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Gilmore: Ireland isn’t deliberately trying to dodge EU referendum

The Tánaiste tells an Oireachtas committee that Ireland isn’t trying to negotiate its way out of a ballot on the EU treaty.

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Taoiseach slammed over ‘people went mad with borrowing’ comments

Enda Kenny’s comments at the World Economic Forum in Davos yesterday have been sharply criticised.

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Sinn Féin ‘will consider legal challenge’ to force EU referendum

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn said the party would take the Government to court “if a credible legal challenge can be mounted”.

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AG to decide on need for referendum

Independent TD Richard Boyd Barrett has echoed other opposition parties’ calls for a referendum on the new EU fiscal compact.

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Man shot dead in Buncrana, Co Donegal

The 24-year-old was killed last night at a house in the Links View area.

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Sinn Féin to government: Name a date for referendum on EU fiscal compact

The party’s foreign affairs spokesperson Padraig Mac Lochlainn said the government had deliberated enough and called for a date to be made public.

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In their own words: What do TDs think of the fiscal treaty?

All this week, an Oireachtas sub-committee has been discussing the fiscal compact treaty with academics, civil society leaders, and other politicians. Here’s what they made of it.

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Sinn Féin criticises Honohan’s call for a Yes vote

The party said the Central Bank governor is entitled to his own opinion as an individual but should not be using his role to endorse the treaty.

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‘The war is over’: McGuinness offers to meet dissident republicans

Elsewhere, the party’s Ard Fheis in Killarney has heard speeches on the economy and emigration as it prepares to hear from president Gerry Adams later this evening.

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Govt urged to take action over jailed Bahraini doctors who trained in Ireland

A number of doctors who trained at the Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin had their sentences reduced in Bahrain today but they remain behind bars.

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Taoiseach to consult with Shatter after woman drove garda to crime scene

A woman in Donegal whose house was burgled had to collect a member of the gardaí and bring him to the crime scene last week, it has emerged.

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24 staff at Bank of Ireland earning over €400k a year

Michael Noonan says he “shares the outrage of the public” on bankers pay, but there are “legal constraints” in tackling it.

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Sinn Féin to take legal advice after TD is stopped from voting

Padraig Mac Lochlainn, who is serving a three-day suspension, was let vote once – but not a second time.

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Sinn Féin publishes bill to end ‘political appointment’ of judges

The Bill seeks to reform the way in which individuals are selected for appointments to the judiciary by the Judicial Appointments Board.

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Revealed: The 7 TDs who say they won’t pay the property tax

In response to queries from TheJournal.ie this week, most TDs who have opposed the tax have said they will comply with it but at least seven said they will not pay even though it puts their Dáil seat...

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Gilmore says AIB mortgage hike is “a commercial decision”

The Tánaiste says the government’s focus is on dealing with mortgage arrears, rather than directly controlling interest rates.

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Shatter dismisses link between anti-malaria drug and soldiers’ suicides

The minister says an investigation has shown it is “extremely unlikely” that Lariam was linked to mental health concerns.

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Tánaiste insists: We’re not cutting the budget for special needs teaching

Children with special educational needs face a reduction in the amount of time allocated to them from next September. But Eamon Gilmore said this did not amount to a cut.

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Gardaí developing online vetting process to cut wait times

The the current average processing time for applications is around 14 weeks according to Minister for Justice Alan Shatter.

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‘It’s certainly not a catwalk’: ‘Reservoir TDs’ unite for Yes vote in Court...

It’s about as sexy as a referendum to establish a new court can possibly get.

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‘A fan of oratory’: Fly interrupts Dáil debate on DNA database

Some buzz in the Dáil chamber earlier…

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Shatter: DNA database strikes balance between tackling crime and respecting...

The bill, once passed, is likely to see a new DNA database in operation by next year. Criminals who receive a sentence of 5 years or more will have their DNA logged.

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From overhanging trees to pensions: Why the Oireachtas petitions committee is...

For the first time in the 93-year history of the Oireachtas, citizens now have a direct route to influence the parliamentary agenda through the Petitions Committee, writes its chairman Pádraig Mac...

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‘Insulting, offensive, quite outrageous’: Sinn Féin criticised over Smithwick...

The party is under pressure this morning over its response to the report of the Smithwick Tribunal which found collusion over the murder of two RUC officers by the IRA.

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Praise for Panti as SF told: ‘Sectarianism is no different to racism, sexism...

The recent homophobia controversy, the peace process, and the economy were all discussed at the Sinn Féin Ard Fheis in Wexford today.

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Watch: TD offers to share ‘a candle and bottle of wine’ with Shatter – but he...

An outbreak of love at the Oireachtas Justice Committee earlier…

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Shatter: I didn’t ‘recall or remember’ Oliver Connolly’s €1k donation when I...

The Justice Minister has also admitted that garda whistleblower Maurice McCabe was invited, but not directed, to engage in the penalty points investigation, and said there was “fault on both sides”.

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Micheál Martin thinks Alan Shatter seems to have a huge problem saying: ‘I...

The Fianna Fáil leader has said that the Taoiseach is trying to shut down the controversy surrounding remarks made by the Garda Commissioner about two whistleblowers.

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“The Taoiseach should explain” – opposition want answers on Kenny delay in...

The Taoiseach knew about the issue on Sunday, but didn’t inform the Justice Minister until Monday. Now the opposition would like to know why.

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Acting Garda Commissioner denies the force has not supported Maurice McCabe

Finian McGrath questioned Nóirín O’Sullivan’s assertion that senior gardaí were in contact with the whistleblower “on a daily basis”.

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Dáil hears lack of Garda cooperation stalled murder investigation complaint

Pádraig Mac Loclainn said that GSOC had to delay investigating a complaint made by the family of Seamus Doherty due to a lack of cooperation from gardaí in Donegal.

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‘The public will have a problem with Brian Purcell keeping his €200,000 salary’

Justice minister Frances Fitzgerald and Sinn Féin’s Gerry Adams have been speaking about yesterday’s damning report.

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Sinn Féin wants Ireland to stop buying Israeli-made military equipment

More than €2.9 million has been spent on such equipment since 2011.

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Frances Fitzgerald: It’s ‘regrettable’ that no TDs showed up to discuss Garda...

The new Bill gives greater powers to GSOC.

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Calls for new child grooming law to ban online vigilante ‘paedophile hunters’

A TD and child protection expert are calling for the legislation to ban vigilante ‘paedophile hunters’.

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This TD says gardaí charged €4k to police a community event – and he’s NOT happy

Gardaí made €4.7 million from policing events in 2014.

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Sinn Féin wants to stop €4,000 charges on police community events

“Such groups often have to fundraise to make such events happen and to require them to pay for the work of the gardaí on top of this is unfair.”

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We only make €4k a year from each of the 139 closed Garda stations

The most recent crime statistics show burglaries are on the rise.

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‘It was like being hit by a truck at 100 miles per hour’ – Former TDs on the...

High-profile casualties of the election have opened up about the pain of not being reelected.

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