2 d. ago Irish premier rounds on opposition parties as confidence motion gets under way

The Dail is debating a confidence motion in Ceann Comhairle (speaker) Verona Murphy.

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3 d. ago Dail speaker needs to ‘build bridges’ with opposition after confidence vote – TD

Labour’s Ged Nash said that the Ceann Comhairle needed to show that she is ‘not in any way partisan’.

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3 d. ago ‘Unfair’ to blame speaker for controversial Dail changes – Irish premier

Micheal Martin said it was a ‘bit rich’ for the opposition to blame the Ceann Comhairle after creating widespread disruption.

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8 d. ago Dail speaker ‘fully intends’ to stay on as opposition plan no confidence vote

Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy also ‘categorically’ rejected the opposition’s accusations of partiality.

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8 d. ago Dail speaker to remain in role as opposition plan no confidence vote

Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy also ‘categorically’ rejected the opposition’s accusations of partiality.

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1 week ago A bridge too far! Network Rail surrender after war movie star Edward Fox spoke out over controversial railway crossing in his hometown

The actor (pictured), 87, has spent nearly a decade fighting plans, proposed in 2017, to build a 'hideous' modern foot bridge over the Grade II-listed Victorian station in Wareham, Dorset.

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