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Micheal Martin says he believes there should be a general election after Easter 2020
Micheal Martin
"There’s 34 days to have an orderly wind down... Easter to me is the natural cutoff point of this Dail"
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Dail printer scandal mentioned on BBC panel show Have I Got News For You
Dail Eireann
The studio guests and audience were shown an image of the massive printer, which was received with some shock
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Overwhelming 95% of Irish Mirror readers want Dara Murphy to pay some money back to the taxpayer
Fine Gael
In an online poll on Thursday evening, we asked our readers; "do you think Dara Murphy should pay back some of the money he earned as a TD in the last two years?"
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Pat Flanagan comment: 'If Dara Murphy was in any other job he'd have been sacked years ago'
Dara Murphy
The fact is the Taoiseach and Fine Gael knew what Dara Murphy was at and did nothing about it
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Bingo organisers able to pay out 75% of takings in prize money after Dail vote
Bingo
The news follows a vote in the Dail last night, in which the Government had wanted to impose a prize money cap of 50%
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Cork TD Dara Murphy resigns from Dail Eireann amid controversy over poor attendance
Fine Gael
Mr Murphy has been heavily criticised for collecting his €96,000 annual salary as a TD for the last two years
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Taoiseach promises overhaul of expenses for TDs after Dara Murphy controversy
Politics
Our national politicians can get over €50,000 for mileage alone on top of a basic salary of almost €100,000 - and all while holding down another job
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Four new TDs start work in Dail Eireann after bye-election wins with homelessness on agenda
Politics
The Fianna Fail, Sinn Fein and Green Party representatives were presented on the morning of a vote of no confidence in Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy
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Dublin ranked as worst city in the world to find accommodation in for expats moving to Ireland
Housing
The report comes as Minister for Housing Eoghan Murphy faces a motion of no confidence in the Dail today
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Total cost surrounding Dail printer scandal is actually €1.6million
Politics
There was also not an understanding of the "head height" of the Komori Printing Press
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Gay Byrne honoured by politicians in the Dail as tributes paid to 'national treasure'
Gay Byrne
TDs carried out a minute's silence for the country’s most famous ever broadcaster
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Three Leinster House key fobs lost by TDs on average every week
Dail voting scandal
129 replacements have had to be issued since mid-2016
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TDs seek removal of 'undemocratic' money message veto in Dail
Dail
The bill would amend current Dail rules to remove the Government's ability to block a bill on the basis of potential incidental expenses and costs
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Pat Flanagan comment: Dail voting scandal shows some things change while others stay the same
Dail Eireann
If Fianna Fail TDs Niall Collins and Timmy Dooley can do it in the national parliament, why can’t we follow their example in elections?
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Fine Gael ramps up pressure on Fianna Fail over Dail voting scandal
Dail Eireann
Charlie Flanagan is angry about the 'grave' errors which he believes were 'illegal acts'
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Large dead rat found in Leinster House office of Senator Michael McDowell, exterminator reports show
Rats
A grim discovery was among a large number of incidents involving rodents and creepy-crawlies in parliamentary buildings during the past two years
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Dail Bar may remain closed for days after rat was spotted on the loose in Leinster House
Dail Eireann
The bar remains shut with staff struggling to remove the rodent
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People Before Profit TD Brid Smith delivers swing dig against Maria Bailey
Maria Bailey
The representative said she couldn't stand for questions due to a leg injury - then took a pop at the Fine Gael TD
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John Delaney says he acted in best interests of the game by loaning FAI €100,000
John Delaney
The FAI has been in the eye of a political storm since it emerged that ex-CEO John Delaney provided it with a bridging loan in April, 2017
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RECAP as John Delaney and FAI officials face Oireachtas Committee questions
FAI
The former CEO and others from the FAI will appear before the Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
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Transport Minister Shane Ross calls Sinn Fein TD Imelda Munster a 'donkey' in the Dail
Shane Ross
'You came in as you normally do and you’re like a donkey in the last race at the last fence, you upset the whole apple cart'
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Government accused of 'cynical PR manoeuvres' in handling of nurses' strike
Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation
Tense scenes in Dail as Taoiseach Leo Varadkar is grilled about a press release issued 'at the 11th hour'
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Pharmacy students protesting outside Dail in row over unpaid work placements
Education
They are required to complete an eight-month internship in their final college year
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Department of the Taoiseach staff spent over €500 a week on taxis in 2018
Politics
Exclusive: A Parliamentary Question response revealed the spending splurge
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