Ciaran Cannon

Galway East constituency profile: This is shaping up to be one of the most intriguing constituencies of the 43

Election 2024: Both Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are eyeing two seats, with Sinn Féin in running for last seat

Mon Nov 18 2024 - 16:11

‘I didn’t feel safe’: Minister weeps as she tells court of cow dung thrown at public meeting

Junior minister Anne Rabbitte says she was ‘picked out’ by farmer Joseph Baldwin from Ballyaneen, Gort

Fri Sept 13 2024 - 15:48

PR firm warned Road Safety Authority about ‘tricky’ Public Accounts Committee members

Dublin public relations agency Drury provided short biographical notes on each TD

Tue Aug 27 2024 - 06:00

Politicians see the light at Green TD’s cubist art exhibition

Paschal Donohoe has ‘always been a really big fan of Billie Eilish’

Fri May 03 2024 - 21:18

‘Simon Harris has to make changes’: As Leo Varadkar bows out, what is next for Fine Gael?

FG needs to connect more tightly with its natural voting contingency, sharpen its messaging and get back to its identity basics of law and order, the economy and enterprise

Sat Mar 23 2024 - 07:00

Exodus of incumbents damages Fine Gael morale

Cannon joins list of almost a third of 35 TDs who won seats for Fine Gael in the 2020 election that are unlikely to seek re-election

Tue Mar 19 2024 - 17:00

Fine Gael TD Ciarán Cannon to quit: ‘There’s a toxicity in politics that was barely palpable 20 years ago’

Galway East representative is the 10th Fine Gael TD to announce intention to quit politics at the next election

Tue Mar 19 2024 - 10:02

Future of Road Safety Authority questioned in Dáil as road deaths climb

Give agency legislative powers to become ‘road safety commissioner’ or stand it down, says Fine Gael TD Ciarán Cannon

Fri Oct 27 2023 - 10:08

Ciarán Cannon sues motorist in High Court after being knocked off bike in Galway

Fine Gael TD and cyclist Ciarán Cannon seeking at least €60,000 in compensation for injuries sustained in 2021 crash

Wed Oct 18 2023 - 19:00

Miriam Lord’s Week: TDs and Senators eager for their close-ups in The Tubridy Show

Committee hearings into RTÉ payments controversy provided stark contrast between top performers and those who scaled soaring heights of incoherence

Sat Jul 15 2023 - 05:00

RTÉ crisis: The week that saw battlelines drawn between broadcaster and Ryan Tubridy

RTÉ, led by new director general Kevin Bakhurst, and its top star saw battle lines drawn this week as their differences over Ryan Tubridy's hidden payments were exposed in three more stormy Oireachtas committee hearings

Fri Jul 14 2023 - 16:08

Miriam Lord: Tubsgate and Dee Forbes’ rich list will make this week a hard one to follow - but TDs want a sequel

Cannon’s back on the road two years after horrific cycling accident while Harney is proof of life after politics

Sat Jul 01 2023 - 05:00

Miriam Lord: All is sweetness in the Dáil as Paschal pours on the syrup

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform takes it handy while deputising for Taoiseach at Leaders’ Questions and blands Opposition TDs pleasantly to sleep

Wed May 31 2023 - 21:54

Campaigners oppose relocation of day centre to former workhouse

More than 2,500 sign petition calling on the HSE to reopen the Seven Springs day centre in Loughrea

Mon May 29 2023 - 00:13

Karla Chubb of Sprints: ‘I was never hyper-feminine, never super-masculine or butch, but always somewhere in the middle’

Dublin band’s lead singer on identity issues and why punk resonates to this day

Sat Mar 11 2023 - 05:00

Anne Rabbitte considered political future after excrement thrown at her

Junior minister says she questioned ‘why I do this’ for first time in career as TD

Sun Feb 19 2023 - 14:50

‘Any woman in her right mind would not go into politics. You are completely dehumanised’

Five public representatives describe a world of threats, insults and fear, driving one to conclude: ‘I’ve gone past the stage of recommending politics to people’

Sat Jan 14 2023 - 05:00

Gardaí take attacks on politicians ‘extraordinarily seriously’, says Simon Harris in wake of manure incident

Minister for Justice says attacking public representatives is an attack on democracy

Fri Jan 06 2023 - 14:41

‘Someone is going to cross the line’: Politicians respond to excrement being thrown

Many politicians are publicly dismissive but privately fearful of increasing threats against them

Thu Jan 05 2023 - 20:00

Throwing of excrement at TDs a sign of ‘creeping sinister aggression’ towards politicians

Minister of State Anne Rabbitte and TD Ciarán Cannon were at a public meeting when the incident occurred

Thu Jan 05 2023 - 12:02

Galway community welcomes 10 Afghan citizens into their homes

Initiative could replace direct provision in the future, says local TD Ciarán Cannon

Mon Feb 28 2022 - 01:00

Comedy duo the 2 Johnnies apologise for ‘offensive’ social media post

Pair’s new radio show on 2FM did not air on Thursday as RTÉ reviews matter

Thu Feb 24 2022 - 20:34

Donald Clarke: Thanksgiving? Thanks but no thanks

Can we please not give the public another opportunity to ape American traditions?

Sat Oct 02 2021 - 05:00

The notion of an ‘Irish Thanksgiving’ to commemorate Covid is crass and vulgar

Fine Gael’s tendency to spectacularly misjudge the mood of the room remains undimmed

Sat Oct 02 2021 - 01:00

Q&A: What is happening with the plan for a pandemic bonus?

Jack Horgan-Jones on whether the Government has hit on the perfect way to divide a nation (almost) united by Covid-19

Wed Sept 29 2021 - 17:34

Call for Ireland to give up to 20 female Afghan athletes refuge

The women are vulnerable to persecution by because of their achievements

Mon Aug 30 2021 - 21:17

Ciarán Cannon on being hit by an SUV: ‘I won’t know if surgery has worked until I finish rehab’

The seriously injured TD says cyclists must be respected as legitimate road users

Tue Jul 27 2021 - 06:01

Des O’Malley was a mould-breaking ‘giant of politics’

Progressive Democrats founder made ‘extensive’ contribution to public life, says Higgins

Wed Jul 21 2021 - 19:19

Miriam Lord’s Week: TD’s charity cycle scuppered by SUV

A touch of perspective wouldn’t have gone amiss in the Dáil this week

Sat Jul 17 2021 - 02:39

Miriam Lord: Happy house-hunters Leo and Matt go upwardly mobile

FG get a taste of their own medicine at Kate O’Connell’s Dublin Bay South pharmacy

Sat Jun 26 2021 - 03:00

Ciarán Cannon’s 600km cycle in one day: ‘I spent lockdown doing endless loops of my locality’

The Galway-based TD will cycle from Mizen to Malin in 24 hours as a fundraising challenge

Tue Jun 15 2021 - 06:01

State needs to be ‘much more ambitious’ with remote working, Humphreys says

Minister says commitment to have 20% of public sector working remotely is not enough

Thu Dec 17 2020 - 15:49

Republic pushes to be voice for small states on UN Security Council

President ‘a beacon’ in long Irish campaign for position allocated in June 17th vote

Mon Jun 01 2020 - 17:08

Galway East results: All three sitting TDs returned to Dáil

21-year-old Sinn Féin candidate Louis O’Hara very close to pulling off shock win

Sun Feb 09 2020 - 22:55