Talk:Leader of the Opposition (Ireland)

message: Shouldn't this page be called "Leader of the Opposition (Ireland)",
 - to be clear that this is about a title called "Leader of the Opposition"
 - to be consistent with e.g. the article "Leader of the Opposition (Canada)", "Leader of the Opposition (New Zealand)", ... ?
:Let it be done, this Irish prefix is an inferiority. Djegan 18:29, 9 November 2005 (UTC)
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message: This article purports to describe an office of 'Leader of the Opposition' in Dail Eireann. No such office exists. It is claimed that the holder of this mythical office is the current leader of the Fine Gael party.
Examination of the history of the article shows it to have been started from an IP address that also started several articles on the Fine Gael party and its leader. 
It is very clear that this partisan article was written by a supporter of Fine Gael and that the intention was to present that party and its leader as enjoying a higher status in Irish politics than the facts admit.
It should be deleted because it has no factual basis and it breeches the requirement for articles to be neutral.
BvB  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.46.196.247 (talk) 22:49, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The Committee considered the question of recommending a special allowance to the Leader of the Opposition. It realises that the amount of work which the Leader of the Opposition, or of any large party continuously in opposition, has to perform to enable him to deal adequately with the various matters which come before the Legislature is exceedingly heavy, and all the more so by reason of the fact that he has not access to technical advisers, nor the use of an official executive staff, such as are at the service of Ministers. While generally agreed as to the desirability of provision being made by the State for the Deputy holding this onerous and responsible position, the Committee finds itself unable to make a definite recommendation owing to the practical difficulties involved. Chief of these difficulties is that of devising a method, applicable to the various circumstances which might arise, of determining the person who should be regarded as the “Leader of the Opposition” in a House elected under the system of Proportional Representation. It is thought that the matter might await further experience of our parliamentary development.
* John A. Costello appears to have formally resigned as Leader of the Opposition in 1959; the letter is in the UCD archives. 
jnestorius(talk) 21:06, 17 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  This entire has no basis in fact 

message: He or she is invariably seen as the alternative Taoiseach to the present incumbent
Is this really fair? Micheal Martin, for example, is certainly not seen (at least not with any support) as the alternative Taoiseach. So we might at least drop or change "invariably" in the quote above. Msclguru (talk) 16:42, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
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message: I did the same on this list adding Leo V as the 3rd party leader, which he is, however he is in government and inline with the list those from the 3rd party that go into government they don't get listed. The Green Party is the 4th biggest party (also in government), followed by the Social Democrats and The Labour Party (with six seats each). IrishTV (talk) 11:43, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
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message: Possibly related to #This entire has no basis in fact above. Out of the 9 results returned for a search for "deputy leader of the opposition" and "pearse doherty", just one reference includes this, published on 15 July when the Pearse Doherty article just happened to include it. I am removing the claim from this and the Pearse Doherty article. FDW777 (talk) 16:52, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
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message: Is there a reason why the "Third Party Opposition Leader" only shows Labour and not the Social Democrats too? They both have the same amount of seats in the Dáil. Apparently "rationale for only including one party has already been discussed" according to the last edit but I can't find a record of that discussion anywhere. anto475 16:35, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
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