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Wed 06 Jun 2007Uproar as Ceann Comhairle lays down the lawThe Dáil was adjourned twice amid uproar as Michael Ring (FG, Mayo) refused an order by Ceann Comhairle John O'Donoghue to leave the chamber.This followed a day of heated exchanges between Opposition deputies and the Ceann Comhairle in his first day presiding over routine business since the election of the new Government.