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Joined December 2012
Irish Times exit poll projects Ireland has voted by landslide to repeal Eighth Amendment
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Standing ovation as Seanad backs Bill banning Israeli settlement goods
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Catholic Church’s ‘near monopoly control’ of primary schools should end, Holly Cairns says via @IrishTimesPol
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Mary Lou McDonald indicates Sinn Féin voters should transfer to Social Democrats or PBP via @IrishTimesPol.
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President tells Government of intention to seek second term
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Wording for referendum proposals would have ‘real effects’, says AG in unpublished advice via @IrishTimesPol.
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People Before Profit TD Bríd Smith to retire from politics at next general election via @IrishTimesPol
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Constance Markievicz to be formally recognised as Westminster’s first female MP
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Girl (7) granted licence for use of medicinal cannabis
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Neutrality and Palestine would top foreign policy of Sinn Féin government - McDonald via @IrishTimesPol.
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Taoiseach tells Israeli public: ‘IRA was never the people of Ireland and Hamas is not the people of Palestine’ via @IrishTimesPol.
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Revenue officials warned privately of tax implications of family referendum before ministers said there were none via @IrishTimesPol.
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Mother of alleged IRA victim urges electorate to remember son when voting via @IrishTimesPol.
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Dublin City Council votes on flying Catalan flag over City Hall
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Rory Hearne to seek nomination to stand for Social Democrats in European elections via @IrishTimesPol.
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New government deal ‘not the change that people voted for’, says Doherty via @IrishTimesPol.
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Law removing baptism as requirement for school entry passed by Dáil
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Helen McEntee gives birth to baby boy, a first for a serving cabinet Minister via @IrishTimesPol.
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Sinn Féin failed to declare cost of opinion poll days before 2020 General Election via @IrishTimesPol.
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#RepealedThe8th: The flurry of Fianna Fáil TDs now declaring they will support the legislation to allow for terminations up to 12 weeks is a desperate attempt to catch up to where their leader wanted to go.
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Ireland becomes first EU country to declare Israel is involved in ‘de facto annexation’ via @IrishTimesPol.
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Legislation for ‘opt-out’ organ donation to be published next month
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Miriam Lord: Stoney-faced silence from anti-abortion absolutists
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Same sex couples to be allowed to register names on child’s passport and birth cert
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#RepealedThe8th: Leo Varadkar correctly told the Dáil last week that the referendum would not have been put on the political agenda without consistent pressure from TDs such as Clare Daly and Ruth Coppinger.
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New united Ireland will ‘create a fairer more prosperous society’ Claire Hanna tells SDLP conference via @IrishTimesPol.
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Government makes exclusion order for first time to ban anti-gay preacher via @IrishTimesPol.
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Mary Lou McDonald confirmed as new leader of Sinn Féin
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Defiant Varadkar tells British: we won’t design Brexit border for you
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Proposed NI same-sex marriage law to be introduced in March
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Collins remains in political danger zone over unanswered question about planning application via @IrishTimesPol.
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‘Words matter. Words can hurt’ - Michael D Higgins’s acceptance speech in full
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Pelosi: ‘No chance’ of US-UK trade deal passing Congress if Brexit law breached via @IrishTimesPol.
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Legal sources disagree with Tánaiste's claim it was illegal to interfere with Garda strategy
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Varadkar and Coveney acting like ‘fools’ over Brexit, claims Bruce Arnold via @IrishTimesPol.
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We must not treat migrants the way we’ve treated Travellers – Higgins
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Event honouring former TD and IRA member Ferris ‘a slap in the face to Garda families’ - Harris via @IrishTimesPol.
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Trump’s Irish visit: ‘There should be no welcome for this man’
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Inclusion of ‘durable relationships’ in Constitution would result in ‘solicitors’ paradise’, says Aontú via @IrishTimesPol.
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Ireland takes seat on powerful UN Security Council, aiming to be ‘consensus builder’ via @IrishTimesPol.
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Liam Cosgrave, former taoiseach and Fine Gael leader, dies aged 97
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New ‘Farmers for Yes’ group campaigns to repeal Eighth Amendment
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Ireland may recognise Palestinian state if peace talks continue to falter
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Government agrees to hold referendum on Eighth Amendment
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Miriam Lord: The bloody cheek of Monsignora Josepha Madigan
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A landslide victory for Yes, far beyond any expectation
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Sinn Féin says budget favours bankers, insurance firms and other vested interests via @IrishTimesPol.
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EU rejects Theresa May’s Irish Border proposals, says report
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Boris Johnson is ‘ignoramus triggering break-up of UK’, says Patrick Kielty
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Tories mishandling talks in ‘startling’ way – Scottish minister
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Jadotville soldiers to be honoured for bravery in 1961
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Powersharing possible if DUP treats everybody equally – Adams
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Partners should be classified as ‘essential accompanying persons’ in maternity wards via @IrishTimesPol.
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Journalist Gemma O’Doherty annouces intention to run for the presidency
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Éamon Ó Cuív calls for Micheál Martin to be replaced as Fianna Fáil leader via @IrishTimesPol.
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Miriam Lord: Micheál Martin is a courageous politician
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Minister warns Eir it will have to address ‘shocking poor’ customer service via @IrishTimesPol.
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Sinn Féin only discovered failure to declare €7k opinion poll after Irish Times query via @IrishTimesPol.
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Northern Ireland on verge of new world record – for no government
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‘I cannot live in denial of the realities of the women travelling every day’, Harris tells Dáil
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View from US: Sinn Féin’s leaders have recognition many other Irish politicians lack via @IrishTimesPol.
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Blogger considers legal action over Garda caution at airport
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Coveney urges Britain to ‘show some honesty’ around Brexit amid tensions in North via @IrishTimesPol.
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