# 🇮🇪 Irish Elections 2020

**URL:** <https://www.sotonians.com/t/irish-elections-2020/5460>\
**Category:** Reasonably serious discussion\
**Created:** [3 February 2020 21:56 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/irish-elections-2020/5460 "2020-02-03T21:56:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![pap](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/pap/32/74795_2.png) [@pap](https://www.sotonians.com/u/pap)\
**Post date:** [25 February 2020 18:08 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/irish-elections-2020/5460/41 "2020-02-25T18:08:15Z")

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First bit is in Irish. She switches to English about a third of the way through. Love Catherine Connolly.

[![](https://discourse-sotonians-uploads.s3.dualstack.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/9/7/97aa009c3744ab2a6518404701431b60aa889570.jpeg "Catherine Connolly TD's nomination for Taoiseach of the 33rd Dáil") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoFBZK_V-PM)

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**Author:** ![Polski\_Filip](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/polski_filip/32/75318_2.png) [@Polski\_Filip](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Polski_Filip)\
**Post date:** [23 August 2020 23:35 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/irish-elections-2020/5460/42 "2020-08-23T23:35:39Z")

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Ah Golf.  
Who could imagine a simple Golf Society dinner could fvck up an entire Government

> **[GolfGate: The hotel event causing chaos in Ireland](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53881363)**
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> The golf dinner that led to recriminations, resignations and the recall of the Irish parliament.

Could even impact on the Brexit negotiations

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**Author:** ![CB-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/cb-saint/32/95251_2.png) [@CB-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/u/CB-Saint)\
**Post date:** [24 August 2020 10:46 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/irish-elections-2020/5460/43 "2020-08-24T10:46:04Z")

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Doubt it - the Irish EU commissioner who went is refusing to resign whereas the Irish Ministers have done

I guess the decision is based upon your accountability at the polls.

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**Author:** ![pap](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/pap/32/74795_2.png) [@pap](https://www.sotonians.com/u/pap)\
**Post date:** [9 November 2020 12:37 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/irish-elections-2020/5460/44 "2020-11-09T12:37:50Z")

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> **[Motion of no-confidence in Varadkar tabled by Sinn Féin to be debated next week](https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/motion-of-no-confidence-in-varadkar-tabled-by-sinn-f%C3%A9in-to-be-debated-next-week-1.4402338)**
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> Move follows controversy about Tánaiste’s leaking of new GPs’ contract last year

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