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The most memorable insults made in the Dáil

The recent debate on Dáil speaking time wasn’t exactly a shining example of parliamentary deco...

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14.21 7 Apr 2025


The most memorable insults made in the Dáil


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14.21 7 Apr 2025


The recent debate on Dáil speaking time wasn’t exactly a shining example of parliamentary decorum, but it was far from the first time such behaviour reared its ugly head in Leinster House…

Diarmaid Ferriter is Professor of Modern Irish History in UCD, and he has been looking at some of the more colourful exchanges down through the years. He joins Seán to discuss.


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