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Nude calendar in aid of economy to feature Taoiseach and Cabinet
Plans are at an advanced stage for the Taoiseach and members of the Cabinet to pose nude for a fund-raising calendar in aid of the economy. »
Gardai warn constituents not to approach TDs empty-handed
As TDs return to their constituencies for the summer break Gardai have urged communities to operate nightly curfews, leaving the desolate streets to the elected representatives. »
Red faces as Fine Gael finds it has enough TDs for Dáil majority
Fine Gael members were united in disbelief this morning after the counting of supporters for the leadership contest revealed that the party actually has an overall Dáil majority and could have been in Government for the last three years. »
Govt denies Dáil’s anti-suicide nets linked to publication of expenses
The Government has insisted that the anti-suicide nets around Leinster House are best industry practice and do not reflect plummeting morale among TDs who now have to publish their expenses accounts. »
BP welcomes advice from Dáil’s emergency response committee
Energy giant BP has welcomed advice from the Dáil’s Emergency Response Committee on how to deal with the flow of oil from a ruptured well that threatens environmental disaster off the coast of Louisiana. »
Minister for Health position may be discontinued if Harney resigns
Fears that Mary Harney may resign as Minister for Health have prompted panic on all sides of Leinster House where no one wants to succeed her. »
Fuck you is fine, Gogarty’s error was to say “sincerity” in Dail
The office of the Ceann Comhairle Seamus Kirk has revealed that there was a complete misunderstanding over the use of unparliamentary language in the Dail by Green Party TD Paul Gogarty last week. »
Enda Kenny to abolish Dail, Fine Gael and himself
In a radical move that has sent shockwaves through the political system Fine Gael leader and Taoiseach in waiting Enda Kenny has said that he will abolish the Dail and the office of Taoiseach when he becomes Taoiseach. »
Our opposition to NAMA ‘a hissy fit’, Fine Gael source
A Fine Gael source has revealed that the party’s opposition to the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) is not about NAMA and is in fact part of an ongoing “hissy fit” by party leader Enda Kenny over the fact that party strategists want him to campaign for a No Vote in the Lisbon referendum. »
MPs studying Dail
A group of Labour Party MPs from Britain’s House of Commons is visiting Mireland today to see if there are Mirish parliamentary procedures they could adopt to enhance the functionality of British democracy. »