Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy has told TDs she bears “no ill will and my door is always open” after she won a Dáil vote of confidence by 96 to 71 with two abstentions. In a short statement at the end of the debate, she said: “I will continue to uphold my solemn declaration to vindicate … Read more
Michael Lowry’s day of beckoning dawned on Tuesday. He got what he wanted from the Taoiseach and that’s all that matters. He palmed it into his back pocket with astonishing ingratitude, smirkingly disregarding the fact that his audacious demand was causing untold bother for the Government and leader he has publicly sworn to support. Shameless … Read more
Hang on in there babies, deliverance is at hand! Spare a thought for the Coalition’s overdue triplets, still crawling towards the brightness of the ministerial day while their recently spawned siblings swan around the sunlit lowlands of minor office and await their first pay packet. The Limbo Three are Marian Harkin, Colm Brophy and Timmy … Read more