Seanad told that backlog in passport applications being cleared
More than 12,000 passports issued in last week and 4,000 at ‘final stage’ of processing
Bitter exchanges in Seanad as €4m donation to Sinn Féin debated
Upper House votes for party to return most of bequest but decision has no legal effect
Government urged to appeal ruling that ‘Hooded Men’ not tortured
SF Senator Niall Ó Donnghaile wants appeal against decision made by ECHR in March
Ifta winner John Connors spurns BBC over language issue
Actor says he was ‘disgusted’ by presenter Stephen Nolan’s ‘mockery’ of Irish language
Open dedicated office for NI Irish passports, urges Senator
SF Senator Niall Ó Donnghaile urges Government to ‘put its money where its mouth is’
Flanagan says mediation will be voluntary under new Bill
Women’s Aid worry victims of domestic abuse may be pressurised into mediation
Seanad adjourned amid FF-SF row over Garda Commissioner
Diarmuid Wilson (FF) claims SF ‘colleagues’ in IRA removed gardaí by murdering them
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