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    May 25, 2018
    Irish Times exit poll projects Ireland has voted by landslide to repeal Eighth Amendment
    A member of the public holding a Yes placard in Fairview, Dublin as Ireland voted in the abortion referendum. Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty
    Irish Times exit poll projects Ireland has voted by landslide to repeal Eighth
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    Jul 11, 2018
    Standing ovation as Seanad backs Bill banning Israeli settlement goods
    Mona Abdulmagid from Gaza at a gathering of people outside Leinster House to show support for the Occupied Territories Bill
    Standing ovation as Seanad backs Bill banning Israeli settlement goods
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    May 31, 2023
    Catholic Church’s ‘near monopoly control’ of primary schools should end, Holly Cairns says via @IrishTimesPol
    Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins
    Catholic Church’s ‘near monopoly control’ of primary schools should end, Holly Cairns says
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    Feb 4, 2019
    Nicola Sturgeon backs Irish Government on backstop stance irishtimes.com/news/politics/… via @IrishTimesPol
    While Scotland valued the practical benefits of EU membership “we also value the principles that he EU exemplifies – that nations can and should co-operate as equals for the common good,” Nicola Sturgeon said. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire
    Nicola Sturgeon backs Irish Government on backstop stance
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    Nov 28, 2024
    Mary Lou McDonald indicates Sinn Féin voters should transfer to Social Democrats or PBP irishtimes.com/politics/2024/… via @IrishTimesPol
    Sinn Féin Leader Mary Lou McDonald speaking to the media outside the gates of Government Buildings, Dublin. Photograph: Collins Photos
    General election: Mary Lou McDonald indicates Sinn Féin voters should transfer to Social Democrats...
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    Jun 22, 2018
    President tells Government of intention to seek second term
    As the incumbent, President Michael D. Higgins can nominate himself for a second term. Photograph: Toms Kalnins/EPA
    President tells Government of intention to seek second term
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    Mar 7, 2024
    Wording for referendum proposals would have ‘real effects’, says AG in unpublished advice irishtimes.com/politics/2024/… via @IrishTimesPol
    Attorney General Rossa Fanning. Photograph: Aidan Crawley/The Irish Times
    Care referendum proposals would have ‘real effects’, says AG in unpublished advice
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    Nov 21, 2018
    Seanad backs giving citizenship rights to all Irish-born children irishtimes.com/news/politics/… via @IrishTimesPol
    Labour Party Senators Ivana Bacik and Aodhán Ó Ríordáin speak to the media ahead of the debate of Labour’s Irish Nationality and Citizenship Bill 2018. Photograph: Tom Honan for The Irish Times
    Seanad backs giving citizenship rights to all Irish-born children
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    Jul 18, 2018
    Constance Markievicz to be formally recognised as Westminster’s first female MP
    Constance Markievicz: like all Sinn Féin MPs she was elected on an abstentionist platform
    Constance Markievicz to be formally recognised as Westminster’s first female MP
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    Jul 10, 2023
    People Before Profit TD Bríd Smith to retire from politics at next general election via @IrishTimesPol
    Brid Smith TD has announced she will retire from politics at the next general election, having served two terms in the Dáil. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins
    ‘A model socialist’: People Before Profit TD Bríd Smith to retire from politics at next election
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    Nov 28, 2017
    Girl (7) granted licence for use of medicinal cannabis
    Vera Twomey touching the gates of Leinster House after her marathon walk in March 2017 in support of her campaign for her daughter Ava Barry. Photograph: Cyril Byrne/The Irish Times
    Girl (7) granted licence for use of medicinal cannabis
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    Jun 1, 2022
    Neutrality and Palestine would top foreign policy of Sinn Féin government - McDonald irishtimes.com/politics/2022/… via @IrishTimesPol
    Sinn Fein party president Mary Lou McDonald attends a press conference at the European Parliament, in Brussels, Belgium. Photograph: Stephanie Lecocq/EPA
    Neutrality and Palestine would top foreign policy of Sinn Féin government - McDonald
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    Dec 13, 2018
    Leo Varadkar suggests UK could pause Brexit process irishtimes.com/news/politics/… via @IrishTimesPol
    Taoiseach Leo Varadkar arrives for a European Summit in Brussels, Belgium. Photograph: Ludovic Marin/AFP/Getty Images
    Leo Varadkar suggests UK could pause Brexit process
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    Oct 11, 2021
    Partition of Ireland was ‘a terrible mistake’, says Simon Coveney irishtimes.com/news/politics/… via @IrishTimesPol
    Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney said four churches had come together to try to take the politics out of the issue. File photograph: Cyril Byrne
    Partition of Ireland was ‘a terrible mistake’, says Simon Coveney
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