Daily Fix: Monday
The latest highlights from the campaign trail – including: who’s the fairest of them all?
View ArticlePresident’s husband among Taoiseach’s 11 Seanad nominees
Dr Martin McAleese will become a member of the new Seanad – as will Eamon Coughlan and Fiach MacConghail.
View ArticleSenator: Bank workers should be taught suicide awareness
Labour Senator Lorraine Higgins has said that banks have “moral and legal responsibilities to customers”, who may be under “untold pressure” to repay debts.
View ArticleWomen of the west urged to take first step into political life
The Women for Election Galway Inspire event kicked off this morning.
View ArticleUlster Bank: petition calls for free banking until 2013
A cross-party petition signed by almost 100 Oireachtas members was delivered to Ulster Bank today.
View ArticleHere’s who could run for Fine Gael in Ireland South now John Bryan has ruled...
The former IFA president’s surprise decision not to seek the Fine Gael nomination leaves the party examining other options.
View ArticleLabour European elections candidate: ‘The EU isn’t a retirement ground’
Lorraine Higgins is running in the Midlands North-West elections for the EU Parliament.
View ArticleLabour Senator’s attack on election rival continues amid calls to withdraw...
An image, posted by Lorraine Higgins’s social media accounts, branded Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan a “turkey”.
View ArticleRónán Mullen dancing to Pharrell and 5 other slightly odd campaign videos
The campaign trail is proving to be an increasingly odd place to be.
View ArticleMEP hopeful says she will report poster vandalism to gardaí
Lorraine Higgins’s posters were defaced with the message ‘Pro Abort’.
View ArticleDogfights, protests and predictions of a recount: Everything happening in...
The first count in the constituency is due this afternoon.
View ArticleSenator: I was told I’d be hatcheted in the face as a way of murdering me
Labour senator Lorraine Higgins claims she has been subjected to a death threat on her Facebook page.
View Article‘Hatchet’ threat against MEP candidate to be examined — Rabbitte
Labour senator Lorraine Higgins was told she would be “hatcheted in the face” during the recent European election campaign.
View ArticleThese Labour TDs and Senators think we should have another abortion referendum
There are growing calls for repeal of the 8th Amendment.
View ArticleLabour Senator deletes Facebook page after being told she ‘should have been...
Lorraine Higgins also received death threats.
View ArticleA Labour senator thinks Ireland has become a lawless utopia in the past week
Lorraine Higgins is worried that water protests and other incidents will damage Ireland’s ability to attract foreign direct investment.
View ArticleA war of words has broken out between Fine Gael and Labour
A Labour senator has accused Fine Gael of ‘trying to hijack’ the party’s policies.
View ArticleInvestigation launched after thousands of personal documents found on side of...
Confidential documents were scattered on the Tuam to Athenry road.
View ArticleDoes missing the Irish Water deadline mean no €100 grant? A lot of people...
There was widespread confusion about whether those who did not register by the Monday midnight deadline would qualify for the water conservation grant.
View ArticleSenator told her head would be ripped off and shoved ‘where the sun don’t shine’
Lorraine Higgins said she believes the threat was a direct result of comments she made about jailed water protesters on Prime Time.
View ArticleSenator cracks down on cyberbullying after being told she’d be ‘hatcheted in...
Lorraine Higgins was also told she should have been aborted.
View ArticleSenator says cyberbullying bill could silence people like Mairia Cahill
Under the proposed law, a person could face 12 months in jail or a €5,000 fine.
View ArticleI’ve seen more than my fair share of abuse online, but Lorraine Higgins’ bill...
The abuse Senator Higgins has received is utterly unacceptable, but her solution is ill conceived, writes Tom Murphy of Boards.ie.
View Article‘We can’t have a law that excludes things just because somebody’s offended’
Communications Minister Alex White has spoken out against proposals from some within his own party to legislate against cyberbullying.
View ArticleThree Labour ministers who lost their Dáil seats are going for the Seanad
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, Kevin Humphreys and Ged Nash are all seeking a Leinster House comeback.
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