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# Seanad-igans

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# Seanad-igans
Enda avoids more McNulty embarrassment - but now has a BIG problem in the Seanad
Analysis: The Seanad will continue to cause the Taoiseach and the coalition a headache in the coming months.
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Oct 10th 2014, 4:12 PM
# McNulty-gate
John McNulty goes back to running his shop as Enda says he didn't vote for him
The reluctant candidate could yet win the Seanad by-election on Friday.
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Oct 6th 2014, 2:03 PM
# Another Fine Mess
Here's why Enda Kenny now has a BIG problem in the Seanad
Analysis: The coalition does not have a majority in the upper house and won’t now that John McNulty has withdrawn from the by-election race.
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Sep 30th 2014, 5:30 PM
# McNulty-gate
8 things you need to know about Fine Gael's Seanad shambles... and why it matters
A little-known losing local election candidate is at the centre of a controversy that is causing huge problems for Fine Gael.
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Sep 27th 2014, 7:30 AM
# Controversy
John McNulty quits controversial state board job... but will continue his Seanad bid
The controversy surrounding Fine Gael’s nominee for the upper house is rumbling on today.
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Sep 25th 2014, 11:00 PM
# McNulty
Lots of Fine Gael and Labour people are angry about this man’s appointment to a state board
Seanad hopeful John McNulty addressed members of the Fine Gael parliamentary party in Leinster House this evening.
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Sep 24th 2014, 10:00 PM
# McNulty
Stroke politics? The controversy over Fine Gael's Seanad hopeful isn't going away
John McNulty was appointed to a state board days before Fine Gael nominated him for the Seanad.
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Sep 24th 2014, 12:40 PM
# Seanadigans
Here's how Fine Gael landed itself in an unnecessary Seanad shambles
Analysis: What should have been a routine filling of a Seanad vacancy has turned into a a bit of a mess for the government party.
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Sep 24th 2014, 7:30 AM
# Seanad-igans
Arts Minister defends decision to give Fine Gael's Seanad nominee a state board job
John McNulty was appointed to the board of the Irish Museum of Modern Art days before he was nominated for the vacant Seanad seat.
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Sep 23rd 2014, 6:40 PM
# Seanad-igans
Banking inquiry 'rocked' after lengthy row over senator's 'conflict of interest'
Angry scenes in the upper house after a claim that a senator has a conflict of interest, preventing him from serving on the banking inquiry, is later withdrawn.
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Jun 5th 2014, 10:00 PM