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Why Sinead Gibney wanted to be a TD

It's been well documented how much of this week was chaotic in the Dáil. A motion of no confiden...

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18.22 27 Mar 2025


Why Sinead Gibney wanted to be a TD


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18.22 27 Mar 2025


It's been well documented how much of this week was chaotic in the Dáil.

A motion of no confidence is coming next week for Ceann Comhairle, and the Government will place confidence in Verona Murphy... all while, at least in the view of the public, not a lot else is being done.

So, why would a new TD want to come into this?

Sinead Gibney is Social Democrats TD for Dublin Rathdown, and is former Chief Commissioner of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission. She joins Kieran to discuss.


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