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Wed 10 Oct 2009Buck stops with O'Donoghue - SF
Sinn Féin's Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin today defended his move in calling for the resignation of John O'Donoghue and accused him of "hiding behind the cloak of Ceann Comhairle".
Mr O'Donoghue formally resigned as Ceann Comhairle yesterday, contending that he became the scapegoat for an expenses regime that had fallen into disrepute, and also attacking Labour leader Eamon Gilmore for his "pre-emptive assertion of no confidence".
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