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News Source: Androscoggin News
| about 1 year ago
As Ireland's Progressive Democrats (PDS) ground to a halt at the weekend, it seemed fitting, given the collapse of the low-taxation Celtic Tiger economy, that the party which peddled liberal free-market economic policies was 'no longer politically...
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News Source: Androscoggin News
| about 1 year ago
Minister Mary Harney said she is not a quitter and is happy to stay in the job for as long as possible as an independent TD following the wrapping up of the Progressive Democrats last weekend. Ms Harney faced questions in Cork yesterday over her...
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News Source: Androscoggin News
| about 1 year ago
Southern Correspondent Minister for Health Mary Harney today re-iterated her desire to retain the health portfolio but said she hadn’t discussed her position in Cabinet with Taoiseach Brian Cowen since the decision by Progressive Democrat members...
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News Source: Androscoggin News
| about 1 year ago
At a special conference on Saturday delegates voted by 201 to 161 against a motion to keep the party going. The party was decimated in the general election last year, returning just two TDs including Mary Harney, health minister in the current...
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News Source: Androscoggin News
| about 1 year ago
There has been much speculation about Ms Harney's future in cabinet after the PDs' decision to wind up the party, which was ratified at the weekend. Ms Harney herself said she would not be joining any other political party, but indicated she would...
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News Source: Androscoggin News
| about 1 year ago
Brian Cowen will come under intense pressure to say publicly whether he is backing or sacking Health Minister Mary Harney after the PDs decided to shut down. Ms Harney is set to become the first independent TD to serve in the Cabinet in nearly 60...
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News Source: The Daily Telegraph
| about 1 year ago
S Progressive Democrat Party has voted to wind itself up 23 years after it was founded as its leaders judged that it had little chance of having members elected to parliament. Nearly 400 members voted 201-161 against the motion that the party had a...
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News Source: Androscoggin News
| about 1 year ago
Former party leader Mary Harney was credited with having swayed the final vote to end the party that broke the mould of Irish politics. An amended motion from party activists to keep the party going was defeated by 201 to 161 votes. The main...
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News Source: Uinta County News
| about 1 year ago
As the PDs vote for extinction, its four parliamentary party members must now consider their options, writes Niamh Connolly, Political Correspondent. Senior figures in the Progressive Democrats yesterday persuaded a majority of the party members to...
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News Source: Androscoggin News
| about 1 year ago
Democrat members will be told to bow out with dignity or face ridicule when they are addressed by former leader Mary Harney at todays crunch meeting on the partys future. The Health Minister admitted last night she will have to reflect on her...