Craig Hughes
@hughescraig90
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Political correspondent: @irishdailymail 🗞️ | Music festival organiser: @nightdayfest 🎶🎪
Dublin City, Ireland via Mayo
Joined October 2016
After a brutal summer since she returned from maternity leave, can we safely rule McEntee out as a future leader of FG? It would be foolish to do so completely. But the views of those in the PP don't make for pretty reading for her.
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Independent TD @VeronaMurphyInd has told the Minister for Justice @HMcEntee that she should sack Garda Commissioner Drew Harris, who is on his third strike, she says.
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Let it not be said I didn't leave my mark at the UN during high level week...
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No confidence motion in Garda Commissioner a "dangerous precedent" says Tanaiste @MichealMartinTD in New York. https://t.co/nClX1C9CYN
extra.ie
Tanaiste Micheal Martin has said the no-confidence vote in Garda Commissioner Drew Harris has set a ‘dangerous precedent’.
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Fantastic opening from Patrick Kielty, bravo. Comedy is a much needed antidote given the recent months. #LateLateShow
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Sinn Fein's @MaryLouMcDonald says that taking the hosing portfolio is a red line issue in any coalition deal for the party.
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As @sinnfeinireland prepare for their think-in @fiannafailparty TDs & Senators say they don't see how a coalition is possible between the two & others saying they would walk away from the party if they entered into coalition with SF.
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I'm still unclear as to why grown men spent their weekend digging a hole... Further investigation is warranted if you ask me. The truth is out there.
🚨 Meteorite mystery solved! 🚨 The mystery of the hole on a north Dublin beach has apparently been solved - denting the hopes of a local space enthusiast, who had hoped it was the site of a meteor strike. #VMNews
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The political thorny issue of one off housing is raising it's head again as expert group tells Government it needs to act... Successive ministers have promised and failed to deliver new rural housing guidelines.
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It might only be a poll (the most scientific metric of assessing voting intention) but that Green vote 😬
POLL: Sunday Independent/Ireland Thinks (Aug 31/Sept 1, MoE 2.9%) Sinn Féin 33 (-1 in a month) Fine Gael 21 (+2) Fianna Fáil 18 Social Democrats 6 (+1) Labour 3 (-1) PBP-Solidarity 3 Greens 2 (-3) Aontú 2 Inds/others 10 https://t.co/rLksHWAQZ9
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The Government TDs in (HON) Mayo will breath a sigh of relief. They gain a seat - which will help stave off a fight from SF for a second seat - and have the disputed territories around Kilmaine, Neale, Shrule, Houndswood, Dalgan and Cong moved back into the constituency. 🟩🔴
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Best of luck to all the politicians getting their Electoral Commission results tomorrow. Remember, if you don't get the boundaries you want there's always another way to get to where you want. Well done on making it this far though, a great achievement.
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Latest homeless figures 12,847... I remember when 10,000 for Eoghan Murphy was seen as the political death knell.
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We'll be talking to @andreagilligan on @LunchtimeLiveNT at 13:40 about supporting smaller breweries and distilleries at Night and Day 🌑☀️
COMING UP | 12pm with @andreagilligan ▶️Do Irish stereotypes offend you? ▶️Is it just a ‘perception’ that Dublin isn’t safe? ▶️Why don’t more festivals support local breweries? @Ballykilcavan ▶️Socialising when you're single #LunchtimeLiveNT
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One of the most secretive state bodies imaginable as @kenfoxe would attest. Trinity not looking great out of this either https://t.co/XwK5fqE6XT
irishexaminer.com
The IDA said it had relied on external law firms because of the 'existing workload' of its own internal legal team
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🚨🚨 The Minister for Health @DonnellyStephen held no formal meetings with the Board of National Children's Hospital for 15 months despite soaring cost overruns.
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HSE spending on agency staff soars to record €619m last year, up from €330.5m in 2018. Figs released to @davidcullinane
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The fallout of this “highly irregular and embarrassingly imprudent” deal saw a senior Order of Malta board member suspended. We got a copy of the internal disciplinary report into his actions as well as a host of other documents
irishtimes.com
Project to open bed and breakfast for pilgrims near Knock shrine lost charity more than €50,000
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