Philip Ryan
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RISE TD Paul Murphy asks the Dail if instead of a €16k pay rise would ministers of State accept a round of applause - just like they have given to frontline workers who put their lives on the line during the Covid pandemic.
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Hopefully the Tánaiste goes to a nightclub and a music festival next week.
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Taoiseach Leo Varadkar announces that Prime Minister Theresa May will address the British public tonight. I’m sure she’ll be delighted he did that.
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Budget 2022 contains zero tax measures for renters but does extend tax relief for landlords.
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The Fury v Joshua of Irish Politics is happening on Thursday:
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Very kind of Micheal and Leo to let Eamon take the lead on the Government decision to prevent people coming home for Christmas.
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‘Voice for generation locked out of housing market’ Fine Gael candidate lives in €730,000 house in different constituency.
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The Government Press Office has just released a statement including this quote:. "Large gatherings and crowds that involve socialisation, including consumption of alcohol which reduces inhibitions, have all been shown to aid the spread of the Covid-19 disease.". I'm lost.
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Get the cans in - RTE has confirmed it will air a head-to-head election debate between Leo Varadkar and Micheal Martin.
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Sinn Fein has suspend the party’s entire organisation in the Dublin South West constituency over the nomination of Paddy Holohan as mayor of South Dublin County Council. More to follow on @Independent_ie.
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A government source said article 16 may have been inadvertently triggered by “someone who did not understand the political implications” of the decision.
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First Level Five u-turn just in: The number of people who can attend funerals to be increased to 25. Cabinet agreed to the decision this morning.
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Coveney's spokesperson says he didn't get invite to Merrion Hotel. Coveney says Zappone text him about party and Tánaiste also text him about meeting her that week. But he deleted texts because of data on his phone. Tánaiste says he doesn't recall texts. All very odd.
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Breaking: Government has rejected Nphet call for the introduction of level five restrictions. Instead, level three restrictions will be introduced across the entire country. There will also be stricter enforcement of rules.
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Mary Lou McDonald has finally relented and says the party is storing the names, home addresses and perceived voting intentions of 3.5m Irish people in Frankfurt, Germany.
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David Cullinane: It’s a ball of smoke . Pearse Doherty: It’s blown out of proportion. Matt Carthy: It’s IT related. Mary Lou McDonald: We breached two data protection laws.
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Phil Hogan went back to locked down Kildare form Kilkenny for “personal belongings and work documents” before driving to Galway for the Oireachtas golf outing. More on @Independent_ie.
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Eoin Ó Broin told the The Week In Politics he has been happy to answer anybody asking questions about the Sinn Fein Abú database. This is not true. He has refused to answer any questions from @Independent_ie for more than two weeks.
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Tanaiste Leo Varadkar has said Fine Gael activists also posed as fake pollsters to survey people before elections.
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Fianna Fáil Chief Whip Jack Chambers gave his full support to Fine Gael leader Leo Varadkar on RTE Radio One's This Week. Fine Gael press office probably can't believe their luck with all the heavy lifting Fianna Fáil are doing for the Tánaiste.
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A full cabinet meeting is being held tomorrow to discuss Nphet’s latest recommendations. This was not a scheduled meeting. New Covid Restrictions are coming.
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What must the carers snubbed for €1,000 bonus make of Robert Watt’s €81k pay rise mid-pandemic?.
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Breaking: Tánaiste Leo Varadkar says the Government is considering making it a legal right to work from home.
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Sinn Féin members were instructed to pose as pollsters from a fake polling company called the IMRA so they could covertly survey voters.
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Robert Troy told News At One he has 11 properties, nine are rental accommodations and he is in receipt of HAP for five tenants. And here is his entry in the Dail Register of Members’ Interests:
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People are “terrified of a general election,” according to FG Junior Minister Patrick O’Donovan. Terrified!.
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Labour Party confirms Ivana Bacik attendance at Merrion Hotel party:. "Deputy Bacik was briefly in attendance for approx. 15-20 minutes at an outdoor event organised by Katherine Zappone on 21st July. Deputy Bacik understood that the event was within Government guidelines.".
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Tweeted at me by a Sinn Féin supporter and liked by a former Sinn Féin head of communications. I wouldn't have thought gun memes were a good look for the party. But all part of the Sinn Féin social media pile-on tactics.
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Professor Nolan's campaign to demonise people for leaving home with a cold or headache is a step too far.
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So it looks like. June 7: Outdoor pints.July 5: Indoor pints.August 2: Going to matches/gigs. We won't know ourselves.
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The Taoiseach has showed up to the Housing for All launch with the speech he made about sacking Barry Cowen.
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Just in case you didn’t realise the Government was gaslighting you on the Zappone party, here’s what Level 1 restrictions say about ‘organised outdoor gatherings’. Examples: outdoor arts events, training events. No mention of parties for ex-ministers and their friends.
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Failte Ireland spent TWO MONTHS seeking guidance on whether outdoor parties were permitted in hotels and got no answer. And then the Attorney General said they were allowed hours after it emerged the Tanaiste was at Katherine Zappone’s Merrion Hotel party.
Documents obtained under Freedom of Information suggest ‘Merriongate’ party contravened public health regulations, but requests for clarity were not answered. @DanielTMurray reports.
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Vaccine bonus: two fully vaccinated people can meet indoors from April 12 under plan being discussed by Cabinet.
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A very senior government source: "Nphet/Govt relationship has changed forever". Yikes!.
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I’m not sure what’s going on here but I’ll be producing a feature length Netflix documentary about it.
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Landlord minister Robert Troy pushed Dáil to hike funds for state rents scheme which he currently receives income from.
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This is a very strange press release on the day of a suspected airline disaster.
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Some of the reasons behind Nphet and Tony Holohan’s recommendation of level five restrictions:
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Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has told his party he fears a "mental health epidemic" will follow the Covid-19 pandemic. Stark.
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Shout out to all the candidates, campaign teams and party staff from all parties and none. And even the anonymous online trolls. You all put in a solid effort and should be proud of your work. Less so the online trolls but still that bile doesn't tweet itself. #GE2020.
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“Like most people I wouldn’t believe Boris Johnson if he told me it is Monday,” Claire Hanna on @TodaywithClaire.
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The Taoiseach sacked Barry Cowen for refusing to answer Dail questions on a four year old drinking driving offence. But there is resistance in Government to allowing the Dail ask Helen McEntee why she appointed Seamus Woulfe to a €208k Supreme Court job.
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Simon Coveney has admitted he did visit his department officials after this photograph was taken.
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Sinn Féin has confirmed two party supporters based in Serbia are involed in managing their Facebook accounts.
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And still not one single opinion expressed despite all the freedom she has been given.
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Yesterday, Sinn Fein TD Dessie Ellis issued a statement demanding urgent action after 17 people died in one nursing home in his constituency. The only problem was they hadn’t.
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Marc MacSharry has resigned from Fianna Fáil over Simon Coveney no confidence vote.
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Mary Lou McDonald has apologised to anyone offended by her standing behind the ‘England Get Out Ireland’ banner at NY St Patrick’s Day parade. A five point drop in the polls seems to have focused minds in Sinn Fein. #drivetime.
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So Simon Coveney knew about the champagne party on the night of the event but decided not to investigate as he ‘trusted’ his secretary general who, of course, posted this photo:
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Vaccinate the man and send him off with a decent bowl of shamrock.
Taoiseach likely to need vaccine if he goes on St Patrick’s Day trip to White House.
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You can work while sitting in an economy class seat on a plane. It is possible. I have done it and lived to tell the story.
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Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald nominated for ‘bully of the year’ award over libel case against RTÉ. When you’re good, you’re good.
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Here’s another Sinn Fein supporter predicting a minute’s silence for me when they take power. Seems a bit extreme for a story about a database.
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“Top class”.
Landlord minister Robert Troy has no planning permission nor fire safety cert for his Dublin 7 investment property where he charges tenants €1,500 a month for one-bed flats.
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The extraordinary lengths one of the North’s most listened to radio shows has to go to get Sinn Féin to discuss their election manifesto two days out from voting.
In the absence of any Sinn Féin reps joining us in the studio to talk through their policies, I tried to go to them on the phone over recent days #AE22. Podcast 📲 @BBCSounds
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Zappone party at Merrion was against the guidelines, Martin’s Tourism officials told office of Taoiseach.
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Sinn Fein, the political window dressing for the Provisional IRA's murder of innocent men, women and children, is supposedly now against the militarisation of our country. Go figure.
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Green Party ministers Catherine Martin and Eamon Ryan fly business class despite higher carbon footprint.
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Darragh O’Brien takes the spoils in RTÉ Prime Time housing debate with unprepared Eoin Ó Broin.
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The Russian Embassy to Ireland says there is no connection between their country and the Ditch website following Michéal Martin's Dáil claims.
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This is HUGE. If paddy’s right, and when is he not!? This means the CIA may have set up a European coalition of non-profits protecting freedom of speech just to target Mary Lou McDonald. Wow!.
Hey @Philip_Ryan did @jessicanimhain the spokesperson for this award mention that her boss was a protected US intelligence asset with a history of involvement in smear campaigns.
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The NAGP threatened to campaign against Fine Gael two months before Varadkar leaked union president copy of GP contract.
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Did Pearse Doherty say he and others were wearing facemasks?
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Sinn Fein has called on Councillor Paddy Holohan to remove this post in support of arrested beauty salon owner Christine McTiernan. Full details on @Independent_ie shortly
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This is awful behaviour and no one should have to put up with it. RTÉ presenter Ryan Tubridy verbally attacked while walking in Dún Laoghaire.
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The Good news: . 🔷Cabinet heard first vaccine to be administered on December 30. 🔷Batches of around 40k vaccines will arrive every week from first week of January.
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President flies by helicopter to Kerry and Clare? .But I thought….
President Higgins cost taxpayer almost €8,000 by using Government helicopter.
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Lots of great quotes in that Simon Coveney interveiw but this is cracker: . "This was my job as a Minister for Foreign Affairs. I do a lot of complex things every single week. I just came back from Africa, where I was in Kenya and Somalia, working on human rights issues.".
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Breaking: The Cabinet has accepted the recommendation of a Level Five lockdown for six weeks.
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Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has warned his parliamentary party members to be careful who they choose as friends in the wake of the GP contract leak story.
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Former head of doctors' union Maitiu O Tuathail campaigned for Leo Varadkar during Fine Gael leadership campaign. Meanwhile, there are no meetings logged on Lobbying Register between Varadkar and NAGP while he was Taoiseach.
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In a Fine Gael statement, the party's Seanad leader Regina Doherty has accused Sinn Féin of trying to "provoke a general election". That's escalated pretty quickly - didn't think there was any talk of elections. .
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Mary Lou McDonald just told Today FM her favourite film director is Woody Allen and said she's "not convinced by cancel culture". She said the allegations made against Kevin Spacey were "deeply shocking" but he was "great actor".
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I'm not sure any other party could convince a senator to give up their seat so quickly. There's plenty of Golfgate senators still members of the Seanad.
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At first, Helen McEntee said she had no dealings with Ray Coyle but now. Justice Minister says she helped Tayto Park owner, who gave her €4,200 political donation, with Covid rules.
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Fianna Fail grassroots organisation, Cosmhuintir, had a vote on their private Facebook group about tomorrow's motion of no confidence in Simon Coveney.
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A former Dublin Bay South TD’s pharmacy seems to be a popular stop on the campaign trail for candidates.
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Micheál Martin, the Taoiseach, is in the Dáil saying the Road Map for Living with Covid-19 is STILL the Government's strategy for tackling the virus. lol.
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Fianna Fáil ministers flew economy while Green Party’s Catherine Martin travelled in business class to same conference.
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Sinn Fein will also have the proud distinction of collapsing governments on both sides of the border.
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“We will have our salads ready to go.” - Green Party leader Eamon Ryan’s Covid19 rallying call to people with plant boxes on south facing windows. Peak Dublin Bay South.
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This is where the slippery slope leads to. Very disturbing.
This is as stupid as it is shameful. #Newsnight's political editor @nicholaswatt is a reporter. A free press unhindered by the mob is essential in a democracy. He should not be a target for anger.
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Hard to justify the practice of allowing former TDs/senators use the Leinster House carpark in the context of targets like this. Climate Action plan to slash 500,000 car journeys every day by 2030.
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Justice Minister Helen McEntee won’t say if Tayto boss Ray Coyle gave her other donations apart from the €4,200 that breached rules.
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I have my doubts about the merits of a magazine that promotes archaic doctrine on women rights and sexuality while defending an organisation that systematically abused children.
I’d have my doubts about the merits of a book on Leo Varadkar co-written by a paid Fine Gael adviser. #Marian.
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Robert Troy had TWO RAS properties while calling for more money for the scheme in the Dail.
Landlord minister Robert Troy pushed Dáil to hike funds for state rents scheme which he currently receives income from.
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The Taoiseach has told the Dail the investigation into the ‘leaking’ of the Mother and Baby Homes report has not been completed despite it being running for more than a year. That’s one thorough investigation.
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Big news: All travellers flying into Ireland will soon be required to produce a negative Covid-19 test on arrival. More on @Independent_ie.
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In 2014, FG and especially Labour got slaughtered in the locals over water charges, amongst other things. And now in 2019, the Greens, who were the only opposition party to support water charges, are the success story. People are fickle.
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Green Party deputy leader Catherine Martin insists she will fly business class again despite higher carbon footprint. Form @oconnellhugh. Do as they say….
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Maria Bailey initially asked hotel for €20,000 to cover her swing fall expenses claim - but publicly said she was only looking for €7,000.
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