Archyde Political earthquake Shakes Irish Parliament: Speaker Faces No-Confidence Vote Table of Contents 1. Political earthquake Shakes Irish Parliament: Speaker Faces No-Confidence Vote 2. The Seeds of Discontent: Speaking Rights and Accusations of Bias 3. Historical Precedent and the Looming Vote 4. Wording, Strategy, and the Path Forward 5. Underlying Tensions and Accusations 6. Controversies … Read more
Main reads This will mark the first time in the history of the State that a no confidence motion will be debated in relation to a serving Ceann Comhairle, Harry McGee writes. In 2009, Labour leader Eamon Gilmore told then ceann comhairle John O’Donoghue that he would be tabling a motion of no confidence in … Read more
The Opposition leaders meeting has just finished. They are likely to tell Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy they have no confidence in her, political editor Pat Leahy reports. There is no formal motion yet it seems – but statements are expected later. Opposition leaders are meeting this morning but in the meantime, a senior source in … 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
Micheál Martin says SF position is ‘playing politics’Tánaiste Simon Harris says ‘it’s always easier to just not show up’Funding issue claimed by opponents as reason for snub The Sinn Féin leader and her deputy, Northern First Minister Michelle O’Neill, announced yesterday that neither would go to the US for St Patrick’s Day, boycotting the annual … Read more
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Five Sinn Féin TDs and Senators have written to Tánaiste Simon Harris requesting he set aside time in the Dáil to take a statement, and answer questions, in relation to the behaviour of Senator Martin Conway. The five women have said there are still very serious concerns about an incident involving Mr Conway in 2018 … Read more
The senator was arrested for being drunk last month in incident that has led to his resignation from Fine Gael parliamentary partyTánaiste has avoided questions about when he knew about senator’s inappropriate behaviour to a female staffer in bar Fine Gael senator Martin Conway pictured at Leinster House. Photo: Frank McGrath Simon Harris met with … Read more
It comes just days after his re-election to the Seanad. In a statement this morning, Mr Conway said he was arrested in the early hours of Tuesday 22 January “for being in an intoxicated state due to consumption of sleeping tablets and alcohol” on O’Connell Street. “I was detained at Store Street Garda Station and … Read more
PEOPLE have urged Tanaiste Simon Harris to either “start a new trend” or “walk fast” after he rocked up the office today suffering an embarrassing wardrobe malfunction. The Fine Gael leader turned up at Government Buildings this morning donning two different pairs of shoes on each foot. 2 Simon Harris only realised the problem after … Read more