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# Peadar Tóibín

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# Abortion stance
Tóibín concedes he may not be able to run under Sinn Féin banner at next election
He also confirmed that he won’t be resigning from the party.
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Jun 25th 2018, 10:24 AM
# I Won't Back Down
Peadar Tóibín: 'One child’s life is more important than my job, and every TD's job'
The Sinn Féin TD said he will oppose such proposals in the Dáil.
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May 29th 2018, 1:03 PM
# two days to go
'G'wan Mary Lou!' - Sinn Féin's leader is a hit on the canvass but insists it's no election dry run
McDonald says her first campaign as leader is not practice for a general election.
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May 23rd 2018, 8:00 PM
# the show must go on
Each side playing the blame game as fallout from the Prime Time debate no-show rolls over
Cora Sherlock has denied pulling out of last night’s Prime Time debate.
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May 23rd 2018, 12:45 PM
# Abortion Referendum
McDonald: 'I would prefer if Peadar Tóibín was not speaking out on abortion in this way'
The Sinn Féin leader said party members that vote against party policy in the Dáil will face consequences.
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Apr 24th 2018, 8:30 PM
# Ballivor
Scientology-linked group's 'drug treatment centre' won't be subject to inspections
An opposition TD says he’ll bring in legislation to cover such centres himself unless the government takes action.
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Mar 7th 2018, 12:05 AM
# workplace bullying
Fresh harassment and bullying allegations have emerged at the National Museum
Minister Josepha Madigan’s response to the allegations was labelled “very unsatisfactory” in the Dáil.
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Mar 1st 2018, 12:38 PM
# not a clue
The government has no idea if people are serving on more state boards than they should be
The allocation of state board memberships has caused no end of controversy in Ireland in the past.
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Feb 18th 2018, 6:30 AM
# Explainer
Saunas and high vitamin doses: The discredited Scientology-backed drug rehab programme slated for Meath
There have been a number of protests against Scientology’s presence in Ireland.
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Jan 21st 2018, 9:00 PM
# Ballivor
Locals turn out in numbers to protest proposed drug rehab centre in Co Meath
The new Narconon centre in the rural village of Ballivor has been linked with the Church of Scientology.
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Jan 17th 2018, 9:25 PM
# Sinn Féin Ard Fheis
No free vote for Sinn Féin TDs and senators on abortion
The party voted to reaffirm their position to repeal the Eighth Amendment.
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Nov 18th 2017, 6:20 PM
# National Museum
Sinn Féin TD says people need 'Minister Joe Duffy' to get action on harassment and bullying claims
“Why, in 2017, must women use the front pages of newspapers to achieve justice and a workplace free of harassment and bullying?”
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Nov 14th 2017, 8:51 PM
# blue lines
Some western counties have nearly twice as many gardaí on the streets as those in Leinster - but why?
The spread of gardaí around the country displays a clear imbalance according to new figures.
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Nov 12th 2017, 4:00 PM
# Zero Tolerance
How many HSE doctors does Navan hospital's emergency department have? None
Four of the five locum/agency doctors at the hospital’s emergency department went on wildcat strike two weeks ago in a row over plans to slash their rate of pay.
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Sep 18th 2017, 12:10 AM
# Meath
Emergency department workers pin blame for hospital wildcat strikes on HSE
Navan emergency department was just one of many experiencing serious staff shortages as a result of the strikes this evening.
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Sep 4th 2017, 10:50 PM
# Beaumont Hospital
'My mother doesn't sleep': No operation in sight for woman who has already waited two years for surgery
Catherina Tobin says she is being discriminated against by the government because she’s a public patient without health insurance.
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Aug 25th 2017, 12:05 AM
# sitting idle
In Navan, Co Meath, there are more vacant properties than there are people on the housing waiting list
Whole swathes of the Flower Hill neighbourhood in Navan currently stand derelict.
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Jun 25th 2017, 10:00 PM
# Gender Gap
Male drivers rack up penalty points twice as often as women over a decade
Since the introduction of penalty points Ireland’s male drivers have received the lion’s share of fixed charge notices for road infractions.
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Jun 7th 2017, 12:01 AM
# pay the penalty
Ranked - the counties where you're most likely to have received penalty points
Some counties with the worst road fatality records in Ireland incur the least penalty points in the country.
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Jun 6th 2017, 12:05 AM
# Mental Health
A prolonged culture of bullying and stress: What's going on at the National Museum of Ireland?
There are concerns that staff’s complaints aren’t being dealt with comprehensively after the National Museum got an easy pass at committee last week.
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Apr 22nd 2017, 7:45 AM
# Mental Health
National Museum 'working hard to fix prolonged, systemic bullying of staff'
In an unusual event, senators on the committee said that they were uncomfortable with their Chair’s line of questioning.
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Apr 11th 2017, 5:12 PM
# Longford
Open library or open longer? Rural plan criticised for launching in library soon to have staffless hours
Sinn Féin’s Peadar Tóibín says human connectivity will be replaced by automation with staffless hours.
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Jan 23rd 2017, 2:52 PM
# public money
Oireachtas committee to investigate the funding of Mary Robinson Library
The library is due to be built in Mary Robinson’s family home in Ballina.
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Nov 4th 2016, 1:28 PM
# factcheck
FactCheck: Is it really "illegal" for the government to negotiate with the UK before Brexit?
Government Chief Whip Regina Doherty made an extraordinary claim on Tonight With Vincent Browne this week. Was she right?
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Oct 20th 2016, 7:00 PM
# National Monument
Government challenge over Moore Street battlefield site likely to be paid for out of centenary commemoration fund
Minister for Arts and Heritage Heather Humphreys announced where the funds would come from last week in a committee.
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Oct 4th 2016, 6:03 AM
# factcheck
FactCheck: Did Fianna Fáil REALLY get union support for their zero hour contracts plan?
FactCheck steps in to resolve a row in the Dáil this week, and answer a reader’s request.
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Jul 8th 2016, 9:50 PM
# factcheck
FactCheck: Is Sinn Féin right about how many gardaí Dublin's inner city has lost?
TheJournal.ie’s FactCheck looks at a claim made repeatedly by Sinn Féin.
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Jun 22nd 2016, 8:30 PM
# Talking tax
Fine Gael's promise to scrap the USC is not all it seems
The party has been accused of backtracking on an election pledge before we’ve even voted.
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Jan 14th 2016, 3:23 PM
# Not hacked
Sinn Féin TD defends sarcastic tweets about 'getting instructions from Army Council'
The Meath West deputy said he was “lampooning” other politicians’ criticism of his party.
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Oct 23rd 2015, 1:32 PM
# damnation
'You can't stand with your finger in the dam': Bruton gives his 2c on TTIP
This is what the Jobs Minister had to say about a EU-US free-trade deal today.
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Jun 23rd 2015, 4:25 PM
# Grief
Should workers get paid bereavement leave?
There is no legal entitlement to it at present.
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Jun 20th 2015, 8:45 AM
# 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
# Jobs Jobs Jobs
Irish unemployment is THIS CLOSE to dropping below 10%
The live register hasn’t seen figures this low since February 2009
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Mar 4th 2015, 8:25 PM
# live on air
Sinn Féin TD accuses RTÉ of bias in its reporting of Maíria Cahill story
Peadar Tóibín was interviewed on Morning Ireland after tweeting his dissatisfaction at how the show was covering the story.
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Oct 23rd 2014, 10:22 AM
# first day
Here's how the new Gaeltacht minister got on answering a question as Gaeilge
Dúirt Joe McHugh nach bhuil sé muiníneach sa teanga go fóill.
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Jul 16th 2014, 11:37 AM
# Irish Water
Taoiseach insists water for children will be free
Enda Kenny also confirmed that the water charges will not exceed €240 per year.
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Jul 2nd 2014, 9:15 PM
# Investment
Fine Gael and Labour are 'austerity junkies' failing to attract investment - Pearse Doherty
Sinn Féín has called on the government to access more funding from the European Investment Bank to stimulate job creation.
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Apr 17th 2014, 12:41 PM
# Dáil Reform
'A ludicrous situation': Dozens of questions go unanswered in the Dáil because of absent TDs
And this is Dáil reform apparently…
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Apr 15th 2014, 3:23 PM
# Leaders' Questions
Ambulance service is "failing miserably", Howlin told
Sinn Féin’s Peadar Tóibín said the current system was unacceptable. Minister Howlin told the Dáil a HIQA review would lead to a ‘refined and improved’ service.
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Apr 10th 2014, 7:32 PM
# Sinn Féin Ard Fheis
‘A fundamentally dishonest motion’: Sinn Féin rejects move to give TDs free vote on abortion
The party’s Ard Fheis is under way in Wexford with delegates voting down a motion to allow members to vote with their conscience on the issue of abortion.
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Feb 7th 2014, 9:11 PM
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