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INDEPENDENTS:A NUMBER of newly elected Independent TDs and members of the United Left Alliance have agreed in principle to establish a technical group which will give them speaking and other rights in the Dáil.

Informal meetings were held yesterday and it is expected a majority of the 19 TDs will attend a formal meeting in Leinster House next Tuesday to “discuss the finer points”.