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56 balloons outside Leinster House today to represent the 56 people who have died in homeless services in Dublin so this year
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Mary Lou McDonald tells the Taoiseach that €2,000 per month for rent in Dublin is 'off the wall'.
She asks how people are meant to pay these soaring rents, calling it a 'social catastrophe'.
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Bit of news. Delighted to be appointed Political Editor of
@thejournal_ie
.
Lots ahead with elections, referendums and all the rest. Looking forward to getting stuck into a busy few months down in Leinster House.
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A lot of surreal moments from Leinster House today but highlight so far was during Labour press conference when Howlin was nearly drowned out by a hen party passing by on Kildare Street on a pedibus singing along to Mambo Number 5
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Delighted to be appointed to the new position of Political Correspondent for
@thejournal_ie
An exciting and unpredictable few months ahead for politics, between Brexit and European elections, sure what else would you be at 😉
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I would have thought we have more things to worry about than this right now.
The ad discussed in an 'inappropriate manner' a 'sensitive topic'.
Isn't the whole point that it shouldn't be a sensitive topic. Women get periods. Sorry to break it to you.
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Niall Horan gets emotional speaking about his hometown of Mullingar, says this song is largely an immigration song.
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Mary Lou McDonald reacting to Taoiseach saying he’s open to a three-way debate
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Here’s what ‘musical selection’ we can expect from Niall Horan shortly.
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Simon Harris says the protests outside Holles Street yesterday was ‘sickening’.
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Can we please stop the shaming and curtain twitching going on in relation to the staycations happening around the country.
It’s what has been advised. There are going to be increased numbers in some of Ireland’s most beautiful spots. Let’s all just use our cop on
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Family of four taking two antigen tests per week at €3 each will cost nearly €100 per month. Like, do the maths lads. 🤯
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Taoiseach Leo Varadkar on yesterday’s riots: ‘This is not who we are. This is not who we want to be. And this is not who will ever be.’
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Minister Helen McEntee gets Cabinet approval to legislate against the sharing of intimate images.
She says this is the first time such an act will be a criminal offence, and platforms will be obliged to take down the content
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My legend of a pal, Leinster House bud
@aoifegracemoore
❤️💪
@aoifegracemoore
chats to
@SeanMoncrieff
about how the abuse she receives online was made a lot worse after Golfgate.
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What an absolute Bray legend this woman
#KatieTaylor
is! I knew when she won all the sports day games in primary school she was one to watch! 💪
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Simon Coveney confirms that Theresa May is travelling to Strasbourg this evening
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Farmers have marched on Leinster House in opposition to the EU’s Mercosur deal amid fears of its impact on the beef industry
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Standing applause from SF members when McDonald says the Israeli ambassador must be sent home.
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Taosieach keen not to comment on the success of the Wolfetones in the iTunes Charts
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Palestine’s ambassador to Ireland Jilan Abdalmajid receives a rapturous applause after her address to the crowd.
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Six months ago today, I was waiting outside Blair House in Washington DC.
A press conference with Leo Varadkar had been moved forward two hours, so we knew it had to be something big.
24 hours that changed everything: An oral history
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Group of Fianna Fáil senators have said the 5pm closure recommendation should be rejected
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Justice Minister Helen McEntee arrives at Store St Garda station with Minister Paschal Donohoe ahead of meeting with senior Gardai.
Meeting comes following an attack on an American tourist in the area.
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Here
@sinnfeinireland
HQ where
@EOBroin
is setting out the party’s housing policies - here are their priorities
#GE2020
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Worrying to see narrative emerge slapping down calls for more transparency. Now more than ever transparency and accountability is needed. It’s not about catching anyone out, it’s about giving clarity to the public about the decisions being made. Public buy in follows trust
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Fine Gael Ard Fheis votes down motion to enact the Occupied Territories bill.
A number of speakers said they were surprised such a motion even made it on the agenda today.
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Niall Horan told he can 'come back anytime' by Biden as he rounds off White House Patrick's Day (via
@thejournal_ie
)
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I'm just going to leave this article here that I wrote in March 2019:
UN says Ireland applies 'preferential tax laws' to funds and it 'cannot continue'
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Bit of a stir now as FG member Barry Walsh asks where the push for a referendum is coming from. 'Women,' shout members of the audience. 'Open your ears' shouts another.
#FGNC17
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Minister O'Gorman tells the Dáil 'throuples' and polygamy will not be classified as durable relationships and will not be covered under the expanded concept of the family which will be voted on in the referendum.
There was also confusion between 'throuples' and 'truffles'... 👀
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Health Minister Simon Harris says ICU numbers have dropped to 99 - the lowest it has been in a month
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People Before Profit TD Bríd Smith hits out at the government's handling of migration issues and the rhetoric used by some politicians.
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Taoiseach wants the general public to come into the city centre over the weekend if they have plans and events to attend.
‘We want to make sure that those who did what they did yesterday know that the city belongs to us and not to them.’
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Mary Lou McDonald begins Leaders' Questions by stating that Ursula von der Leyen's 'unqualified support for Israel's unmerciful military attack on the people of Gaza'.
'Her failure to assert the primacy of international law was reckless, inflammatory and dangerous,' she says.
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Here is list of the Irish born who died in the 9/11 attacks. Taoiseach now laying flowers at the memorial site
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Dáil suspended for five minutes as People Before Profit TDs call for a debate on Gaza.
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@adriancummins
I asked this at last weeks Cabinet briefing
@adriancummins
and was told that premises will not be allowed to ask for a COVID pass after 22 October
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Heard a homeless man on the Luas call the phone line begging for a bed in emergency unit in Dublin tonight. 2017. Absolutely heartbreaking.
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Thanks for all the well wishes today. It really does mean a lot ❤️
A tough time for many of my colleagues in the media at a time when journalism is very important. We’re all doing our best under difficult circumstances to report on the issues as best we can. We’ll soldier on
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Not sure Micheál Martin would go for the idea, but TD Colm Burke suggested that Leo Varadkar, who is a registered doc till the end of the year, administer the vaccine to the Taoiseach in public 👀
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Tanaiste
@MichealMartinTD
at an event with
@HillaryClinton
in New York to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement.
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And with that, Leo Varadkar signs off on his last press conference as Taoiseach and says goodbye to
@CMOIreland
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TD Michael Fitzmaurice tells the crowd to tell the EU’s Mercosur deal to ‘f*ck off’
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SF Pearse Doherty says nurses have been the heroes of this public health emergency.
He says student nurses and midwives 'have stepped up and stepped into the breach' and provided excellent care in difficult circumstances.
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‘Free free Palestine’ chants at the SF Ard Fheis following the address by Palestine’s ambassador to Ireland Jilan Abdalmajid
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Harris says she had her husband decided after their last meeting with Leo and Matt that they would be their new couple friends
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Mica protesters gather at the Slieve Russell Hotel in Co Cavan where the Fianna Fáil think-in on.
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Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty will head up the party’s negotiating team
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Mark Zuckerberg arrives at the Merrion Hotel in Dublin
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It is okay to not feel okay at this time, says Minister Harris
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Mary Lou McDonald asks the Taoiseach if the Irish government has engaged with their British counterparts to prepare for joint authority arrangements if the deadline in NI is not met.
Taoiseach will speak to UK PM Rishi Sunak this evening.
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Jesus, I rarely get angry at this time of the morning, but my God. Sending letters is not engagement, also the code of conduct that is apparently enough regulation for them is voluntary. Repossessions are not the full picture, ask about the pressure put on to sell the family home
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If you’d told me last year that I’d be recording a podcast on government formation 100 days after an election, while on a barge, under a duvet, I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t have believed you 😂
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On this St Patrick’s Day Harris says it’s important to remember what Ireland is good at
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Big applause for Matt Carty who says SF will bring motion to the Dail next week for Israel to be referred to the ICC.
He repeats call for hostages taken by Hamas to be released.
Standing ovation for the Palestinian ambassador to Ireland at SF Ard Fheis.
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The vice-president commends Ireland for being one of the highest per capita countries for taking in Ukrainian refugees.
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Mary Lou McDonald raising the issue of the rise in house prices. On average, first-time buyers are borrowing €10k more than they were last year, says the SF leader.
She says this is outrageous during a pandemic, when many peoples incomes have collapsed.
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We lost Eva last year after her short battle with cancer. She was one of my best friends and I can’t describe how much I miss her. You might have seen her husband Gary and baby Max on
@IrelandAMVMTV
telling Eva’s story. Please donate
@IrishCancerSoc
❤️
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Mary Lou McDonald raising a recent PQ
@EOBroin
received confirming that only eight affordable homes will be delivered by the end of the year.
‘Is it any wonder we are in a housing crisis’ she tells the Taoiseach
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Simon Harris announces that every newly graduated doctor will be offered an internship - well over 1000 people are looking for one this year - and he says every graduate will now get one
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This makes my blood boil 😡 Fed up of hearing bank ads about how we’re all in this together and then they try and pull this off. There’s a lot on the deposit books because of the pandemic, but uncertain times for people. This approach says a lot about banking culture right now
There are mounting fears banks will start charging customers through negative interest on their savings
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‘How dare they, is what I’d say’: Minister Eamon Ryan gives a strong reaction to the protests taking place outside the Dail today.
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Mary Lou McDonald says it is the Taoiseach’s response is ‘arrogant and high-handed’.
She says she’s written to Micheal Martin 12 times this year.
He needs to clarify which of these matters is a ‘waste of his time’, she says
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Too early? Or never too early? 🎄(before you come at me, it’s a Christmas movie)
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Varadkar: ‘Today I call on us all to remember who we really are. Because we're better than this. And it's time we came together and reminded others who claim to speak for us, what our country really stands for.’
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Mary Lou McDonald begins the first Leaders' Questions of the new year.
She tells Leo Varadkar that his govt is mired in scandal with Damian English and Paschal Donohoe controversies.
She asks about the reported applause both men received at the FG pp meeting last night.
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Taoiseach: 'Let us be clear. The situation in the occupied Palestinian territory is untenable. We cannot - and must not - become inured to it.
'We cannot tolerate a situation where young Palestinian people have no confidence in political progress and no hope for the future.'
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I’m here in New York for
@thejournal_ie
🇺🇸🇺🇸
Taoiseach
@MichealMartinTD
will chair a meeting of the UN Security Council on Thursday and address the General Assembly on Friday
The first event on this weeks packed agenda is a meeting with Governor
@GovKathyHochul
Stay tuned!
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My Mum Catherine Finn had one of her paintings selected for
@SignalSays
Open Art Exhibition in Bray.
If you fancy a trip out it’s just a stones throw from the Dart station. Some lovely paintings here, but of course, my Mum’s is the best 😊
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Soc Dems co-leader Catherine Murphy asks 'who exactly is calling the shots - it is certainly not your ministers'.
'Who is running this country,' she asks.
Sec Gen Robert Watt is 'on a pay rate that is above yours' she says, saying he has snubbed the finance committee.
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The frustration of TDs speaking for so long that the minister doesn't get to answer. Questions on airlines resuming flights, but the Irish government still advising against travelling abroad and whether Irish holidaymakers will get their money back. But no time for answer😡
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Minister Simon Harris launching new online portal where people can go and see all course available.
These include courses for those that lost their jobs that want to up-skill, work placements, apprenticeships, also for employers there is a portal to link up with employees
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Mary Lou McDonald calls for an immediate cut in excise duty on petrol and diesel.
She says the spiraling cost of home heating oil could be cushioned with the immediate removal of excise duty too.
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The traditional shamrock ceremony in the East Room of the White House is due to begin shortly ☘️
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Told inter-county travel, hairdressers, barbers and click and collect all set to return on 10 May
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The government is considering sending its private jet to Egypt to bring Ibrahim Halawa home
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Cabinet signs off on:
International travel from 19 July
Hotels open on 2 June
Outdoor service for pubs and restaurants from 7 June
Indoor service in pubs and restaurants from 5 July
Gyms open on 7 June
Cinemas open 7 June (max capacity 50)
Theatres reopen in June (max 50)
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SF Mary Lou McDonald said the NI Secretary is speaking out of both sides of his mouth. She tells Taoiseach in the Dail that Michelle O'Neill was told by Brandon Lewis that the legislation would "in no way interfere with the protocol". Yesterday, he said the complete opposite
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@HollyCairnsTD
says she’s being hearing harrowing stories from women in maternity hospitals and the impact restrictions are having on them.
‘We are sick and tired of this being overlooked,’ she says.
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Mother and Baby Home Commission has notified the Department of Children that it has retrieved the backup tapes containing the audio recordings.
The Commission has agreed to deposit the audio recordings with the Department
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Simon Harris says posters put up outside his constituency office are ‘horrific, unethical and wrong’
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Catherine Murphy says she was always acting in the interest of public
#DOBvDail
@thejournal_ie
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Minister Shane Ross launching JAM Card which allows people with a learning difficulty, autism, or a communication barrier to tell others they need ‘Just A Minute’ discreetly and easily.
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@paddycosgrave
@paddycosgrave
I’m not related to any member of the Oireachtas, anyone working in the Dept or local authority and none of my family members work in a party or as advisors etc. Perhaps you could explain what you mean or maybe you are confusing me with someone else 🤔
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US President Joe Biden commends the Taoiseach for his 'condemnation of Putin's aggression' and his support of the sanctions.
'It's costing Ireland but as usual you're basing it on principle and moral standing of the country,' he says.
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Michael Healy Rae tells Taoiseach that any govt that supports an outright ban on coal and turf will have 'fire and brimstone and hell' brought down on them. Well now.
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Taoiseach says Cabinet has agreed to to take a 10% pay cut across the board
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Statement by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar on Emily Hand:
‘This is a day of enormous joy and relief for Emily Hand and her family. An innocent child who was lost has now been found and returned, and our country breathes a massive sigh of relief. Our prayers have been answered.’
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