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Sinn Féin accused of ‘actively’ encouraging members to attend Storey funeral
- Irish News
- November 23, 2020, 11:49
A DUP Assembly member has accused Sinn Féin of “actively” encouraging supporters to breach Covid-19 regulations ahead of the funeral of senior republi(...)

Bitter exchanges in Seanad as €4m donation to Sinn Féin debated
- Politics
- November 11, 2020, 21:04
The Seanad voted by 31 votes to four in favour of Sinn Féin returning most of an almost €4 million donation received from the estate of English man Wi(...)

Irish women are essentially working for free for rest of year due to pay gap, campaign says
- Politics
- November 8, 2020, 21:00
Women in Ireland are effectively working unpaid for the next seven weeks because of the current 14.4 per cent gender pay gap, according to the WorkEqu(...)

Sinn Féin senator and two party officials resign following Covid-19 grants controversy
- Irish News
- October 29, 2020, 16:14
A Sinn Féin senator and two party officials have resigned from their positions for failing to immediately return £30,000 (€33,204) worth of Covid-19 s(...)

Covid-19 restrictions in maternity hospitals working, Dáil told
- Health
- September 9, 2020, 11:39
No Covid-19 maternal deaths in Ireland and a low rate of the virus among pregnant women signals that current visitor restrictions in hospitals are wor(...)

Backpedalling on pandemic cycling and walking schemes
- Environment
- July 27, 2020, 02:32
If there is any silver lining for Dublin to the health and economic disaster of the coronavirus pandemic, it has to be the emergence of measures to im(...)

‘Huge insult’ not to be told about Seanad snub, says Marshall
- Politics
- June 30, 2020, 15:51
Former senator Ian Marshall has expressed his disappointment that he learned that he was not being nominated to the Seanad for a second term via socia(...)

Seanad nominees welcomed by National Women’s Council
- Politics
- June 28, 2020, 13:07
The inclusion of nine women among the Taoiseach’s eleven nominees to the Seanad has been welcomed by women’s groups though the absence of a person of (...)

Nine women among Taoiseach’s 11 appointees to Seanad
- Irish News
- June 27, 2020, 21:07
Traveller rights activist Eileen Flynn is one of Taoiseach Micheál Martin’s 11 appointments to the Seanad – the only non-party figure among the nomina(...)

Dublin West results: Joan Burton and Ruth Coppinger lose seats
- Politics
- February 9, 2020
There were two high profile casualties in Dublin West as former Labour tánaiste Joan Burton and Solidarity TD Ruth Coppinger lost their Dáil seats tur(...)