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Hugh O'Connell Journalist
  • Dublin
  • Irish Independent/Sunday Independent

Hugh O'Connell is a Political Correspondent with Independent News and Media writing on Irish politics, Brexit and EU matters across the Irish Independent, Sunday Independent, The Herald and Independent.ie

843 Articles
1 day ago
independent.ie

Revealed – the Whatsapp message from Eamon Ryan’s communications chief telling Greens not to comm...

Green TDs and senators were told by Eamon Ryan’s communications chief not to comment publicly on how they planned to ...

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2 days ago
independent.ie

New scheme for State to purchase tenants’ homes and rent it back to them amid eviction row

A scheme for local authorities or housing bodies to purchase a tenant’s home and rent it back to them will be in plac...

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4 days ago
independent.ie

Neasa Hourigan to back Sinn Féin on eviction ban as Coalition faces no confidence vote

Green Party TD Neasa Hourigan will vote against her own government colleagues next week as the Coalition also faces a...

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5 days ago
independent.ie

Neasa Hourigan to back Sinn Féin on eviction ban, as Coalition also faces no confidence vote from...

Green Party TD Neasa Hourigan will vote against her own government colleagues next week as the Coalition also faces a...

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5 days ago
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Ivana Bacik: ‘We will have no choice but to put down a motion of no confidence in the Government’

A political poison-pen-letter about the role and influence of Dermot Ryan, an adviser to Ivana Bacik, has sparked muc...

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5 days ago
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Green Party in choppy waters as Twitter storm and WhatsApp disputes escalate

Green TD Steven Matthews apologised to the party’s deputy leader Catherine Martin over a misunderstanding after he ma...

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8 days ago
independent.ie

WhatsApp row shows dissent is heard within the Green Party but isn’t tolerated

An unsavoury WhatsApp row over an ill-fated tweet has again exposed deep divisions in the Green Party – divisions tha...

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9 days ago
independent.ie

Green Party politicians trade blows in WhatsApp group over ‘snake behaviour’

Green politicians traded bitter blows over WhatsApp with accusations of “snake behaviour” after the party’s new direc...

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9 days ago
independent.ie

‘Leak that!’ – Green Party politicians trade blows in WhatsApp group over ‘snake behaviour’

Green politicians traded bitter blows over WhatsApp with accusations of “snake behaviour” after the party’s new direc...

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9 days ago
independent.ie

Greens warned not to discuss tweet by new communications head describing their own TD as ‘not sen...

GREEN TDs, senators and councillors have been warned not to discuss the party's director of communications describing...

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19 days ago
independent.ie

The official Covid inquiry: expect hard questions — and even tougher answers

For a while it seemed we would not get the public inquiry into how the State handled the Covid-19 pandemic that some ...

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19 days ago
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Most of us believe Ireland did a good job with Covid, but worry about the ongoing impact of lockd...

Two-thirds of the public believe Covid lockdowns, including the long-term closure of schools, are continuing to affec...

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