#Dail

Claire McGing #BLM

Claire_McGing

Thread on gender and parliamentary debate on the Irish Constitution. #womeninpoliticsThree women TDs sat in the Dáil when the Constitution of Ireland was debated in 1937: Bridget Redmond (FG), Helena

Gavan Reilly

gavreilly

What a time to be alive: the Dáil is now meeting at Leinster House with the sole intention of leaving Leinster House and going down to the CCD. Rows afoot.

Constance Short

constanceshortc

When I stood for election 20 yrs or more ago,Sinn Féin& Fine Gael took down my Labour posters.Sinn Féin even ordered me out of an estate.But I voted Sinn Féin

Ramfrancis🔨

Pdraigpearse3

THREAD: If all No voters only voted pro life abortion would be illegal in the 26 counties again Dublin Bay South had the lowest No Vote at 21.5% the pro

Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin

Ceannabhain

1/11: Seen people recently thinking of joining a party & various discussions around that. Thought I'd write about what I think makes PBP fundamentally different from other left parties -

Gavan Reilly

gavreilly

Paschal Donohoe channeling Abraham Lincoln: "Sinn Féin do not appeal to the better angels of our nature… they seek to arouse the darker spirits to make their case… a deeply cynical politics

Helen McEntee TD

HMcEntee

I know the recent leak of tens of thousands of intimate images of Irish women has caused so much upset and anger. I share that anger and I want people

Shane P. Dolphin

ShaneDolphin99

After being immersed in tonight’s disgraceful attack on democracy in DC it reminds us of one of the most spectacular achievements in modern Irish history & that was the peaceful

Lucy Michael #BlackLivesMatter #EndDirectProvision

drlucymichael

The full text of the Dail statements on combatting racism from this morning has now been publishedhttps://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-06-17/2/ Some highlights for me... The thread that follows is not a comment on

Allyson Ng

zen_princess

Some Thoughts after watching @AodhanORiordain dail speech today. As an Irish person of mixed race I’ve always dealt with varying degrees of racism. As a child & as a teenager

Galway East YFG - The Patrick Hogan branch

PatrickHoganYFG

1/4: When Cumann na nGaedheal & the National Centre Party were negotiating a merger to establish Fine Gael in 1933, James Dillon favoured Patrick Hogan to become the first leader

Carol Ballantine

Cballantine

On the subject of the #motherandbabyhomesreport I just want to draw attention to one of many issues.Bizarrely, as @SarahAnneBuckle has mentioned, on p22 the report states: there is no evidence

Markie Moloney

MarkAgitprop

What's become very clear in recent days is that Fine Gael are seriously spooked by Sinn Féin's strong position in polls.They are no match for SF in Dáil or on

Ciara McShane

Ciara87C

To the British people who have briefly been following what’s going On. Basically, Dominic Cummings broke lock down to go see his family and Britain was up in arms. We

Rónan Hennigan

roosterhennigan

Very much agree with @desondy and I’d go a step further to say that white supremacy/racism and Irish nationalism have gone hand in hand for well over a hundred years.

David Kenny

dkennytcd

Two big problems here: government won’t ask for correspondence and government won’t answer questions about appointment because of the separation of powers. Both these stances are misguided. Appointment and removal

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