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FF embarks on comeback trail
18 hours ago

Micheal Martin has refused to play the victim and his courage is paying off for his party, says Anne HarrisThe cliche says a poll is merely a snapshot in time. That's true if you skinny-dip in the shallows. Real political change is to be found in the dee
Taoiseach Enda Kenny calls on banks to show greater urgency in dealing with mortgage crisis
5 days ago

TAOISEACH Enda Kenny has called on Ireland's banks to show a greater urgency in dealing with the mortgage crisis.After a Central Bank report laid bare the growing numbers unable to repay their home loans, Mr Kenny said the arrears problem was now the sin
Don't adjust TV, Enda's on the blink
18 hours ago

The Taoiseach's spin doctors fear he may go off script in a treaty debate and who can blame them, writes Willie O'DeaBrian Farrell's 1971 book Chairman or Chief was one of the first major political works to analyse the role of Taoiseach. It categorised t
Redrawing would aid FF's resurrection -- and be Independents' demise
1 day ago

FIANNA Fail's potential resurrection would be helped by the redrawing of the electoral map.The layout of constituencies will be vastly different come the next general election due in 2016 if the Fine Gael-Labour Party coalition holds its nerve.Aside from
O Cuiv makes humiliating climbdown to stay with FF
2 weeks ago

EAMON O Cuiv's ambitions to become Fianna Fail leader lay in tatters last night -- and his reputation is now dependent on the EU fiscal treaty referendum being rejected.Mr O Cuiv was forced into a humiliating climbdown after threatening to leave the part
Kenny urged to debate fiscal treaty
4 days ago

The Taoiseach has been hit from all sides of the opposition with increased calls to take part in a televised debate on the fiscal treaty.Fianna Fail, Sinn Fein and Independent TDs heaped more pressure on Enda Kenny to argue his support for the deal.With
Adams in war of words with Martin
3 weeks ago

Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has accused the Fianna Fail leader of an outrageous attack after he said his party was guilty of prolonging suffering across the island.The war of words broke out after Micheal Martin used the annual Arbour Hill commemoration
Government sends mixed signals over second bailout
6 days ago

GOVERNMENT ministers sent out mixed messages yesterday about the possibility of a second bailout at the end of next year.The issue has been at the heart of the fiscal treaty campaign because a Yes vote is required for Ireland to get access to the new €70