50 h. 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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3 d. 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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3 d. 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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3 d. 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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3 d. 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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3 d. 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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3 d. 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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3 d. 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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3 d. 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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3 d. 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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4 d. ago One image from yesterday's Dáil row dominates the front pages of today's newspapers

Tipperary TD Michael Lowry’s two-finger gesture features across today’s papers.

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4 d. ago Opposition say Coalition giving ‘two fingers’ to democracy with speaking slots for group led by Michael Lowry

Opposition stops short of tabling motion of no confidence in Ceann Comhairle following her decision to push through vote on controversial changes

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4 d. ago Michael Lowry gives masterclass in smug ingratitude amid Dáil chaos over speaking time

Two-digit TD for Tipperary gloated dismissively as Opposition raged over Ceann Comhairle’s decision to bring Dáil confrontation over speaking rights to abrupt end

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4 d. ago ‘Shame! Shame! Shame!’ Government accused of ‘sticking two fingers up’ to public

Michael Lowry, who is at the centre of a dispute that divided the Dáil, stuck two fingers up to members of the opposition as proceedings were adjourned amid chaotic scenes.

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4 d. ago Michael Lowry accused of giving ‘two fingers’ to the Irish people in Dáil video

The Tipperary North TD has been contacted for comment after he was caught apparently giving a V-sign in a video recorded by People Before Profit TD Paul Murphy.

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4 d. ago Dáil adjourned as Government pushes through controversial changes to speaking rights

Video footage shows Michael Lowry making a gesture towards the camera as the chants of ‘shame’ reverberate around the Dáil.

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4 d. ago Michael Lowry says he was telling Paul Murphy 'to sit down with my fingers'

An image of Lowry making a gesture at People Before Profit-Solidarity TD Paul Murphy was shared on social media.

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1 week ago Taoiseach rejects claim of stalling over Oireachtas committees to protect Michael Lowry group

Sinn Féin leader says Dáil in ‘cold storage’ and that Government’s priority is ‘money for junior Ministers’

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