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# front benches

Who'll be up against who in the new Dáil? We take a look

These are the TDs who’ll be squaring off against the ministers for health, housing, finance and justice.

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May 21st 2016, 8:00 AM

# get it together

Can President Higgins bang political heads together to form a government?

The President can refuse a dissolution request when the Taoiseach does not have the support of the majority of the Dáil.

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Apr 12th 2016, 6:00 AM

# State of the Nation

Insanity: TDs will spend today doing the same thing over again and expecting a different result

Here’s everything you need to know about what’s happening in Irish politics right now…

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Apr 6th 2016, 12:00 PM

# The other house

Everything you need to know about one of the most exclusive elections in Ireland

The Seanad election is underway. But how does it all work and how many people actually get a vote?

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Mar 28th 2016, 9:30 PM

# heavy blow

Conor McGregor will NOT be on the €1 coin

Not yet, anyway.

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Jan 13th 2016, 5:28 PM

# fit to print

The mystery of the 85,000 Christmas cards and the Dáil printer

Did it really happen?

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Dec 23rd 2015, 11:26 AM

# stop the stigma

Irish dentists refusing to treat HIV positive patients 'adds to stigma'

The “worrying” levels of HIV diagnoses have been discussed at the Oireachtas Health Committee. There are set to be more cases of HIV in Ireland in 2015 than in any other year.

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Dec 2nd 2015, 6:05 AM

# Banking Inquiry

Former Irish Nationwide CEO Michael Fingleton tells Banking Inquiry that he feels "wronged"

“I feel misrepresented deputy. 80% of what has been written about me is wrong. 10% might be disputed.”

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Sep 2nd 2015, 1:15 PM

# freedom

Ex-junior minister Ivor Callely will not have to go back to prison

It was confirmed yesterday that the former minister will not have to go back to jail for six days to serve out the remainder of his sentence.

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Sep 2nd 2015, 7:30 AM

# fancy a go?

You could become a TD at the next election... and here's how

Here is what you need to do if you’re thinking about taking a crack at the next Dáil.

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Aug 30th 2015, 8:30 PM

# Poll

Poll: Do you feel sorry for the people caught up in the Ashley Madison leak?

It was revealed on Friday that the email address of an Irish politician has been found on the list.

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Aug 23rd 2015, 9:21 AM

# Hacked

Oireachtas, Garda and Defence Forces emails appear on Ashley Madison database

A search of the hacked databases found 17 email addresses linked to government departments and state agencies.

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Aug 21st 2015, 1:44 PM

# Dáil privilege

Denis O'Brien has launched legal action against a Dáil committee

Every member of the CPP has been named in letters from the businessman’s lawyers.

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Aug 3rd 2015, 11:54 PM

# Dáil over

This clip of TDs shouting and roaring will make you glad they've gone on holidays

The Dáil has risen until 22 September. Thank God, says you…

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Jul 16th 2015, 9:15 PM

# with it

Looks like Senator Fidelma Healy Eames believes that Wi-Fi is pronounced 'wiffy'

Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.

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Jul 2nd 2015, 10:04 PM

# State of the Nation

Does the Greek crisis show the danger of electing Sinn Féin?

Here’s everything you need to know about what’s happening in Irish politics right now…

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Jul 1st 2015, 12:00 PM

# State of the Nation

Is Ireland ready for Greece to leave the eurozone?

Here’s everything you need to know about what’s happening in Irish politics right now…

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Jun 30th 2015, 10:05 AM

# Courts

Denis O'Brien is taking legal action over Dáil comments about his finances

The businessman has issued proceedings against the Houses of the Oireachtas and the State.

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Jun 16th 2015, 6:40 PM

# on the blower

Why John Delaney has been ringing around TDs in the last few days...

The FAI chief executive has been on the phone to discuss a possible appearance before the Oireachtas Transport and Communications Committee.

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Jun 9th 2015, 10:45 PM

# Denis O'Brien

Here is the article that Denis O'Brien's lawyers didn't want you to see last Thursday

On foot of clarification in the High Court today, TheJournal.ie republishes the article we first posted last week relaying Catherine Murphy’s Dáil comments.

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Jun 2nd 2015, 10:49 PM

# bank holi-dáil

That's a grand break, isn't it?

TDs will, of course, be up to HERE in constituency work over the next 11 days or so.

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May 29th 2015, 9:19 AM

# deafblind

'We already bought my daughter's communion dress, because I'll be blind next year'

Carol Brill has spoken of her condition of deafblindness.

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May 27th 2015, 10:41 PM

# behind the bar

Politicians who own pubs tell us what has gone wrong for rural Ireland

Owning a pub and being in Leinster House – seeing the demise of rural Ireland from the outside and the inside.

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Apr 26th 2015, 8:30 PM

# smooth talker

'We'll cut them again in a month or two' - AIB chief on mortgage rates

David Duffy was in front of the Oireachtas Finance Committee today, although it didn’t seem like too much of an ordeal for him…

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Apr 22nd 2015, 5:06 PM

# Mind = blown

Look at how incredibly complicated it is to elect Senators...

Our minds are blown. Our heads hurt.

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Apr 20th 2015, 6:45 PM

# migrant invasion

Oireachtas told: 'Illegal immigrants are giving two fingers to the State'

The Immigration Control Platform were compared to Nazism by one deputy.

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Apr 1st 2015, 8:29 PM

# pigs might fly

'If you put two pigs flying up O'Connell Street it'd be the number one news item on RTE'

Point-scoring was the order of the day as RTE appeared before an Oireachtas Committee today to discuss alleged bias in its coverage.

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Mar 25th 2015, 1:02 PM

# Public Accounts Committee

It would be 'astounding' to expect TDs to pay damages to Angela Kerins - barrister

Kerins claims she was treated unfairly by TDs serving on the committee at the time in their questioning on Rehab accounts.

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Mar 24th 2015, 6:00 AM

# no winning numbers

The new Lotto operators are accused of making 'savings and shavings' on the draw

The National Lottery’s reputation is at stake after last month’s first-ever failure.

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Mar 11th 2015, 5:25 PM

# Locks changed

'If I've to work out of a shoebox I'd do it': Ex-Labour senator on his office eviction

James Heffernan had refused to leave an office he shared with former Labour colleague John Gilroy.

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Mar 11th 2015, 10:55 AM

# Emergency Law

Loophole means ecstasy and loads of other drugs are now legal (but only until Thursday)

It follows a court ruling this morning.

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Mar 10th 2015, 6:30 PM

# a full and frank exchange

Rough and tumble: Here are 7 times Irish politics got physical

Let’s have it then, Deputy…

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Mar 8th 2015, 6:30 PM

# Kenya believe it

Michelle Mulherin repays €1,295 for African phone calls

The Mayo TD had previously repaid €2,000.

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Feb 24th 2015, 6:13 PM

# nice prices

Lisbon Treaty vote (the 1st one) the most expensive referendum of past 15 years

They told us we’d save €20 million by scrapping the Seanad — but it cost us a fair chunk of change to hold the vote.

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Feb 16th 2015, 6:40 PM

# Running the numbers

Do Sinn Féin's numbers add up? We could soon know for sure...

The government is considering a special Oireachtas committee to cost pre-budget submissions.

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Jan 24th 2015, 8:15 AM

# Mystery

Which politician made €2,000 worth of calls to Kenya from Leinster House?

The identity of the TD or Senator cannot be revealed unless they come forward.

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Jan 23rd 2015, 9:26 PM

# Protest

Jake Brennan's mother to sleep outside the Dáil for three nights

The six-year-old died after being hit by a car outside his family home in Kilkenny last June.

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Jan 20th 2015, 9:57 AM

# calm down calm down

How to end the Dáil's never-ending Punch & Judy Show ... Should we ban cameras?

This recently-elected TD thinks it might be a good idea…

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Jan 17th 2015, 12:00 PM

# delivery date

It could be nine months before Independents agree on policies --- Michael Fitzmaurice

The man hoping to bring together a new political force in Irish politics dropped by, on his way to meet a potential future candidate…

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Jan 14th 2015, 2:30 PM

# Knife Crime

Fitzgerald: 'We've no plans for a knife amnesty, gardaí are doing enough'

The move had been called for to address the rise in serious incidents of knife crime.

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Dec 29th 2014, 7:30 AM