US EditionAs it happened: Dáil votes on speaking plan amid chaos
- Irish Parliament was chaotic today as MPs shouted and heckled after the Government won a Dáil vote to increase speaking rights for backbenchers, angering opposition parties.
- Opposition parties, including Labour and Sinn Féin, were furious about the amendment, claiming it demonstrated government favoritism.
- Dáil Speaker Verona Murphy reprimanded the opposition MPs for their behavior, calling it "an absolute disgrace."
- Taoiseach Michéal Martin defended the decision, stating it allows backbench TDs to speak once a year during question time.
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Senan Molony: Squabbling TDs should remember Abraham Lincoln’s famous dictum that ‘a house divided against itself cannot stand’
Where do we go from here in the speaking-rights row? As ever, there is a short-term scenario. There is also a mid-term outlook. But there may not be a long-term one, because it is conceivable that a poisoned 34th Dáil will not now run its five-year course.
'Absolute disgrace!' Irish MPs erupt in fury as Dáil witnesses shouting and heckling chaos
Irish MPs erupted in fury today as its Parliament was reduced to chaos by heckling and shouting. Earlier this afternoon, the Irish Government won a Dáil vote to make an amendment to increase speaking rights for its own party’s backbenchers - leaving opposition politicians up in arms. In an attempt to control the commotion, Dáil Speaker Verona Murphy reprimanded the raving representatives and told them that their behaviour was “an absolute disgra…
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