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THE DÁIL COMMITTEE on Procedures and Privileges is to examine the opening hours of the Dáil bar, according to Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams, in the wake of controversy over late-night drinking by deputies.
The recent late-night sitting of the Dáil to discuss the abortion bill and the infamous lapgate incident involving two Fine Gael TDs has reignited debate about the appropriateness of bar opening hours after the private members’ bar was found to be open until 5am.
Adams has said that the Ceann Comhairle Seán Barrett has referred the opening hours to the Committee on Procedure and Privileges although Barrett has previously indicated he has no issue with TDs having access to the bar until the early hours of the morning.
In a letter to Barrett, Adams raised concerns about the effects of long sitting hours on staff working in Leinster House and also complained about the behaviour of deputies.
“I’m sure you may be further concerned with the declining standards of behaviour and the increased boisterous and raucous outbursts during late sittings, which I believe are linked to the longer opening hours,” Adams said in a letter to the Ceann Comhairle.
He also inquired as to whether the bar has a licence or not, saying he had been told that it does not. “If this is the case, could you let me know how this is so?” Adams asked Barrett in his letter.
The Sinn Féin TD has previously raised issues with the Private Member’s Bar in Leinster House, remarking that at least two TDs in his earshot were intoxicated when the IBRC liquidation bill was debated in February.
Several TDs have since confirmed they were drinking on the night that the Dáil debated the Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill although many said they had only “one or two”.
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They are going to start telling the truth?
Ah now… Be fair! This is the Daily Heil we’re talking about. They wouldn’t know the truth if it came up and slapped them on their “Outraged of Tunbridge Wells” arses.
The best possible change for that hate-filled, bile-spewing rag is to crawl back under the slimy rock it came out from, and to die there
Any chance they might stop printing this rag?
This rag only prints stuff to get a reaction…nothing more, they don’t care about the public interest or people’s well being. Don’t believe me…lets take one example from 2009 shall we…
In April 2009, blogger The Lay Scientist noted an interesting discrepancy in the policy of the Daily Mail. On the British edition, known for its scare stories on health, there was a demand to stop the compulsory administration of the HPV cervical cancer vaccine. This is fair enough as these people will go against any medical treatment given away for free.
However, on the Irish edition there was a campaign to “roll out the vaccine now!” demanding that the government issue it immediately – as in Ireland, it wasn’t going to be issued as freely as in Britain.
The Daily Mail and the Irish Daily Mail are owned by the same people and have the same (alleged) editorial stance – this wasn’t a case of The Guardian saying one thing and The Express saying another. This has led to people declaring that the Mail’s true position is “whatever the government is for, we’re against.”
source: http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Daily_Mail
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/apr/18/bad-science-cancer-jabs-daily-mail
What the Hell is wrong with the people in the 10% market share . Why would u buy that tripe
It’s going to be savagely deleted from the annals of history?
Can one hope for too much?!?!
Your beloved Guardian is going broke. :)
I wouldnt wrap my fish and chips in the mail. But I winds up the hippies and diversity darlings no end.
Cant be that bad, so!
Loving this comment thread. It validates my hatred of this awful newspaper
Haters will hate but what do you know about the media and how it works?
If you’re looking to TheJournal.ie comment section for validation of your views, you’re doing something awfully wrong.
Good Point. I’ll get my coat
The “Irish” Daily Mail is so utterly offensive in every possible way. It’s tried it’s best to whip up outrage the way it does in the UK, but thankfully it hasn’t really worked.
I found it laughable that they were *attacking* Phil Hogan for saving his constituents from having to live with Travellers in the vicinity. The Fail is usually such a bastion of support for minorities!!
On that note its time for the Daily Mail Song
Knock them all you want but they’ve reported quite a few stories the other Irish papers wouldn’t touch.
Like ?
Mainly stories relating to the economic collapse and the people involved.
Here’s one: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1382368/I-shouted-stop-Finance-Department-mandarin-warned-crash-seven-times–ALL-ignored.html#ixzz1LDOFuNZg
They also did a good expose on Seanie Fitz and his lending to family members, including his college student daughter. I’m no particular fan of them, their agenda and the manner in which they report news but when actual Irish papers run scared of reporting news, we need an outside paper to do it. A good example is their story on Cowen asking the NTMA to invest in Anglo. That was the final nail in the coffin and brought about the early election. Because the IT and Indo didn’t have the balls to run that story, we could have been stuck with Cowen for longer.
Just because The Mail did “exposes” doesn’t mean that there was any truth to them whatsoever. Chances are these “exposes” were fabricated on a slow news day and peddled to their idiot readers as fact. The Daily Mail can piss off, and take that other virus The Sunday Independent with them.
Ruari, you can apply that to any news outlet. Regardless of you hating the Mail, the very fact that it’s not part of the establishment here, like the Indo and Times, is a good thing for the media in Ireland as like someone else commented, it means that the paper will take on stories that the other two wouldn’t touch.
Associated Newspapers may be British but painting both editions as one and the same is pure laziness. There are plenty of columnists in the Irish Mail who would be regularly critical of the British establishment (they even employ Joe Higgins for feck sake!) and most of the reporters are Irish thereby ensuring most of the stories are Irish. Yes, it goes to extremes with its awful coverage of the British royals but all the others do it too.
Oh, I disagree… I wouldn’t think that the Indo are averse to making up a story or two to peddle their muck. But I agree with you about the Irish Times. They are way too reputable.
changing editors causes/cures cancer.
People who read thejournal hate the daily mail.
How utterly predictable.
I honestly can’t understand how anyone wouldn’t hate the Daily Mail… aside from the people who work for it, obviously!
Well, I don’t know either as I don’t buy it. ;)
However, if you start reading it online, you’ll find it strangely addictive…
You’d be surprised by some articles (and utterly unsurprised by others), like the one about “Was Monty’s finest hour just a pointless bloodbath? Historians claim El Alamein – which began 70 years ago today – sacrificed thousands for the sake of propaganda”
Not what one would expect from the Daily Mail…
People who set up twitter account’s just to comment on the journal support the daily mail, how surprising.
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The Daily Hate Mail was rabidly anti-Irish throughout the 20th century. You could have knocked me over with a feather when they opened an Irish edition. Surely the most racist and vitriolic paper in respect of the Irish ever to see print couldn’t get a foothold here, I thought? You’d have better chances selling signed photos of George W Bush in Bin Laden’s cave, I thought. But no. There’s clearly 10% of people with no understanding of recent, modern history whatsoever.
Or they just bought it for the free CDs.
The Irish editions are decent enough reads
good crossword, good sports and good for lighting the fire
There’s no real journalism in that paper, just regurgitations of comments and stories found online that they then “quote” as said to their reporters. It’s a joke!
” Whatever the government is for, they’re against” They just print stuff to create a reaction” etc etc. Sounds like a paper made for the majority of commentors on the Journal if you ask me. What’s the problem? :)
Ink never refused paper!…as they say…also today’s newspaper,tomorrow’s fish and chip wrapper..:-)..
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