Eamon Scanlon
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Victims of rape and incest should carry babies to full term, say campaigners
- Politics
- March 29, 2018, 14:41
Women who are the victim of rape and incest should carry the baby to full term, according to the Save the 8th campaign. The group launched its offic(...)

Call for abortion vote delay over Citizens’ Assembly recruitment
- Oireachtas
- February 22, 2018, 15:00
A heated row erupted in the Dáil after calls were made for the abortion referendum to be delayed in the wake of a revelation that some participants in(...)

Fianna Fáil TD criticised for seeking Muslim citizenship data
- Politics
- June 28, 2016, 21:32
A Fianna Fáil TD has been compared to Donald Trump by a senior Muslim leader after he asked a question in the Dáil about how many Muslims have sought (...)

Massive numbers have been attending St Patrick’s Day festivities around Ireland, helped along by sunshine and relatively excellent weather in many par(...)

Profile: Eamonn Scanlan (FF)
- Oireachtas
- February 29, 2016, 12:19
Eamon Scanlon is back in the Dáil after losing his seat in the 2011 general election. Before he was a politician, he was a butcher and later an aucti(...)

Sligo-Leitrim: Fianna Fáil takes two seats as Eamon Scanlon returns
- Politics
- February 27, 2016, 15:00
Fianna Fáil has won two seats in the Sligo-Leitrim constituency where in the last election they took none. Senator Marc MacSharry topped the poll an(...)

Fianna Fáil meeting to decide on candidates for election
- Politics
- August 22, 2015, 01:01
A meeting of senior Fianna Fáil strategists next weekend is to begin finalising the party’s approach to candidates and tickets for the general electi(...)

FF selects MacSharry, Scanlon to run in Sligo-Leitrim
- Politics
- April 18, 2015, 10:09
Fianna Fáil has selected Senator Marc MacSharry and former TD Eamon Scanlon to contest the general election in Sligo-Leitrim.The constituency which no(...)

Sligo profile: Focus on bread-and-butter issues
- Politics
- May 15, 2014, 09:51
Full list of candidates Issues such as water charges, unemployment, housing needs and medical cards are top of the agenda with Sligo voters. (...)