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Dubliners WILL be able to vote for a directly elected mayor if Fianna Fáil gets its way
A private members bill, seen by TheJournal.ie, would see a referendum in 19 months’ time – but the Greens say their Bill is better.
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Oct 11th 2016, 8:28 AM
'We need a directly elected mayor to deliver for Dublin. But not someone like Boris'.
In a wide-ranging interview, Fianna Fáil’s Dublin spokesman John Lahart talks about a mayor for the capital, being a psychotherapist, and repealing the Eighth.
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Aug 14th 2016, 7:45 AM
Ken Livingstone was (briefly) forced to hide in a toilet after some bizarre Hitler comments
He was also suspended from the Labour Party today.
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Apr 28th 2016, 2:55 PM
Ex-IRA man, anti-drugs campaigner, occasional Joe Dolan impersonator: Meet the Lord Mayor
Christy Burke’s been the headlines recently for his comments about the British royal family. He sat down at the Mansion House this week for a chat about his past, and his plans for the next 12 months…
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Jun 21st 2014, 4:00 PM
Directly-elected mayor plan "absolutely has to happen" --- Lord Mayor
The ‘mayors and chairs’ of Dublin’s four local authorities are due to meet with Minister Phil Hogan to see if the issue can be moved forward.
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Jun 17th 2014, 8:30 PM
The Dublin directly-elected mayor plan's back on, says Phil Hogan
The ‘mayors and chairs’ from the county’s four local authorities are expected to attend a meeting on the issue in the Custom House next month.
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Jun 10th 2014, 6:16 PM
"I could tell there was carnage going on": Being voted out of office when you're mayor is pretty disappointing...
What’s it like to go from first citizen to just plain citizen? A raft of mayors were stripped of their chains of office last weekend…
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May 31st 2014, 8:15 AM
Phil Hogan 'should hold plebiscite anyway' --- Lord Mayor
Oisín Quinn says the fact that 98 councillors supported the move, while only 19 voted against is as close as you get to unanimity “outside of Iraq and North Korea”.
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Apr 5th 2014, 8:30 AM
Fingal's scuppering of elected mayor for Dublin slammed... by Fingal's former mayor
Cian O’Callaghan said that ceremonial mayors “belong to a different era”.
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Apr 2nd 2014, 3:00 PM
Two more councils back mayor proposal, but Fingal’s ‘nay’ scuppers plan
Any of the four local authorities in the county had the power to veto the proposal to put the plan to the people of the county on 23 May.
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Mar 31st 2014, 11:23 PM
Column: Voting down a plebiscite for a directly-elected Dublin mayor would be bad for democracy
All four local authorities in the country have to agree on whether to put the issue to the people on the same day as the local and European elections.
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Mar 31st 2014, 11:34 AM
Three Dublin councils vote on a directly-elected mayor tomorrow. Here's how it's looking..
Councillors are voting on whether to put the issue to the people on 23 May. Any of the three remaining councils can veto the move…
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Mar 30th 2014, 6:30 PM
Dublin City councillors in favour of having vote for directly-elected mayor
Fifty councillors voted for the motion, one abstained and one councillor was absent.
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Mar 24th 2014, 9:00 PM
Dublin councillors vote today on directly-elected mayor (but it's likely plan will be scrapped)
All four local authorities in the country have to agree on whether to put the issue to the people on the same day as the local and European elections.
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Mar 24th 2014, 6:30 AM