Mr Maclochlainn
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McEntee’s refusal of full Q&A on Woulfe ‘dangerous for democracy,’ SF TD says
- Politics
- November 25, 2020, 08:35
Sinn Féin TD Padraig MacLochlainn has said that the refusal of the Minister for Justice Helen McEntee to participate in a full question and answer ses(...)

Senator from Traveller background rows in on Casey remarks
- Politics
- October 19, 2018
A Sinn Féin Senator from a Traveller background has said presidential candidate Peter Casey may have “done us a service” by bringing out into the open(...)

Actor Alan Rickman was better as Snape, a wizard in Harry Potter, than he was as Éamon de Valera in Michael Collins, according to the children in a Ga(...)

Sinn Féin leaning more towards coalition with Labour than FF
- Politics
- December 4, 2015, 01:00
Sinn Féin is more likely to enter coalition with Labour than Fianna Fáil after the general election, Sinn Féin TDs have said, insisting that they wou(...)

Garda describes ‘ridiculous’ situation of botched raid
- Crime & Law
- October 29, 2015, 12:54
A detective garda has described a “ridiculous” situation involving an obviously pregnant, armed member of the Garda National Surveillance Unit (NSU) r(...)

Oireachtas report says direct provision should be scrapped
- Politics
- May 7, 2015, 01:00
The direct provision system for asylum seekers is not fit for purpose and needs to be replaced, an Oireachtas committee has concluded. A report from (...)

FF seeks ‘significant personnel changes’ in Justice after ‘damning’ report
- Politics
- July 29, 2014, 01:00
Fianna Fáil spokesman on justice Niall Collins has described the Department of Justice report as “damning’’ and said it showed how “dysfunctional” de(...)

Commission of investigation into Garda’s shooting dead of dissident follows sub-standard Garda, DPP inquiries
- Crime & Law
- July 17, 2014, 01:00
A commission of investigation into the shooting dead by gardaí of a dissident republican is being held 16 years later because the inquiries by the Ga(...)