Resignation
# resignation - Wednesday 8 May, 2013
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
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
‘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
‘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
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
Italian president buys time in political deadlock
Napolitano says he will not resign.
# resignation - Thursday 28 March, 2013
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
# resignation - Tuesday 12 February, 2013
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
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.
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.”
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
Martin McGuinness resigns as MP
McGuinness said his move follows his party’s plans to phase out double-jobbing.
# resignation - Thursday 20 December, 2012
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
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
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
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
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# resignation - Thursday 27 September, 2012
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”.
In full: James Reilly’s letter to RóisÃn 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
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.
RóisÃn 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
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
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.
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
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
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
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