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Wednesday 25 November 2020
We asked backbencher Aine Collins.
The Taoiseach has hit back at claims there is an atmosphere of non-criticism in Fine Gael.
The former Fine Gael strategist has had his say on McNulty-gate.
The former Fine Gael Seanad candidate’s nomination to the board of IMMA caused a huge political crisis recently.
Samantha Long is working as a secretary for the former Fine Gael minister.
Séan Conlan has been responding to a story on the front of the Irish Independent today.
Appointing party members to state boards is actually defensible in many ways, writes Eoin O’Malley.
Former TUI president Gerard Craughwell is the country’s newest senator.
The reluctant candidate could yet win the Seanad by-election on Friday.
Minister of State for Skills Damien English says that it’s a party matter.
The relatively new Arts Minister continues to face questions over the John McNulty debacle.
Even though the Fine Gael candidate has effectively withdrawn from the race.
The Taoiseach is this evening facing his parliamentary party for the first time since the John McNulty controversy broke.
Enda Kenny faced more questions today on the circumstances surrounding John McNulty’s appointment to a state board.
The Fine Gael nominee for the upper house has said contesting the election would distract from the “critical work of government”.
The Minister for Arts also said that McNulty wasn’t a Seanad candidate when she appointed him to the board of IMMA.
Analysis: The coalition does not have a majority in the upper house and won’t now that John McNulty has withdrawn from the by-election race.
Meanwhile, Brendan Howlin has announced changes to the way state board appointments are made today.
Meanwhile, Brendan Howlin will be bringing a memorandum to Government on this issue.
The controversy over Fine Gael’s pick for the vacant Seanad seat is rumbling on.
Micheál Martin believes “very fundamental questions” still need to be answered.
The affair is going away, but who shoulders the most blame?
The opposition claim that the controversy is growing ‘shabbier by the day’.
A little-known losing local election candidate is at the centre of a controversy that is causing huge problems for Fine Gael.
The Taoiseach has said he takes full responsibility for the controversy surrounding John McNulty’s nomination to the Seanad.
Meanwhile, Finance Minister Michael Noonan has sought to play down the John McNulty controversy today.
Meanwhile, Micheál Martin has called for the Seanad by-election process to be re-run.
THE NATIONAL PUBLIC Health Emergency Team is meeting today to make its recommendation to Government about easing Level 5 restrictions.
The recommendation will potentially set out what people are able to do in the weeks leading up to Christmas, ahead of the Government’s decision this week on whether or not it will re-open things like pubs and restaurants across the country after 1 December.
It’s been reported this week that some ministers believe restaurants should be allowed to open for indoor dining during December and that pubs should also be allowed to reopen.
However, some public health experts believe that it would not be safe to re-open restaurants next month, given the potential to the virus to spread in congregated indoor settings.
But what do you think? Today we’re asking: Would you be comfortable going to a restaurant for a meal in December?
Poll Results:
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