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The controversial PM has been fighting for his job.
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The controversial PM has been fighting for his job.
He said he made remarks last Friday in the “heat of the moment” during an RTÉ interview.
Ceann Comhairle Seán Barrett is increasingly unpopular amongst opposition TDs.
A confidence motion will be debated in the Dáil later today.
The vote will coincide with an anti-water charges protest planned for next week.
Councillors voted no confidence in Irish Water.
Nine psychiatrists have withdrawn confidence in the clinical management of the mental health service in the Carlow-Kilkenny-South Tipperary.
The Labour leader is under pressure following the party’s disaster at the polls over the weekend.
With the Minister for Justice having faced two motions of no confidence already, is it time for a cabinet reshuffle?
Fianna Fáil will be piling the pressure on the Justice Minister tonight as it tables a motion of no confidence. Here are the questions they and others will want answered.
Martin Callinan ‘made his own decision’, Enda Kenny has said. Meanwhile, Fianna Fáil is tabling a motion of no confidence in Alan Shatter next week.
John Whelan’s criticism of Pat Rabbitte follows the appointment of John O’Connor as chairman of Eirgrid.
Wicklow County Council hired four men from a private security firm to attend the meeting today.
Last month a fine of €355,000 was handed down to the council over the 2007 deaths.
The Irishman has come under heavy criticism of late.
A government counter-motion supporting Shatter was passed easily in the Dáil this evening.
Alan Shatter admits to an error of judgement, but defends his record, as the Dáil begins debating a motion of no confidence.
Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today.
In a statement issued this morning, the Tipperary TD branded the Minister as “irritatingly dismissive and brash”.
TDs will debate Fianna Fáil’s motion on Tuesday and Wednesday, with the party saying Shatter’s position is untenable.
Martin Callinan has arranged to meet with the Garda Representative Association as it calls for solidarity against pay cuts.
The motion was defeated with Labour TD Pat Rabbitte calling it “parliamentary farce”.
TDs vote this afternoon and this evening on approving individual Budget measures – like PRSI increases and respite grant cuts.
Speaking in the Dáil this evening the Sinn Féin TD said the government have broken their election promises and “lost the support of the people”.
Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today.
Gerry Adams said the coalition parties have “broken their contract with the electorate”.
Sinn Féin has tabled a motion of no confidence in the coalition government which will be debated over two nights next week.
Amid fresh calls for the Health Minister’s resignation, Dáil rules mean that it will be next year before TDs can debate another motion of no confidence in James Reilly who has dismissed the move.
The Health Minister has been facing yet more criticism. But should he resign, or stay and continue his reform of the health system?
The junior health minister voted in favour of James Reilly last night – but only after a four-minute critique of his performance.
The Fianna Fáil proposed motion of no confidence in the Health Minister was defeated but junior health minister Róisín Shortall did not mention or refer to James Reilly once during her statement.
Vote due this evening on Health Minister after Fianna Fáil proposes that Reilly’s performance has in power has resulted “in more chaos” across the health service.
Fianna Fáil’s decision to table a motion of no confidence in Health Minister James Reilly tonight drew criticism from the government benches during a heated debate.
Both Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin are to table motions of no confidence in the Minister for Health over his handling of the health service.
Both Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin hope to force the hands of Labour backbenchers who are frustrated at the latest round of health cuts.
Naoto Kan has been panned for his response to the March 11 tsunami and nuclear crisis, and could face a vote this week.
Eamon Gilmore tells the Greens that it’s “make-up-your-mind time” – but the government says the debate must wait.
The full text of Eamon Gilmore’s speech on the steps of Leinster House today, calling on the Green Party to quit government.
The party will try to oust Brian Cowen as Taoiseach as soon as it can – but it will need the help of Fine Gael.