Joe O Brien
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Government pledge on fighting racism being met, says Taoiseach
- Oireachtas
- December 3, 2019, 19:24
The Government will give consideration to a national plan against racism, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said. But Mr Varadkar insisted the State is alre(...)

Martin hints FF TDs sacked over Dáil votes could return
- Irish News
- December 3, 2019, 13:55
Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has held out the prospect of a return to senior party positions for two TDs he sacked from his frontbench over the r(...)

Who are the four new TDs entering the Dáil today?
- Politics
- December 3, 2019, 11:37
Four new TDs will enter the fold at Leinster House on Tuesday. They were elected during byelections last week. But who are they? Pádraig O(...)

Taoiseach faces fallout from four byelection defeats
- Politics
- December 2, 2019, 01:29
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar faces growing fallout from Fine Gael’s defeat in four byelections amid pressure from within the party to remove Verona Murphy f(...)

Icy byelections blast away warm glow of Varadkar’s Brexit successes
- Politics
- December 2, 2019, 01:00
Four byelections, 111,027 votes and 261,171 people who didn’t bother voting. Much controversy, lengthy counts and very likely the last outing to the p(...)

Miriam Lord: Fine Gael’s byelection hopes fall victim to Murphy’s law
- Politics
- December 1, 2019, 21:48
To be clear, there were only four byelections on at the weekend, but some people became confused as the Government was all over the place. On Saturda(...)

Who is new Green Party TD Joe O’Brien?
- Politics
- December 1, 2019, 18:17
Calm, reserved, hardworking, very thorough and “not a man to pick up a megaphone” to deal with a challenge is how a colleague describes newly elected (...)

Low byelection turnout means lessons must be looked at cautiously
- Politics
- November 30, 2019, 20:38
The strongest theme emerging from the four byelections counted on Saturday was the lack of interest among voters, with turnouts at less than half the (...)

Dublin Fingal: Joe O’Brien wins Green Party’s first ever byelection
- Politics
- November 30, 2019, 15:06
The Green Party has won its first ever Dáil byelection as Joe O’Brien emerged as the comfortable victor in Dublin Fingal. Mr O’Brien topped the poll (...)

Byelections 2019: FF wins two seats, SF, Greens one each
- Politics
- November 30, 2019, 12:41
Fianna Fáil has won two seats and Sinn Féin and Greens took one each in the byelections held in four different constituencies on Saturday. Sinn Féin’(...)