Clare Daly defends decision to hire Mick Wallace's son as European parliament assistant
Daly has hired Fionn Wallace as one of her European Parliament assistants.
Daly has hired Fionn Wallace as one of her European Parliament assistants.
Irish MEPs Clare Daly and Mick Wallace wore t-shirts with an image of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
Wallace is one of four TDs elected to the European Parliament.
Fianna Fáil’s Barry Andrews will take the fourth seat for the constituency once Brexit happens.
The Independents 4 Change TD was speaking as the Dáil passed legislation which would make inquests into maternal deaths mandatory.
“If people of the far-right want to run, that is there prerogative – I am not of that ilk,” he said.
In a wide-ranging interview with TheJournal.ie, Varadkar discussed John Delaney, Brexit, Peter Casey and the European elections.
So far, 423 planes carrying munitions of war have landed in Shannon Airport this year, and 16 landed in Dublin Airport.
Coveney was standing in for Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, who is in Brussels to meet the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier.
The forthcoming referendum bill was up for pre-legislative scrutiny in the Oireachtas this morning.
Legislation on this issue was proposed by Independents4Change TD Clare Daly and the government said its new bill incorporates the amendments she sought.
The Department of Foreign Affairs said it received assurances from the US Embassy that measures will be put in place to ensure it will not happen again.
The Coalition of Mother and Baby Home Survivors also called for a full national DNA database with free testing for all adoptees and illegal adoptees.
The TD, who has campaigned on the issue for years, said she couldn’t believe change had taken so long.
Dublin TD Clare Daly said that the figures were “absolutely disgraceful”, but “not a bit surprising”.
Figures from An Garda Síochána were before the Oireachtas Justice Committee today.
Minister Regina Doherty has said she heard a roar from Fianna Fáil TDs.
The description for the contents of most of the refused flights was ‘class 1 explosives’. The reasons for the refusals are as yet unclear however.
A report into the pay and conditions of workers was published yesterday.
A report launched today criticises the State’s treatment of victims, which it says has caused further trauma.
TheJournal.ie has gained access to all public complaints to the Ceann Comhairle regarding the standard of dress in Dáil Éireann.
Daly called it “one of the biggest public health scandals in recent years”.
More than 14,000 people were summoned to court erroneously.
The Minister insists she had no knowledge of Tusla’s involvement in the Maurice McCabe saga before last Thursday’s Prime Time broadcast.
Daly also said the judge reviewing allegations about an orchestrated smear campaign has not made contact with the whistleblowers involved.
“A sergeant had to leave his post in Newbridge, drive in a squad car to Swords and spend the day there vacating the order at enormous expense to the State.”
Leon Wright, who has 84 previous convictions, was today cleared of assaulting a prison officer.
A Kildare judge issued it today after the TD failed to remain in court for hearing.
Wallace said namaleaks.com is “the first of its kind in Ireland, both in terms of security and anonymity”.
“I do not want to terminate my baby’s life but he does not have one.”
The stories of gardaí Nicky Keogh and Keith Harrison are starting to get a lot more attention.
This follows the publication of a GSOC report into Daly’s arrest in 2013.
Daly was arrested in 2013 after a breathalyser failed to register a reading, but was later cleared.
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One TD described the spend as disgraceful as “many areas of the country are crying out for gardaí and for stations”.
The research was commission by independent TDs Clare Daly and Mick Wallace.
The National Women’s Council launched its ‘breakthrough manifesto for women’ today and some heavy-hitters have already given it their endorsement.
Maureen O’Sullivan says the issue is about human rights.
The pair were arrested for failing to pay a €2,000 security breach fine.
The United Left TD was granted temporary release last night after being held at Limerick Prison.
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