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Seven Labour MPs quit the party claiming it's 'institutionally anti-semitic' and run by 'the machine of the hard left'

The MPs stopped short of forming a new party and will now sit in parliament as The Independent Group.

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Feb 18th 2019, 10:49 AM

Fine Gael politicians are VERY divided on the 8th Amendment*

*But most of them would prefer to say nothing.

13.9k

Jun 28th 2015, 9:30 PM

Thousands of farmers to close gate on IFA and start their own group

The new group will ‘represent all farmers, not just those in rural areas’.

12.9k

Jan 20th 2015, 1:17 PM

So, what has the EU ever done for us?

There’s the roads, of course.

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May 9th 2013, 7:25 PM