Maguire, Patrick J.Thursday, 2 December 1948 |
Dáil Éireann Debate
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Order of Business.
But not in a derogatory manner.
The Republic of Ireland Bill, 1948—Committee (Resumed).
Is that what the Taoiseach has decided—that we will wait?
I rather gathered the opposite meaning from his remarks and I wish to reiterate the objections I raised last night in connection with this Bill. Section 5 put and agreed to. Question proposed: “That t...
I do not intend to discuss the question as to whether we had or had not a King or a President because, in my opinion, the man who conceived the Constitution should be acknowledged as a better exponent...
I would like the Government to remember that in the repeal of this Act they have only achieved the removal of the shadow of our imperial connection, as I said last night, but, unfortunately, the subst...
There was not?
In this connection I read with a certain amount of dismay in last Sunday's Independent the suggestion that all pressure in connection with the abolition of Partition should now be relaxed and if I am ...
——then I will sound a note of warning.
If I am correct in assuming that this sinister suggestion represents the policy of the Government, then I am going to tell them this much that, should that be their policy, there are men in this count...
I am glad Deputy Fitzpatrick has withdrawn his amendment.
It must be remembered that our enemies at home and abroad assume that the repeal of this Act has put the seal on Partition.
There is nothing that would convince these people more in their assumption that it has put the seal on Partition than the celebration of the declaration of the republic for the Twenty-Six Countries. ...
Oh, yes.
Really?
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