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The last person to serve as Tanaiste, Taoiseach and Finance Minister in the same mandate was Brian Cowen.

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Published: November 18, 2025 17:23

The last person to serve as Tanaiste, Taoiseach and Finance Minister in the same mandate was Brian Cowen. nitter.poast.org/FineGael/status/1990794289505292714#m

RT by @dmcbfs: Confirmed: Simon Harris becomes Minister for Finance; Helen McEntee takes Foreign Affairs & Defence; Hildegarde Naughton to become Minister for Education. Emer Higgins becomes FG's super-junior minister, responsible for disability services; Frank Feighan minister for procurement.

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Published: November 18, 2025 14:30

Confirmed: Simon Harris becomes Minister for Finance; Helen McEntee takes Foreign Affairs & Defence; Hildegarde Naughton to become Minister for Education. Emer Higgins becomes FG's super-junior minister, responsible for disability services; Frank Feighan…

RT by @dmcbfs: Do you agree with @timcairns that @duponline should have sent @paulgivan to the Presidential inauguration in the Republic of Ireland? Would this have been "3D chess"?

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Published: November 18, 2025 10:04

Do you agree with @timcairns that @duponline should have sent @paulgivan to the Presidential inauguration in the Republic of Ireland? Would this have been "3D chess"?

RT by @dmcbfs: NEW: Paschal Donohoe is resigning as MInister for Finance, and as a TD, in order to take up a role with the World Bank in Washington. Announcement expected after this morning's Cabinet meeting. @virginmedianews

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Published: November 18, 2025 09:45

NEW: Paschal Donohoe is resigning as MInister for Finance, and as a TD, in order to take up a role with the World Bank in Washington. Announcement expected after this morning's Cabinet meeting. @virginmedianews

RT by @dmcbfs: Federal budget passes 170 to 168

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Published: November 18, 2025 00:03

Federal budget passes 170 to 168

Oh my days. Pre poll voting is the way to go.

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Published: November 17, 2025 23:41

Oh my days. Pre poll voting is the way to go. nitter.poast.org/PolitlcsUK/status/1990350296220889420#m

RT by @dmcbfs: Our Year-End Review has sold out. @AlexKane221b @AllisonMorris1 and @alaninbelfast look forward to seeing you all in December. https://sluggerotoole.com/2025/11/11/slugger-end-of-year-review-tickets-are-now-on-sale-3/

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Published: November 17, 2025 22:15

Our Year-End Review has sold out. @AlexKane221b @AllisonMorris1 and @alaninbelfast look forward to seeing you all in December. sluggerotoole.com/2025/11/11…

RT by @dmcbfs: The Republic’s justice minister has called for greater engagement around the potential for constitutional change from both his own government and northern unionists. Jim O’Callaghan, tipped by many as a successor to Micheál Martin as Fianna Fáil leader, said a united Ireland “is an objective that should be pursued”. Full story: https://tinyurl.com/3tffbv64

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Published: November 17, 2025 11:53

The Republic’s justice minister has called for greater engagement around the potential for constitutional change from both his own government and northern unionists. Jim O’Callaghan, tipped by many as a successor to Micheál Martin as Fianna Fáil leader,…

RT by @dmcbfs: How can the opposition become more effective in Stormont? @dmcbfs, @timcairns and Michael McKernan share their thoughts!

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Published: November 17, 2025 10:04

How can the opposition become more effective in Stormont? @dmcbfs, @timcairns and Michael McKernan share their thoughts!

RT by @dmcbfs: Many thanks to the 52 Government & Politics teachers who took part in our Professional Learning Day in Parliament Buildings. Thanks to colleagues in @niassembly @UKParliament and academics @dmcbfs @Clare_Rice_

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Published: November 16, 2025 20:41

Many thanks to the 52 Government & Politics teachers who took part in our Professional Learning Day in Parliament Buildings. Thanks to colleagues in @niassembly @UKParliament and academics @dmcbfs @Clare_Rice_

Would be made more effective if they were a 32 county entity. Labour/SDLP should be together as one force. https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2025/11/15/labour-party-leader-calls-on-governments-to-set-out-timeline-for-irish-unity-referendums/

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Published: November 16, 2025 20:32

Would be made more effective if they were a 32 county entity. Labour/SDLP should be together as one force. irishtimes.com/politics/2025…

RT by @dmcbfs: The lads are in agreement this week on two things: 1). The Ministry of justice is not an influential office… 2). The @allianceparty should become the Leader of the Opposition… @dmcbfs | @timcairns

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Published: November 16, 2025 09:04

The lads are in agreement this week on two things: 1). The Ministry of justice is not an influential office… 2). The @allianceparty should become the Leader of the Opposition… @dmcbfs | @timcairns

RT by @dmcbfs: According to Tim, grassroots unionists and nationalists both feel let down by Stormont? Is he right? @dmcbfs | @timcairns

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Published: November 15, 2025 11:04

According to Tim, grassroots unionists and nationalists both feel let down by Stormont? Is he right? @dmcbfs | @timcairns

RT by @dmcbfs: UUP appoints PR guru as new chief executive https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/politics/uup-appoints-pr-guru-as-new-chief-executive/a1860432145.html https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/politics/uup-appoints-pr-guru-as-new-chief-executive/a1860432145.html

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Published: November 14, 2025 13:34

UUP appoints PR guru as new chief executive belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/… belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/…

RT by @dmcbfs: "The executive's in a bad place… but whose interest would be served in collapsing It? No one. In fact, they'd get the blame and that would cost them at the next election." Insight from Michael McKernan on why the executive will not collapse now. @dmcbfs | @timcairns

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Published: November 14, 2025 10:04

"The executive's in a bad place… but whose interest would be served in collapsing It? No one. In fact, they'd get the blame and that would cost them at the next election." Insight from Michael McKernan on why the executive will not collapse now. @dmcbfs…

Latest @StormontSources now available. We discuss the week that was in politics and ask if we are heading for another collapse https://youtu.be/Jl8lOBlILmg

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Published: November 13, 2025 13:22

Latest @StormontSources now available. We discuss the week that was in politics and ask if we are heading for another collapse youtu.be/Jl8lOBlILmg

RT by @dmcbfs: “I think it would be best for the parties to at least start formal cooperation. I think that would definitely be better for unionism but it's not going to happen.” Do you agree with @timcairns on a potential merger between @uuponline and @duponline ? @dmcbfs

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Published: November 13, 2025 11:04

“I think it would be best for the parties to at least start formal cooperation. I think that would definitely be better for unionism but it's not going to happen.” Do you agree with @timcairns on a potential merger between @uuponline and @duponline ? …

🎧Today on @StormontSources We have: 🟥 Answers to listener questions on unionist unity 🟥 We debate whether the Executive is on a fast track to collapse 🟥Why did the DUP not attend the Connolly inauguration.

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Published: November 13, 2025 07:41

🎧Today on @StormontSources We have: 🟥 Answers to listener questions on unionist unity 🟥 We debate whether the Executive is on a fast track to collapse 🟥Why did the DUP not attend the Connolly inauguration.

RT by @dmcbfs: “Do I know how Colin votes or how Colin would vote or what he thinks about particular individuals? Probably not.” @MarkCarruthers7 explains how he and @colin_davidson work together… @dmcbfs | @timcairns

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Published: November 13, 2025 07:27

“Do I know how Colin votes or how Colin would vote or what he thinks about particular individuals? Probably not.” @MarkCarruthers7 explains how he and @colin_davidson work together… @dmcbfs | @timcairns

RT by @dmcbfs: “And she turned around with a huge grin and says…It's splendid. And that was a remarkable way to have the sitter comment on her own painting.” @colin_davidson tells us how it was to work with Elizabeth II. @dmcbfs | @timcairns | @MarkCarruthers7

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Published: November 13, 2025 02:23

“And she turned around with a huge grin and says…It's splendid. And that was a remarkable way to have the sitter comment on her own painting.” @colin_davidson tells us how it was to work with Elizabeth II. @dmcbfs | @timcairns | @MarkCarruthers7

RT by @dmcbfs: Quebec Sovereignty Polling: Stay: 68% (+17) Leave: 32% (-17) Leger / Nov 10, 2025 / n=1031 / Online (% Change With 1995 Referendum)

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Published: November 12, 2025 17:59

Quebec Sovereignty Polling: Stay: 68% (+17) Leave: 32% (-17) Leger / Nov 10, 2025 / n=1031 / Online (% Change With 1995 Referendum)

RT by @dmcbfs: Tickets available now … until they sell out (the tickets that is, not the panel or the politicians!)

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Published: November 12, 2025 07:30

Tickets available now … until they sell out (the tickets that is, not the panel or the politicians!) nitter.poast.org/SluggerOToole/status/1988248124352078125#m

RT by @dmcbfs: We are witnessing full-on Downing Street chaos tonight - which has led the official spokesman for the health secretary Wes Streeting to give me a formal statement denying that Streeting is plotting behind the scenes to oust the PM. So many aspects of this are comic. But my favourite is that Kitty Ussher, who used to be a Labour Treasury minister and is now a senior director at Barclays, gave a presentation to all Labour special advisers, at the invitation of Downing Street officials, in which she said government bond prices were depressed because investors fear that Starmer and Reeves would be ousted. The message from Ussher was “be loyal or government borrowing costs will go through the roof”. So what has happened in the last few hours? Out of an almost clear blue sky Downing Street officials are warning that the plotters are out to get Starmer and Reeves, and that Starmer will fight them to the death. Maybe they know something about an imminent Streeting coup that is hidden from the rest of us? That is possible. What is very probable is that the price of government bonds, gilts, will fall tomorrow morning - which is a dreadful precursor to Reeves’s looming tax-raising budget. This would be farcical if the potential economic damage wasn’t real. And in case you are interested, here is Streeting’s “not me gov” statement: “These claims are categorically untrue. Wes’s focus has entirely been on cutting waiting lists for the first time in 15 years, recruiting 2,500 more GPs, and rebuilding the NHS that saved his life.”

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Published: November 11, 2025 21:33

We are witnessing full-on Downing Street chaos tonight - which has led the official spokesman for the health secretary Wes Streeting to give me a formal statement denying that Streeting is plotting behind the scenes to oust the PM. So many aspects of…

RT by @dmcbfs: It's back! @AlexKane221b @AllisonMorris1 and @alaninbelfast round up the year in politics. Supported by @Brown_OConnor Get your tickets here https://sluggerotoole.com/2025/11/11/slugger-end-of-year-review-tickets-are-now-on-sale-3/

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Published: November 11, 2025 16:22

It's back! @AlexKane221b @AllisonMorris1 and @alaninbelfast round up the year in politics. Supported by @Brown_OConnor Get your tickets here sluggerotoole.com/2025/11/11…

RT by @dmcbfs: “As President, I will foster an inclusive & open dialogue across the island in a manner that highlights & recognises our similarities and respects our differences.” President Catherine Connolly - on Irish Unity. She says she looks forward to her first visit to NI.

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Published: November 11, 2025 12:59

“As President, I will foster an inclusive & open dialogue across the island in a manner that highlights & recognises our similarities and respects our differences.” President Catherine Connolly - on Irish Unity. She says she looks forward to her first…

RT by @dmcbfs: Unionist MLA says it is appropriate for him to attend Connolly inauguration https://www.irishnews.com/news/northern-ireland/unionist-mla-says-it-is-appropriate-for-him-to-attend-connolly-inauguration-HJHNBXV4W5FG3FP4GIOGQ5YBBE/

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Published: November 11, 2025 10:52

Unionist MLA says it is appropriate for him to attend Connolly inauguration irishnews.com/news/northern-…

RT by @dmcbfs: It’s 50 years today since Australia’s great constitutional crisis. The Governor-General Sir John Kerr dismissed Gough Whitlam as PM, appointing Malcolm Fraser. Kerr’s Secretary read out the proclamation, ending with the words “God Save the Queen.” Whitlam’s response was thus:

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Published: November 11, 2025 07:37

It’s 50 years today since Australia’s great constitutional crisis. The Governor-General Sir John Kerr dismissed Gough Whitlam as PM, appointing Malcolm Fraser. Kerr’s Secretary read out the proclamation, ending with the words “God Save the Queen.” …