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John McGuinness

Grace case

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22 hrs ago

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Farrelly Commission

'Stumped and baffled': Politicians give their views on the 'Grace' case final inquiry report

15 Apr

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rotating chair

John McGuinness and Frank Feighan suggested for rotating Leas Ceann Comhairle job

30 Jan

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34th dail

Sinn Féin nominates Aengus Ó Snodaigh as Ceann Comhairle of the new Dáil

13 Dec 2024

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Grace case

'Outrageous': Strong criticism as report into sexual abuse of woman with intellectual disabilities delayed six years

12 Dec 2024

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John McGuinness

Finance Committee chair says spend on security hut shows a ‘lack of respect for the taxpayer’

John McGuinness questioned why the contract for the security hut was ‘allowed to spiral to a sum of €1.4 million’.

Updated 26 Sep 2024

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Electoral Commission

Commission had 'sleepless nights' over transferring Kilkenny's oldest GAA club into Tipperary

30 Aug 2023

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Bank Row

Opposition parties call on Govt to help households that are 'victims of profiteering banks'

Updated 14 Aug 2023

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Grace case

Government grants yet another year long extension to Grace case inquiry

7 Mar 2023

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CMO trinity job

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26 Apr 2022

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Grace case

DPP explanation needed on why no charges brought in 'Grace' case, says McGuinness

31 Jan 2022

16.6k

Grace case

HSE workers who failed ‘Grace’ should be prosecuted, Dáil told

11 Nov 2021

43.9k

Interview

FF's John McGuinness: 'If a motion of no confidence came up in the government, I would vote for that motion'

22 Dec 2019

11.6k

Public Services Card

Top civil servant not attending committee is 'an affront to democracy'

21 Sep 2019

39.3k

premiums

Insurance companies quizzed about why they aren't reporting fraudsters to the gardaí

4 Jul 2019

22.5k

sell off

'The banks are dictating what happens': TDs say government relying on 'constitution' card to block vulture funds Bill

3 Apr 2019

15.1k

Taoiseach told that 'banks are as aggressive and as arrogant as the time of the crash'

3 Mar 2019

39.0k

Children's Hospital

Secretary General Robert Watt accused of 'playing games' with Oireachtas committees

21 Feb 2019

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confidence and supply

Fianna Fáil's McGuinness claims he was 'indirectly' asked to 'go independent' after clash with Cowen

13 Feb 2019

24.0k

The things they said

How Peter Charleton found the fact among the rumour, gossip, lies and deceit

11 Oct 2018

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sell off

Calls for Dáil to be recalled after PTSB sell thousands of home loans to vulture fund

1 Aug 2018

39.4k

126

Housing Crisis

'Say no to vulture funds': Applause breaks out as TD calls for support for new law aimed at keeping people in their homes

10 Jul 2018

24.0k

Charleton

Evidence of four witnesses should be disregarded, Disclosures Tribunal told

29 Jun 2018

14.3k

disclosures tribunal

'After everything, I don't know how the man is sitting here at the Tribunal today'

10 Apr 2018

33.1k

disclosures tribunal

'And the other fella fiddles with kids. They’re the kind of f*****g headbangers I’m dealing with'

9 Apr 2018

104k

Tracker Scandal

'Take a look in the mirror': Why didn't the Central Bank act earlier on the tracker mortgage scandal?

18 Jan 2018

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banking breaches

'Shocking': Central Bank governor meets whistleblower Jonathan Sugarman over bank probe

15 Nov 2017

23.1k

all in favour

Differences between the Grace terms of reference, before and after? There aren't many, but they mean a lot...

9 Mar 2017

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another error

Tusla delivered Maurice McCabe's apology to his elderly neighbour 'in error'

10 Feb 2017

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pac'ed courtroom

Timeline: Angela Kerins, charity salaries, and the saga of the baying PAC

31 Jan 2017

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Paperless

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25 Nov 2016

25.3k

Whistleblower

Nóirín O'Sullivan "was not aware" of secret meeting between former Garda Commissioner and PAC chairman

30 May 2016

24.3k

124

Whistleblowers

PAC chairman reveals secret Bewley's car park meeting with Garda commissioner

29 May 2016

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157

Foster Care

'They were tortured and degraded in unspeakable ways'

29 Jan 2016

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rebuttal

Wallace claims about 'Project Eagle' trashed by Nama as “utterly disingenuous”

1 Oct 2015

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After Micheál

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23 Aug 2015

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chaotic delays

Taxpayers could end up footing €4.1m bill for student grant overpayment

11 Jun 2015

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Social Welfare Fraud

€96m could have been overspent in dole payments

28 May 2015

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Dáil bantz

Some serious shade was thrown as the Dáil welcomed a new TD today

26 May 2015

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Graphic

This is why some TDs have to watch a video of thousands of pigs being slaughtered

12 May 2015

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