1 week ago Parents should ban children from using smartphones alone in their bedrom, minister says

Foley also spoke to The Journal about redress for mother and baby home survivors and working with TD Michael Lowry.

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1 week ago Parents should ban children from using smartphones alone in their bedroom, minister says

Foley also spoke to The Journal about redress for mother and baby home survivors and working with TD Michael Lowry.

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1 week ago Opposition were 'juvenile' and 'took a trouncing' during speaking rights row, Michael Lowry says

In a scathing statement last night, Lowry said that the opposition ‘took a trouncing’ yesterday.

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1 week ago Opposition behaved in juvenile and despicable manner, Michael Lowry says

Mr Lowry is a former Fine Gael minister.

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2 w. ago Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy bears ‘no ill will’ after winning confidence motion

Taoiseach accused Opposition of ‘mob politics’, while Sinn Féin leader said Verona Murphy’s role was ‘delivered’ by Michael Lowry

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2 w. ago 'She must go': Debate continues on motion of confidence in Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy

Members of the Opposition allege Murphy failed to act impartially and favoured the Government in her actions last week.

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2 w. ago Debate on motion of confidence in Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy begins in the Dáil

Independent Ireland linked today’s vote back to TD Michael Lowry.

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2 w. ago 'Stop the clock': Speaking rights row raised again ahead of Verona Murphy's confidence vote

Independent Ireland linked today’s vote back to TD Michael Lowry.

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2 w. ago Barry Heneghan moves Dáil seat away from Michael Lowry to emphasise his ‘independent’ status

The Dublin Bay North TD will remain a member of the Lowry technical group and will continue to support the Government

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2 w. ago Michael Lowry gave two fingers to the public. Their message back to the Government is equally concise

Political careers of Tipperary North TD and Verona Murphy should have been over long before either got into this mess

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2 w. ago Dear Tipperary North voter, I’m furious with you for foisting Michael Lowry on us all

This week’s episode of Lowry’s One Foot in the Gravy Train has surely finally dragged the scales from the eyes of voters who have consistently re-elected him in the 14 years since the Moriarty Tribunal

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2 w. ago ‘I fully intend to continue’: Verona Murphy rejects ‘unfounded allegations’ of partiality and ‘will remain’ as Ceann Comhairle

Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy responds as Opposition publishes no-confidence motion

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2 w. ago Can Michael Lowry be sanctioned for gesticulating at Paul Murphy?

No TD in the last two decades has been sanctioned for breaching the Dáil code of conduct.

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2 w. ago Opposition parties publish motion of no confidence in Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy

Murphy now faces a choice of whether to leave or face down the Opposition in a vote likely to take place next week

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2 w. ago Michael Lowry says he stuck two fingers up to opposition after being provoked

Independent TD Michael Lowry also said it was not made with malicious intent.

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2 w. ago ‘You need to go’: Mary Lou McDonald tells Verona Murphy the Opposition has lost confidence in her as Ceann Comhairle

Murphy now faces a choice of whether to leave or face down the Opposition in a vote likely to take place next week

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2 w. ago Michael Lowry says raising two fingers in the Dáil was an 'errant gesture' not meant to offend

Taoiseach Micheál Martin said earlier that Lowry should apoligise.

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2 w. ago Opposition to express loss of confidence in Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy today

Murphy now faces a choice of whether to leave or face down the Opposition in a vote likely to take place next week

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2 w. ago Opposition leaders meet to decide on no confidence motion in Ceann Comhairle after chaotic Dáil scenes

Coalition’s attempts to pass new speaking slots for Government-supporting Independents, led by Michael Lowry, caused adjournment at 3.45pm yesterday

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2 w. ago Dáil to resume in wake of unprecedented scenes over speaking rights

Coalition’s attempts to pass new speaking slots for Government-supporting Independents, led by Michael Lowry, caused adjournment at 3.45pm yesterday

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