McGrath toes FF line

Rebel Fianna Fáil backbencher Mattie McGrath today voted with the Government just hours after losing the parliamentary whip.

Rebel Fianna Fáil backbencher Mattie McGrath today voted with the Government just hours after losing the parliamentary whip.

He sided with the coalition in a vote to impose a deadline to pass the Social Welfare Bill.

The two Independent TDs - Jackie Healy Rae and Michael Lowry - who voted against the Government yesterday in the bill to ban stag hunting also returned to voting with the coalition today.

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