Tag: Fianna Fáil
2 days ago
independent.ie

Mayo Election 2024: Who are the candidates and who could make gains? Everything you need to know ...

Mayo is always interesting but this election is bubbling up to be a dog fight with a field of 13 candidates scrapping...

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8 days ago
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Reunions, surprises, lotto tickets and matchmaking – on the campaign trail with Gráinne Seoige an...

Eamon Costello gently pulled on Gráinne Seoige’s sleeve and said he had one quick question to ask her ahead of her Dá...

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15 days ago
independent.ie

‘There will be a lot of surprises’: meet the politicians taking on their former parties

When a relationship between a politician and their party goes sour, it is often ugly and it is always public. But few...

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2 months ago
belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Colum Eastwood’s leadership of the SDLP wasn’t a triumph — but in time it might look more signifi...

When the veteran leader of Edwardian Irish nationalism was entering the final year of his life, he reflected morosely...

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6 months ago
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Niall Blaney out of his depth as merciless Ming Flanagan takes debate in fishing heartland

Ask any of his political opponents and they will say: “Do not get in the ring with Ming.”

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6 months ago
independent.ie

Man arrested over ‘sinister’ stalking of Fianna Fáil senator and Euro candidate Lisa Chambers

A man has been arrested on suspicion of stalking Fianna Fáíl senator Lisa Chambers. The man, aged in his early 20s, i...

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7 months ago
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Fianna Fáil’s Lisa Chambers: ‘Dublin-centric Eamon Ryan is getting green wrong and relationship b...

Fianna Fáil Senator Lisa Chambers believes her party should cut ties with Eamon Ryan and the Green Party if the Gover...

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8 months ago
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A champion jockey, a former Rose of Tralee and a senator in hot water – fierce competition expect...

The Midlands-North-West constituency is set to be a crowded race, with champion jockey Nina Carberry tipped to be add...

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9 months ago
belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Why Sinn Fein’s opponents in Republic will watch its ministers in NI with interest

The reality of government is setting in for Sinn Fein in Northern Ireland, as its ministers steer the three key finan...

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10 months ago
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Sinn Féin coming ‘hard and fast’ for the media, says law reform minister James Browne

The Government is to expedite an overhaul of Ireland’s defamation laws in the coming months amid fears Sinn Féin will...

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10 months ago
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Mayo County Council votes to cease all cooperation with Department of Integration over refugee re...

Mayo County Council has unanimously passed a motion calling on council staff to cease cooperation with the Department...

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10 months ago
independent.ie

Time’s up for learner drivers as Jack Chambers vows to get tough on test dodgers

Jack Chambers’s pursuit of safer roads is motivated by tragedies in his own family. His grandfather, also called Jack...

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11 months ago
independent.ie

Galway hotel fire: Quiet community now centre of national debate

People in the small townland of Rosscahill in Co Galway have said they are stunned to be at the centre of a national ...

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11 months ago
independent.ie

Galway hotel fire: Micheál Martin in 'heated phone call' with councillor who refused to back down...

An internal Fianna Fáil committee will decide on sanctions for two Galway party councillors over their opposition to ...

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11 months ago
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‘I never told Paschal he was insane’: Inside Stephen Donnelly’s data-obsessed drive to fix the he...

A red tray with a label that reads ‘Minister’s Data’ sits on the edge of Stephen Donnelly’s desk in his Department of...

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11 months ago
independent.ie

Robert Troy could be referred to DPP if ethics watchdog thinks he broke law over failure to decla...

Former minister Robert Troy is facing a public hearing run by the State’s ethics watchdog into allegations he broke t...

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11 months ago
independent.ie

Leaked poll: Sinn Féin on course for Dublin MEP seat, Clare Daly set to be re-elected but Fine Ga...

SINN Féin looks on course to regain a European Parliament seat in Dublin and controversial Independent MEP Clare Daly...

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12 months ago
independent.ie

Fianna Fáil TD Barry Cowen confirms he will run for the European Parliament

FIANNA Fáil TD Barry Cowen has confirmed he is to seek a party nomination to run in next year’s European elections.

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12 months ago
independent.ie

See you in court: Sinn Féin’s long list of legal actions amid concerns of ‘co-ordinated campaign’...

Sinn Féin politicians and party activists have been involved in at least 18 legal actions against media organisations...

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12 months ago
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Hugh O’Connell: Leo Varadkar prepares for battle as Fine Gael gets its election ducks in a row

Last June, in the Fine Gael parliamentary party room at Leinster House, Leo Varadkar confronted his critics head on. ...

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12 months ago
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Housing Minister defends mixing with Anglo ‘Maple 10’ builder and party donor at Fianna Fáil golf...

Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien has defended his decision to pose for a picture alongside a prominent developer and ...

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12 months ago
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Developer Johnny Ronan backs ‘pragmatic’ Sinn Féin housing policy

Last May, Mary Lou McDonald attended the opening of the Salesforce Tower on North Wall Quay. The US tech company’s la...

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about 1 year ago
independent.ie

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar backs Fine Gael to exceed poll predictions and ‘keep Ireland free of popul...

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has refused to say whether he will continue to lead Fine Gael if the party is forced into oppo...

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about 1 year ago
independent.ie

Coalition tensions grow over welfare cuts for Ukrainian refugees

The Government will have to push through a controversial and potentially divisive Dáil vote in order to cut welfare p...

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about 1 year ago
independent.ie

€122,000 job for Media Minister Catherine Martin’s former adviser is latest appointment row to hu...

Catherine Martin, the Media Minister, was not aware that her special adviser – who had been involved in talks on RTÉ’...

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about 1 year ago
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‘Not a good look’: Anger after Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien mixes with Anglo ‘Maple 10’ build...

Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien has been criticised for appearing alongside a prominent developer and party donor — ...

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about 1 year ago
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Why Finance Minister Michael McGrath won’t be blowing Ireland’s burgeoning wealth on Budget Day

Michael McGrath is back in Cork this weekend ahead of an intense nine days that will culminate in his first Budget.

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about 1 year ago
independent.ie

Top civil servant in Department of Housing to get €15k raise after lengthy dispute

The top civil servant in the Department of Housing is to get a €15,000 pay increase and thousands of euro more in bac...

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about 1 year ago
independent.ie

Sinn Féin on course to win 67 Dáil seats in next general election, poll predicts

Sinn Féin is on course to win 67 seats and be by far the largest party in the newly enlarged Dáil but will be unable ...

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about 1 year ago
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Support for historic Sinn Féin/Fianna Fáil coalition grows

Support for Sinn Féin forming a historic coalition government with Fianna Fáil has grown as political parties begin t...

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about 1 year ago
independent.ie

Dáil needs just 12 more TDs, not 20 – Electoral Commission report

The Electoral Commission is set to recommend that the next Dáil should have just over a dozen new TDs in its boundary...

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over 1 year ago
independent.ie

Increase in child benefit on table in Coalition Budget talks

An increase in the €140 monthly child benefit payment – affecting 650,000 families – has been put on the table in coa...

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over 1 year ago
independent.ie

Helen McEntee is feeling the heat after a chain of mysterious events

Two photos of Helen McEntee pinged around the WhatsApps of a few government advisers and Fine Gael figures last month.

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over 1 year ago
independent.ie

Is it a hint at an election date? Leo Varadkar rolls out the barrel for 6am nightclubs by summer ...

Nightclubs will be allowed to remain open until 6am and pubs will be allowed to serve after midnight seven days a wee...

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over 1 year ago
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Mr Cautious makes his move at last – Will Michael McGrath be Fianna Fáil’s next leader?

Michael McGrath does not fit the mould of a Fianna Fáil finance minister. He is neither venal like Charles Haughey no...

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over 1 year ago
independent.ie

Support for a Sinn Féin-led government without Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil increases

Support for a Sinn Féin-led government without Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael has increased in the last month, with Mary L...

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over 1 year ago
independent.ie

Revealed: Cabinet to invoke special powers to probe all RTÉ accounts

The Government is to invoke special powers to appoint an outside auditor to review RTÉ’s finances, the Sunday Indepen...

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over 1 year ago
independent.ie

Sunday Independent poll reveals public blames RTÉ management more than Ryan Tubridy for secret pa...

The vast majority of the public blame senior management at RTÉ for the scandal over secret payments to Ryan Tubridy, ...

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over 1 year ago
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Micheál Martin controls his own destiny — but Fianna Fáil TDs think he could be Brussels-bound

A growing number of Fianna Fáil TDs and senators privately believe Micheál Martin could resign as Tánaiste next year,...

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