McConville’s body was buried before storming out.
Professor Patricia Casey has accused the committee of being biased.
The new scheme is being rolled out for the first time this year.
Planned reforms over the plans are being delayed.
An emergency care order is made through the Courts service when there is a real and immediate risk to the child’s safety.
John O’Brien and Patrick Esmonde died in a tragic boating accident off Helvick Head, Co Waterford in 2010.
TD Mattie McGrath says that he and other deputies have been trying to get the Dáil to issue an explicit motion on the issue.
The cost of the new children’s hospital is expected to exceed €1 billion.
TD Mattie McGrath was asked to remove the Daffodil Day pin in the Dáil.
There is still large opposition to the new hospital being built at the St James’s site in the city centre.
The PAC will write to the HSE to demand a “full explanation” on the situation.
Minister Leo Varadkar said he was looking at strengthening laws relating to welfare fraud.
In May, TheJournal.ie exclusively reported about the case where grandparents were told they were too old to be the foster carers of their grandchild.