Person: Dara Calleary

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Brexit
Hogan hits out at Varadkar and Martin after 2020 Golfgate downfall
Phil Hogan says he is still 'annoyed about what happened', despite apologising 'fully and unreservedly' at the time of the Golfgate controversy

Wed, 21 Dec, 2022

Irish Examiner View: Dara Calleary’s resignation was different
Irish Examiner View: Dara Calleary’s resignation was different
By taking ownership of his actions in the Golfgate saga Calleary did the right thing at the right time

Thu, 01 Sep, 2022

Elaine Loughlin: Hard work and humility have brought Dara Calleary back in from the cold
Elaine Loughlin: Hard work and humility have brought Dara Calleary back in from the cold
Dara Calleary's response to Golfgate contrasts with Coalition colleagues such as Simon Coveney and Barry Cowen — and not least Robert Troy, who stood down with a classic non-apology

Wed, 31 Aug, 2022

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Dara Calleary replaces Robert Troy as Minister of State
Mr Calleary, who was forced to resign after the golfgate controversy, had been tipped for the role along with Kildare TD James Lawless.

Wed, 31 Aug, 2022

Dara Calleary tipped to be Robert Troy's successor 
Dara Calleary tipped to be Robert Troy's successor 
The former agriculture minister left his previous role after his involvement in the 'golfgate' controversy in 2020

Tue, 30 Aug, 2022

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Dara Calleary and James Lawless among frontrunners to replace Troy in Government 
Mayo TD Dara Calleary, who stood down as minister for agriculture following the Golfgate scandal, is tipped as a frontrunner to replace Robert Troy at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment

Fri, 26 Aug, 2022

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'I have not tried to conceal anything': Robert Troy steps down after a torrid 10 days 
Dara Calleary is mentioned as a replacement as junior minister resigns due to omissions in his declaration of interests

Thu, 25 Aug, 2022

Taoiseach: 'Disproportionate' to compare Troy to previous sacked ministers 
Taoiseach: 'Disproportionate' to compare Troy to previous sacked ministers 
On Friday the Irish Examiner revealed that Mr Troy had failed for nine months to register the rental of his former home in Westmeath with the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB), a legal requirement.

Tue, 23 Aug, 2022

Irish Energy inflation costs
Daniel McConnell: Martin has steadied the Fianna Fáil ship — but where is it headed?
Micheál Martin has turned around his own fortunes and those of his party — but many are now asking what Fianna Fáil stands for

Sun, 15 May, 2022

Daniel McConnell: In his own words, Phil Hogan was the author of his own downfall
Daniel McConnell: In his own words, Phil Hogan was the author of his own downfall
Despite recent revisionist interpretations, the facts make nonsense of the notion that the former European commissioner had been hung out to dry after Golfgate

Sat, 26 Feb, 2022

Michael Clifford: The reality is that golfgate struck a public nerve
Michael Clifford: The reality is that golfgate struck a public nerve
Legally, as Judge Fahy noted, everything was done correctly — but the symbolism of what the gathering represented is what provoked all the outrage, writes Michael Clifford.

Thu, 03 Feb, 2022

Dara Calleary could see people in other room through 'opening in partition' at Golfgate dinner
Dara Calleary could see people in other room through 'opening in partition' at Golfgate dinner
Mr McDowell SC for Noel Grealish said his client would not be giving evidence as he had no case to answer

Thu, 03 Feb, 2022

Coronavirus - Tue Jul 27, 2021
Daniel McConnell: Micheál Martin and Fianna Fáil edge ever closer to oblivion 
Fianna Fáil's parliamentary party, livid over the scant in-house discussion of the party's poor polling, may be inclined to rebel

Sat, 28 Aug, 2021

Elaine Loughlin: How do we navigate farcical Covid guidelines?
Elaine Loughlin: How do we navigate farcical Covid guidelines?
It is all a matter of interpretation, something our politicians seem to be very skilled at

Wed, 04 Aug, 2021

FILE PHOTO Dara Calleary TD has resigned from his position as Deputy Leader of Fianna Fail END
Calleary 'may leave FF' as rural TDs step up pressure on mica
Former minister is among Coalition TDs insiting homeowners should get full redress

Thu, 17 Jun, 2021

Mica Protest Dublin
Government aims to produce Mica solution by the end of July
Following a protest of more than 10,000 people outside the Dáil and the Convention Centre, a time-bound working group has been established to produce a solution by the end of next month

Tue, 15 Jun, 2021

Brexit
EU Commission  apologises for 'mistake' over triggering Article 16
'Deeply regretted' move, which would have stopped the importation of vaccines into the North, driven by 'lack of transparency'

Tue, 16 Feb, 2021

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Golfgate: Fine Gael restores party whip to senators who attended
Sentors Jerry Buttimer, Paddy Burke and John Cummins had the whip removed after attending the Oireachtas Golf Society dinner last August.

Tue, 12 Jan, 2021

The Oireachtas Golf Society event
Golfgate hotel has liquor licence renewed despite garda investigations
Two Garda investigations are currently ongoing regarding Golfgate - one into the whether or not the hotel itself obeyed Covid-19 regulations

Mon, 12 Oct, 2020

FILE PHOTO Minister Dara Calleary has apologised after attending a golf event with 80 other people, which may have breached Covi
Dara Calleary resigns after breaching Covid-19 guidelines at Galway golf event
The Irish Examiner revealed the Agriculture Minister attended a golf function for 80 people on Wednesday night.

Fri, 21 Aug, 2020

The plan to restore and replant Ireland's Wild Atlantic bogs
The plan to restore and replant Ireland's Wild Atlantic bogs
2,100 hectares currently planted with spruce and pine forests will be restored with re-wetted bog and replanted with native woodlands.

Mon, 10 Aug, 2020

Paul Hosford: Micheál Martin wouldn't have imagined his first nine days as Taoiseach going like this
Paul Hosford: Micheál Martin wouldn't have imagined his first nine days as Taoiseach going like this
The first time he took Leaders' Questions from the government side of the Dáil chamber will have played out differently had Micheál Martin ever imagined it.

Mon, 06 Jul, 2020

Daniel McConnell: As Martin reaches promised land, the knives are out in Fianna Fáil
Daniel McConnell: As Martin reaches promised land, the knives are out in Fianna Fáil
"On several levels, it has been a week that has exposed many deep and worrying sores within the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party."

Fri, 03 Jul, 2020

Micheál Martin under continued fire from Fianna Fáil veterans over cabinet appointments
Micheál Martin under continued fire from Fianna Fáil veterans over cabinet appointments
Party discipline within Fianna Fáil appeared to be breaking down with Taoiseach Micheál Martin coming under intense fire over his ministerial appointments.

Fri, 03 Jul, 2020

Daniel McConnell: Six days into the Fianna Fáil ministerial row and recriminations are still flying
Daniel McConnell: Six days into the Fianna Fáil ministerial row and recriminations are still flying
Most Cabinet appointments and reshuffles bring a degree of unhappiness, disappointment, and resentment. But, Mr Martin’s choices to fill his Cabinet and junior ministerial ranks have truly turned into a messy quagmire which has overshadowed his rise to power.

Thu, 02 Jul, 2020

'Very unusual' to have no ministers from west of Shannon, Leo Varadkar says
'Very unusual' to have no ministers from west of Shannon, Leo Varadkar says
Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has accepted that it is "very unusual" for there to be no Cabinet ministers from west of the River Shannon.

Tue, 30 Jun, 2020

Dara Calleary was 'angry' when not appointed to ministerial role
Dara Calleary was 'angry' when not appointed to ministerial role
The Mayo TD was a shock omission from the ministerial ranks of Michéal Martin's government on Saturday, though he will sit at cabinet as Chief Whip and junior minister at the Department of the Taoiseach.

Mon, 29 Jun, 2020

Juno McEnroe: The honeymoon period for Micheál Martin is already over
Juno McEnroe: The honeymoon period for Micheál Martin is already over
Political honeymoons can be brief, especially for incoming leaders.

Mon, 29 Jun, 2020

Micheál Martin 'need not show his nose in Mayo' after Calleary snub, local party members say
Micheál Martin 'need not show his nose in Mayo' after Calleary snub, local party members say
The chair of the Ballina Fianna Fáil comhairle ceantar has blasted new Taoiseach Micheál Martin for not picking the party's deputy leader as one of his senior Cabinet members.

Mon, 29 Jun, 2020

'I was that angry person': Dara Calleary reacts to Ministerial snub
'I was that angry person': Dara Calleary reacts to Ministerial snub
Dara Calleary says he had an "incredibly difficult" conversation with Micheal Martin and was "angry" when he was not appointed to a ministerial role.

Mon, 29 Jun, 2020

New cabinet to meet for the first time today
New cabinet to meet for the first time today
Cabinet Ministers are meeting this afternoon in their new roles.

Mon, 29 Jun, 2020

Daniel McConnell: No time for new leader Martin to rest on his laurels
Daniel McConnell: No time for new leader Martin to rest on his laurels
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has defended his decision not to appoint Dara Calleary as a full Cabinet minister.

Mon, 29 Jun, 2020

'All systems go' for new taoiseach Micheál Martin's historic coalition Government
'All systems go' for new taoiseach Micheál Martin's historic coalition Government
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has insisted “it is all systems go” for his Government, which holds its first full Cabinet meeting today.

Mon, 29 Jun, 2020

Chief whip role gives FF deputy leader Calleary ‘voice at Cabinet’
Chief whip role gives FF deputy leader Calleary ‘voice at Cabinet’
Fianna Fáil Deputy Leader Dara Calleary will be an integral voice at cabinet, despite not being a senior minister, his colleagues have insisted.

Sun, 28 Jun, 2020

Flanagan, Madigan among high-profile casualties of cabinet appointments
Flanagan, Madigan among high-profile casualties of cabinet appointments
Around Leinster House on Saturday, there were three groups - those who got the call, those who didn't although they hoped they might, and those who entered the day with no expectation of a call at all.

Sun, 28 Jun, 2020

Martin criticised for not appointing more regionally balanced Cabinet
Martin criticised for not appointing more regionally balanced Cabinet
Micheál Martin has been accused of abandoning parts of the country, by failing to appoint a more regionally balanced Cabinet of ministers.

Sun, 28 Jun, 2020

Helen McEntee appointed Justice Minister as Michéal Martin's Cabinet takes shape
Helen McEntee appointed Justice Minister as Michéal Martin's Cabinet takes shape
The Green Party's Eamon Ryan will be Transport and Climate Minister, with his party colleagues Roderic O'Gorman and Catherine Martin set to join him in Equality and Communications respectively.

Sat, 27 Jun, 2020

Micheál Martin promises to 'get people back to work' following 'historic' coalition agreement
Micheál Martin promises to 'get people back to work' following 'historic' coalition agreement
Incoming Taoiseach Micheál Martin has promised a major national economic recovery plan and multi-billion euro stimulus as early as next month to “get people back to work”.

Fri, 26 Jun, 2020

Jim O'Callaghan 'will not be Attorney General'
Jim O'Callaghan 'will not be Attorney General'
Fianna Fáil TD Jim O’Callaghan will not be offered the position of Attorney General, thus ending speculation linking him with the post.

Fri, 26 Jun, 2020

Daniel McConnell: Martin on cusp of glory but road was messy, painful and prolonged
Daniel McConnell: Martin on cusp of glory but road was messy, painful and prolonged
The smile on the face said it all.

Mon, 15 Jun, 2020

'I didn't think we'd be a scapegoat until we got into government': Thursday deadline to be missed as talks drag on
'I didn't think we'd be a scapegoat until we got into government': Thursday deadline to be missed as talks drag on
Green Party sources say that recent reports of a crisis within the talks are due to the two civil war parties "briefing media" against them in an effort to pile pressure on their TDs.

Tue, 09 Jun, 2020

Daniel McConnell: Political parties struggling to leave baggage behind
Daniel McConnell: Political parties struggling to leave baggage behind
As the sun split the stones yesterday, teams from Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil, and the Green Party trundled into Agriculture House on Dublin’s Kildare St to begin the fourth week of talks.

Tue, 02 Jun, 2020

'No guarantee' programme for government will be approved by Fianna Fáil party members
'No guarantee' programme for government will be approved by Fianna Fáil party members
There is "no guarantee" that any programme for government is approved by the membership of Fianna Fáil, it has been warned.

Tue, 26 May, 2020

Eamon Ryan: Public would not look 'kindly' on new election
Eamon Ryan: Public would not look 'kindly' on new election
Green Party leader Eamon Ryan said that the public would not take kindly to being asked to return to the polls.

Sun, 17 May, 2020

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