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Fri 12 Dec 2008Embarrassing defeat for Government in Seanad vote
ALL PAIRING arrangements for Senators from the Coalition parties have been cancelled following a rare and embarrassing defeat for the Government in the upper house yesterday.
Fine Gael leader in the Seanad Frances Fitzgerald described it as a "historic victory for the Opposition".
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