“You should be ashamed”: Pat Rabbitte attacks government on Prime Time
“You can do no more damage to this country.” Pat Rabbitte sticks it to a shocked Pat Carey.
View ArticleThe 9 at 9: Tuesday
Nine things you need to know by 9am: Met Eireann says we should prepare for a white Christmas, while AA warns of 5 hour commutes; the Sun finds heroin in RTE and a cure for the common cough.
View ArticleTraces of heroin discovered at RTÉ, claims The Sun
The Sun claims to have found traces of the drug at RTÉ – Meanwhile, Pat Carey TD has said that the media had now “come home to roost in their own case” after being “judgemental” over the death of model...
View ArticleGreens’ ministerial briefs assigned to Ó Cuív and Carey
Éamon Ó Cuív and Pat Carey will take three briefs each for the final weeks of the current government.
View ArticleMartin tells FF ministers to waive severance payments
The new party leader tells his former cabinet colleagues that if they stay on as TDs, they’ll forego their €88k payout.
View ArticleNewstalk denies agreeing to preconditions on Enda Kenny interview
The Fine Gael leader said yesterday evening that he would not be taking any payments from teaching pension, but Newstalk presenter suggested Kenny would not actually discuss the issue in an interview.
View ArticleTV3 slams Minister’s decision to approve RTÉ channels
Communications minister Pat Carey gives his blessing for five new digital channels – but TV3 is “shocked” by the news.
View ArticleThe Half Past Fix: 3.30pm
Everything you need to know from the count so far: we keep you updated every hour, on the half hour. It’s all in the Half-Past Fix.
View ArticleIn quotes: Fianna Fáil’s disastrous day at the polls
How Fianna Fáil candidates have been reacting to the party’s poor performance at the polls, with one describing it as a “rebuff”.
View ArticleCarey approves Corrib Gas pipeline before leaving office
In one of his last acts as Minister for Energy, Pat Carey has given the controversial Corrib pipeline the go-ahead.
View ArticleThe Daily Fix: Monday
Every evening, TheJournal.ie brings you a round-up of the biggest news stories of the day, as well as the interesting bits and pieces you may have missed.
View ArticleRevealed: the full cost of dumping our outgoing government TDs
The first-year pensions of the 41 Fianna Fáil and Green TDs who failed to keep their seats underlines the price of change.
View ArticleForeshore licence approved for Corrib project
The final stretch of the controversial project has been approved by the Minister for the Environment, Phil Hogan.
View ArticleThis former Fianna Fáil government minister is now working for a PR company
Pat Carey, a Cabinet minister with multiple briefs in the final days of the Cowen government, has joined DHR Communications.
View Article5 former Fianna Fáil ministers who could make a comeback
The field of former Fianna Fáil ministers who could make a comeback is relatively small. We’ve been finding out why.
View Article14 lovely reactions to Pat Carey’s courageous interview about being gay
The former Fianna Fáil minister spoke about his sexuality on RTÉ Radio One this morning.
View Article14 lovely reactions to Pat Carey’s interview about being gay
The former Fianna Fáil minister spoke about his sexuality on RTÉ Radio One this morning.
View ArticleFormer minister Pat Carey on being gay: ‘Colleagues sometimes unwittingly...
“To be frank about it I didn’t have the courage, the confidence to talk about it to a wider audience, maybe. I’m sorry about that.”
View ArticleAn octogenarian gentleman taught me that it’s never too late to come out
News of Pat Carey’s brave move reminds Dil Wickremasinghe of an elderly man who asked to connect with LGBT community. “I’ve wanted to do this all my life,” he said.
View Article‘It took me 65-and-a-bit years to summon up the courage to talk about being gay’
Pat Carey said he’d like to get married, but might have left it too late.
View ArticleSome older gay people are ‘excruciatingly lonely’ and ‘struggle to exist’
Pat Carey has said many people of his generation have contacted him since he came out publicly.
View ArticlePat Carey is definitely not making a political comeback
The former minister has responded to fresh speculation he is plotting a Dáil comeback.
View ArticleAmid speculation, Pat Carey steps down as Fianna Fáil’s election chief
The former minister said he does not know if he is at the centre of a garda investigation into allegations of child abuse.
View ArticleAmid the rumour and innuendo, Pat Carey’s resignation was inevitable
Analysis: The former minister’s swift resignation as Fianna Fáil’s director of elections was always on the cards once his name began to circulate in the political bubble.
View ArticleGardaí investigating how child sex abuse allegations were leaked to press
This relates to a story earlier in the week about allegations of sexual assault against a former minister.
View ArticleHybrid hurleys on the horizon as ash shortage looms
GAA looking into using man-made materials, such as fibreglass, in the production process.
View ArticleFormer minister Pat Carey to sue gardaí over leak of allegations
High Court proceedings were launched by the former Fianna Fáil TD late last week.
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