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Thursday 8 June 2023 Dublin: 14°C

# Noel Grealish

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# golfgate
Four people to be prosecuted over alleged Covid breaches at infamous Golfgate event
On 19 August last year, 81 people attended a dinner in a Clifden hotel, Co Galway as part of an Oireachtas Golf Society event.
# Covid-19
'They won't be able to cut the grass in a few weeks': Calls for landscapers to be made essential workers
Grass will not be able to be cut if allowed to grow for weeks on end, it has been warned.
# Remittances
Minister writes to Grealish asking him to clarify 'apparent ethnic basis' of Nigerian money statement
The Galway West TD singled out Nigeria while raising questions in the Dáil about money being sent out of Ireland.
# Nigeria
World Bank says remittance estimates from Ireland to Nigeria are not reliable
There is an “urgent need” to improve such data collection, the organisation said.
# factcheck
FactCheck: No, €3.5 billion was not sent to Nigeria by people living in Ireland over the past eight years
The claim was made by independent TD Noel Grealish in the Dáil yesterday.
# Paschal Donohoe
Finance Minister calls on Noel Grealish to clarify why he singled out Nigeria during leaders questions
Grealish was accused of engaging in “disgraceful racism” after raising questions in the Dáil about money being sent out of Ireland.
# Dáil row
Noel Grealish accused of 'disgraceful racism' in Dáil after raising questions about money being sent to Nigeria
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said that Irish people had ‘for centuries’ sent money back to Ireland.
# Noel Grealish
Taoiseach calls on Galway TD to withdraw remarks made at direct provision centre public meeting
Footage shared on social media shows Noel Grealish referencing “economic migrants” from Africa coming to “sponge off us”.
# minority support
'There is a compelling public interest': Two more Independents will support Fine Gael in key votes
Dáil arithmetic meant the resignation of Denis Naughten created a headache for the minority government.
# reoffenders
People out on bail committed over 250,000 crimes in the past 10 years
CSO figures show that almost 26,000 crimes were committed by people out on bail last year alone.
# THE NEVERENDING STORY
As the wait goes on, Enda is told to pick up the phone to Fianna Fáil
Fine Gael is pursuing a minority government with independents and smaller parties.
# pointing fingers
Michael Healy-Rae accuses certain TDs of 'waking up from a coma'
The outspoken TD thinks backbenchers are speaking up in a bid to get votes.
# Switcheroo
This Fine Gael senator could defect to the new Independent Alliance
Martin Conway could be the new alliance of independent TDs’ latest recruit.
# stinkin'
The most Irish 'water charges' headline you'll read today
A terrible prediction.
# Dáil Technical Group
Want to work for these TDs? Technical Group seeks assistant for 'tricky job'
A “tricky job” with “crazy hours” is how the position of parliamentary coordinator with the Dáíl Technical Group is being described.
# Seanad Abolition
Video: Shane Ross says the Seanad should be 'burned at the stake'
But the independent TD and several of his colleagues want the upper house reformed and hopes to get support from Labour and Fine Gael TDs this week.
# Abortion
Revealed: The three independent TDs voting against abortion proposals
Responding to queries from TheJournal.ie this week, seven independent TDs confirmed their support for the bill with five still undecided.
# Switch-up
Is Galway West TD Noel Grealish joining Fianna Fáil?
The independent TD declined to comment when asked if he was interested in joining the party which itself has denied it has approached the former Progressive Democrat deputy.
# Job Losses
'Significant' job losses as Aer Arann pulls flights from Galway
There will now be no scheduled flights this winter to the airport, which provides around 160 jobs.
# Race for the Áras
Norris set to fall short of Oireachtas support as candidates look to councils
A busy day in presidential campaign as David Norris’s attempts at being nominated by the Oireachtas appear to be fading as both he and Dana now look set to pin their hopes on local council support.
# Race for the Áras
As Dana and Norris’s presidential hopes fade, who’s supporting who?
David Norris would appear to have the best chance of being on the ballot paper but he faces an uphill task. We crunch the numbers to find out who independent TDs and Senators are supporting.
# Race for the Áras
McGrath talking to possible Áras candidates as SF considers entering race
The independents in the Dáil will meet to discuss the presidential race on Friday as Sinn Féin expects to make a decision in the coming weeks.
# GE11
Results in after epic 73-hour count in Galway West
The 60,647 votes in Galway West have been counted, counted, and counted again – and elected five TDs this morning.
# GE11
All Dáil seats now filled but recount in Galway West with five candidates elected
A full recount will get underway in Galway West this afternoon with five candidates already elected but not yet declared.
# GE11
The PDs return: former party fares better in 2011 than 2007
The party that disbanded after its election slaughter in 2007 sees its former candidates gain ground this time around.
# Budget11
Backbenchers, independents remain tight-lipped on Budget vote
Independent Noel Grealish will probably vote against, while FF’s Mattie McGrath hasn’t made up his mind – could it be a tie?
# Withdrawal
McGrath's support for government is 'conditional'
Former Fianna Fáil chief whip says that his support for the government hinges on the retention of acute services at South Tipperary General Hospital.
# Noel Grealish
Grealish confirms defection to Dáil opposition benches
The former PD leaves over an objection to hospital funding cuts – while his former party colleague is Minister for Health.