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Resignation

# resignation - Wednesday 8 May, 2013

From The Daily Edge See Ya

8 resignations which will make you want to up your resignation game

Fergie has said sayonara to United, but he’s not the first person to ever leave a job.

# resignation - Tuesday 30 April, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Home Sweet Home

Benedict to move back to the Vatican, two months after resignation

The Pope Emeritus is likely to return to the Vatican on Thursday, a spokesman for the Holy See said.

# resignation - Tuesday 16 April, 2013

Cycling Ireland board member resigns after opposing Pat McQuaid nomination

Anthony Moran was the Vice-President of Cycling Ireland and has been a board member since 2009.

# resignation - Saturday 6 April, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Labour

‘I couldn’t have gone on’ – Nessa Childers on trying to ‘save the Labour party’

The MEP will address a meeting of the Campaign for Labour Policies group in Dublin today which is likely to hear plenty of criticism of the junior coalition party.

# resignation - Friday 5 April, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Nessa Childers

‘Fair-weather friend’ Childers criticised by Labour TDs over resignation

The MEP’s decision to resign from the parliamentary party was met with disappointment and criticism from her Labour colleagues today.

# resignation - Tuesday 2 April, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Adios

Cyprus finance minister resigns

Michalis Sarris had been chariman of Laiki Bank, whose failure was a major contributor to the island’s major financial problems.

# resignation - Saturday 30 March, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Italy

Italian president buys time in political deadlock

Napolitano says he will not resign.

# resignation - Thursday 28 March, 2013

From Business ETC Permanent TSB

Public interest directors at Permanent TSB step down

Margaret Hayes and Ray MacSharry were asked by the government in 2009 to fill the roles to ensure that the bank was acting in the public interest.

# resignation - Saturday 16 March, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Tensions

Labour has lost its core values, says resigning councillor

Bobby Fitzgerald said the policy being pursued by the national party is leading to “untold hardship”.

# resignation - Tuesday 12 March, 2013

From TheJournal.ie White Smoke

Explainer: How is a new Pope chosen?

There are currently 209 members of the College of Cardinals – but only 115 of them get a vote in choosing the new pontiff.

# resignation - Monday 4 March, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Catholic Church

Catholic cardinal admits ‘sexual conduct fell below standards’

Cardinal Keith O’Brien, who resigned as Britain’s most senior Catholic cleric last week, has now admitted the allegations that were made against them having initially denied them.

# resignation - Thursday 28 February, 2013

From TheJournal.ie United Kingdom

British councillor who said disabled children ‘should be put down’ quits

Collin Brewer says he will continue to apologise for the “flippant” remarks and says he will live with “continual regret” for having made them.

# resignation - Monday 25 February, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Resignation

Pope accepts resignation of Cardinal Keith O’Brien

The news comes a day after reports claim he had engaged in inappropriate behaviour in the 1980s.

# resignation - Saturday 23 February, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Catholic Church

Pope Benedict will remain in ‘spiritual proximity’ after his resignation

Speaking ahead of his resignation next week, Pope Benedict XVI said that God’s beauty was “constantly contradicted by the evil of this world, by suffering and by corruption.”

# resignation - Wednesday 20 February, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Bulgaria

Bulgarian government resigns amid protests

Protests against soaring electricity prices escalated into nationwide demonstrations against the right-wing government in recent weeks.

# resignation - Saturday 16 February, 2013

From TheJournal.ie You Told Us

Top readers’ comments of the week

Here’s our round-up of the best, the most popular and the most commented-on pieces from the past week. Did you make it in?

# resignation - Tuesday 12 February, 2013

From TheJournal.ie White Smoke

A 12-century Irish saint reckons the next pope is the last

St Malachy – the first Irish saint to be canonised by a pope – had a prophecy concerning every pope between then and now.

# resignation - Monday 11 February, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Reaction

Incredulity, shock and humility – The world reacts to Pope Benedict’s resignation

Today’s announcement caught the world unawares. Here’s some of the initial reactions.

From TheJournal.ie Family Affair

Pope’s brother: Pontiff was ‘considering resignation for months’

Fr Georg Ratzinger says his brother’s doctors had advised him against transatlantic travel. “At his age my brother wants more rest.”

From TheJournal.ie Pope Resigns

Pope Benedict resigns, cites ‘advanced age’ and deteriorating health

He said that his “advanced age” and deteriorating strength were the main reasons for his retirement.

# resignation - Monday 31 December, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Resignation

Martin McGuinness resigns as MP

McGuinness said his move follows his party’s plans to phase out double-jobbing.

# resignation - Thursday 20 December, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Scandal

Senior US official quits over damning Benghazi report

The report into the attack on the US consulate in Libya on 11 September was scathing, finding evidence of major security failures and mismanagement.

# resignation - Monday 19 November, 2012

From TheJournal.ie The Consumer Blow

Hobbs announces resignation from The Consumer Show on Twitter

Hobbs made his announcement on Twitter this morning. He had been a co-presenter for each of its previous three seasons.

# resignation - Monday 12 November, 2012

From TheJournal.ie David Petraeus

Details of second woman in Petraeus case emerge

The second woman is alleged to have received emails from Paula Broadwell who is said to have conducted an affair with the now former head of the CIA.

# resignation - Tuesday 16 October, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Rebekah Brooks

Rebekah Brooks ‘received £7m pay-off’

Latest reports say that Brooks received the pay-off after she resigned from News International last year.

# resignation - Saturday 6 October, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Need To Know

The Evening Fix… now with added Gangnam Style

Here’s the things we learned, loved and shared today.

# resignation - Thursday 27 September, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Leaders' Questions

Burton ‘saddened’ to see Shortall go – but affirms confidence in Reilly

The Minister for Social Protection says every member of government “has confidence in every other minister”.

From TheJournal.ie Shortall

In full: James Reilly’s letter to Róisín Shortall about Primary Care centres

The letter was released last night and details Reilly’s explanation for expanding the lost of 20 sites for proposed primary care centres to 35, an issue which has in part led to Shortall’s resignation.

# resignation - Wednesday 26 September, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Shortall Resigns

James Reilly: I wasn’t told in advance about Roisin Shortall’s resignation

The Minister for Health told TheJournal.ie that he only heard of Róisin Shortall’s resignation on his way to an event in Balbriggan this evening.

From TheJournal.ie Resignation

Róisín Shortall resigns as Primary Care Minister

The Labour Party TD’s decision follows a much-publicised dispute with the Health Minister James Reilly. She has also resigned the Labour Party whip.

# resignation - Thursday 13 September, 2012

From TheJournal.ie JFT96

Hillsborough: Pressure for prosecutions as police open inquiry over conduct

Meanwhile a senior police officer who was at Hillsborough today claimed fans made the police’s job harder amid calls for him to resign.

# resignation - Thursday 6 September, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Resignation

Fianna Fáil councillor living in Australia to resign this month

Kevin Dwyer – the Fianna Fáil councillor who has been living in Australia for a year – has said that he will resign this month.

Twitterati This post contains images

Here’s how Twitter reacted to Pat Gilroy’s departure as Dublin boss

Following news last night of the coach’s resignation, we round up most interesting of the tweets it prompted.

# resignation - Wednesday 5 September, 2012

Pat Gilroy steps down as manager of the Dublin footballers

County board chairman Andy Kettle confirmed the news on Wednesday night.

# resignation - Tuesday 4 September, 2012

Wave goodbye: Jason Ryan resigns as Wexford manager

The coach’s tenure has ended, after five years in charge of the county.

# resignation - Monday 3 September, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Leaders' Allowance

Explainer: What happens to Socialist Party funding now that Clare Daly is gone?

Clare Daly has asked the Socialist Party to pass on some of the allowance it gets for her membership. What’s going on?

From TheJournal.ie Socialist Party

Daly’s stance could hinder future of ULA, says Higgins

Joe Higgins says a “majority” of people within the United Left Alliance object to Clare Daly’s political support to Mick Wallace.

# resignation - Sunday 2 September, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Resignation

Daly: “My resignation has absolutely nothing got to do with Mick Wallace”

Clare Daly says any suggestion that she left the Socialist Party because of Mick Wallace is “a complete lie”.

# resignation - Saturday 1 September, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Need To Know This post contains videos

The Evening Fix: Saturday

Things we learned, loved and shared today.

From TheJournal.ie Clare Daly

Clare Daly criticises ‘inaccurate’ Socialist Party, says she is now ULA TD

The Dublin North TD said that the criticism from her former colleagues in the Socialist Party was “inaccurate” but said she would not engage in a war of words following her resignation earlier.

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