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Flanagan first held political office in 1942, when he was elected as a Councillor to Laois County Council, a position he would hold for almost forty-five years.. He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as an Independent TD for the Laois–Offaly constituency at the 1943 general election — the third youngest person ever to have been elected to the Dáil at that time.
There was no debate on the motion itself; the adjournment debate for the summer recess was held immediately beforehand and served in effect as the debate on the Labour and Fine Gael confidence motions. 8 July 1966 [d 17] 11th: Fianna Fáil: Fine Gael Liam Cosgrave: 12 (54–66) [v 9] That Dáil Éireann has no confidence in the present Government.
Haughey was using the phrase "an Irish solution to an Irish problem" in the same approbatory sense as before. In the ensuing Dáil debate, Fianna Fáil TDs Kit Ahern [24] and Niall Andrews [25] quoted Haughey's description approvingly in supporting the Bill. However, liberal opponents of the 1979 Act quoted Haughey's words ironically and ...
Contemporaneous record of the debate on the Treaty in Dáil Éireann. Record of the Dáil debate on the Treaty and vote on the 7 January 1922. De Valera's preferred Treaty, 'Document No.2', published on 10 January 1922. Dáil may not vote before Christmas – New York Times archive, 19 December 1921.
Title [a] Year Type [b] Proposer Stage reached Subject, notes Ref. Third: 1941: PMB: Fine Gael: Second stage (defeated) Judges: process for impeachment; make more rigorous by requiring two-thirds majority resolution of each House; extend protection from Supreme Court and High Court to lower-court judges
On 28 April 1949, Jawaharlal Nehru, the Prime Minister of India, was received on the floor of the Dáil; he did not make a speech. [42]On 21 January 2019, a programme of events in the Mansion House, to mark the centenary of the First Dáil, included an address by President Michael D. Higgins [43] [44] and a joint sitting of the 32nd Dáil and 25th Seanad; [45] [43] however, the address was not ...
The Social Democrats have had “a positive day” as they look set to grow their representation in the Dail parliament. Party leader Holly Cairns, who gave birth to a baby girl on polling day, is ...
In the debate on the nomination of Taoiseach, Fianna Fáil leader and outgoing Taoiseach Éamon de Valera and former Taoiseach John A. Costello of Fine Gael were both proposed. The nomination of de Valera was defeated with 66 votes cast in favour and 78 against, while the nomination of Costello was approved by 79 to 66. [1]