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# John Whelan

All time
Is this the most boring constituency in Ireland?
16 Feb 2016
45.8k
60
'Absolutely farcical': EPA report into Portlaoise waste facility slammed
13 May 2015
10.2k
6
'Luas security guards have better stab vests than prison officers'
4 Mar 2015
13.2k
29
Labour is kick-starting its general election preparations tonight
16 Feb 2015
14.8k
143
Here are 10 reasons why Eamon Ryan is totally wrong about Alan Kelly...
14 Feb 2015
10.2k
60
Calls for Portlaoise Courthouse to be moved after 'mass gurrier brawl'
13 Feb 2015
19.5k
57
Plans to merge libraries criticised as 'wholly shoddy and unacceptable'
25 Jan 2015
13.3k
54
NCT delays are making 'an ass of the law', apparently
15 Jan 2015
31.3k
72
Amid claims of drunkenness, the Seanad has voted to pass the Water Services Bill
22 Dec 2014
58.3k
221
Disused Avon factory in Portarlington destroyed by massive blaze
3 Sep 2014
11.0k
17
EPA accused by Senator of not acting on carcinogens released from Portlaoise plant
11 Apr 2014
9.4k
17
Recognise this dashing future senator with a gathering of hippies in the 1990s?
30 Mar 2014
27.8k
39
Rabbitte set to face questions on 'shelving' of UK wind export plan
9 Mar 2014
12.1k
109
Here's why the government could lose more Seanad votes in the coming months
1 Mar 2014
5.6k
13
Location, location, location: Houseboat moorings costs between €1,250 to €3,500
5 Feb 2014
42.9k
25
Senator admits his two-day week 'gives the impression the Seanad is full of dossers'
4 Feb 2014
12.4k
40
Labour senator slams Rabbitte's 'arrogant disdain and contempt' over pylon review
31 Jan 2014
6.4k
91
Politicians' drink-driving privilege should 'be withdrawn'
21 Jan 2014
22.5k
100
'Gaffe in the Gulf': Backbenchers criticise Taoiseach over linking pylons and emigration
7 Jan 2014
13.7k
108
Conference a key test of whether things really are improving for Labour
29 Nov 2013
4.3k
22
'A gross error of judgement': Labour senator has "no confidence" in Rabbitte after Eirgrid appointment
15 Nov 2013
13.5k
41
New restrictions prompt calls for water project in Laois to be fast-tracked
2 Nov 2013
11.5k
56
Three Labour senators targeted over dole cut but they'll support measure
2 Nov 2013
6.9k
31
Confusion and not obstruction was reason for government’s defeat in the Seanad
3 Oct 2013
7.1k
25
'The question is carried, isn't it?': The moment the government was defeated in the Seanad
3 Oct 2013
9.3k
70
Exports to fall by €2.8 billion this year
8 Aug 2013
4.8k
15
Labour senators seek new inquiry into priest's murder in 1985
7 Mar 2013
5.6k
7
Labour senator stands over claim that Shatter made joke about garda cuts
5 Feb 2013
12.7k
89
Labour councillor demands internal investigation into Senator's Savita case comments
15 Nov 2012
11.3k
49
Senator wants RTÉ chair before Oireachtas Committee for a third time
4 Jun 2012
2.8k
18
Mullen tells RTÉ critics to 'stop calling for heads' in Reynolds dispute
23 May 2012
3.1k
27
RTÉ chair and DG back before Oireachtas committee over Fr Reynolds case
22 May 2012
2.2k
8
Senator joins call for resignation of RTÉ chairman
20 May 2012
2.9k
11
Families of homicide victims call for end of concurrent sentencing
21 Apr 2012
3.7k
15
RTÉ Board to be told today that 'it can't run a deficit'
23 Feb 2012
2.6k
34
Forecast for export growth lowered following poor Q3 results
4 Nov 2011
199
Senator lashes lack of media solidarity for Sam Smyth
19 Oct 2011
2.2k
18
Seanad could sit more often than Dáil under new Leader's plans
30 May 2011
604
Cowen name to appear again on the ballot sheets in Laois/Offaly
2 Feb 2011
1.2k