IT seems Roscommon has become something of a no-fly zone for Yes campaigners.With feelings still raw over the closure...
...the contentious issue of eurobonds.France will be pushing the proposal, but Germany remains negative towards the plan...
Dooley last night called on Mr Kenny to take part in a final leader's debate on RTE, saying "more needs to be done"...
"There was no pre-emptive strike."Fine Gael TD Tom Barry didn't pull his punches either and called for the director...
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Fine Gael councillor, responding to Gaeltacht Minister Dinny McGinley’s refusal of help to repair collapsing roads, has suggested the seven islands off West Cork should seek refuge in Co Kerry. According to Cllr Dermot Sheehan, islands off Kerry have a... Full Article at Irish Examiner
Formal discussions had not yet begun on that issue, he said. Mr Kenny will travel to Brussels for pre-summit talks this afternoon with centre-right leaders from the European People’s Party, Fine Gael’s affiliate in EU affairs. Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore... Full Article at Irish Times
Former Polish President Lech Walesa listens to questions from the media during a press conference with Fine Gael leader Ebda Kenny in Dublin, Ireland, on September 18, 2009. Lech Walesa is on a visit to Ireland to campaign for a 'YES' vote in favour of... View Photo »
and the acknowledgment of Fianna Fail’s role in Ireland’s present economic problems
Three members of the Oireachtas communications committee yesterday called on RTÉ chairman Tom Savage to resign, while two of them demanded that director general Noel Curran step down. Fine Gael TD Tom Barry, Independent TD Mattie McGrath and Labour... Full Article at Irish Times
The assertion by Sinn Féin Senator Trevor Ó Clochartaigh was made during the live debate on TG4 last night. The Galway senator was responding to Fine Gael Minister of State Fergus O’Dowd, who had challenged him to name one prominent US or multinational... Full Article at Irish Times
Director of Elections Simon Coveney has said Sinn Féin is continuing to deliberately mislead people despite the referendum commission clarifying the issue. Minister Coveney said Gerry Adams' party needs to acknowledge the truth. Mr Coveney said: "I... Full Article at BreakingNews.ie
It’s not easy or attractive – and we know this in Fine Gael – for an Opposition party to support the Government. Fianna Fáil should be given credit for their stance on this important issue
Indeed, up until earlier this year, the official position of the Department of Health and the HSE was that the maximum pay ceiling for senior executives in public hospitals stood at just over €145,000. Last June, Fine Gael backbench TD Derek Keating... Full Article at Irish Times
The Common Agricultural Policy (Cap) negotiations are clearly a factor in the support for the treaty. It would be doubly embarrassing for Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney if he failed to deliver a Yes vote, as he is Fine Gael’s director of... Full Article at Irish Times
ENDA Kenny had eggs thrown at his car when he visited a school in Co Donegal yesterday. The Fine Gael leader was met by a group of more than 60 anti-austerity protesters outside Loreto Community College in Milford. Mr Kenny was visiting the school to... Full Article at Irish Times
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and the acknowledgment of Fianna Fail’s role in Ireland’s present economic problems
Fine Gael will not involve itself in scare tactics; we're dealing with reality here. Minister Noonan, above anybody else, has had the unprecedentedly difficult challenge of facing an economic mess that no other minister before him ever faced.
It’s not easy or attractive – and we know this in Fine Gael – for an Opposition party to support the Government. Fianna Fáil should be given credit for their stance on this important issue
Fine Gael will campaign in every city, town and parish in the country in asking people to vote Yes
Fine Gael will not involve itself in scare tactics
What Fine Gael want to do is lead an alliance of political parties and people
The establishment of this group is symbolic of the great progress Ireland has made over the last 20 years for LGBT people, and of the support of Fine Gael to ensure that LGBT people are fully included in Irish society
It’ll be very, very tight . . . We have a huge job to do, both Fine Gael and Labour, and it will involve a similar amount of energy and commitment as a general election.
People will meet somebody from Fine Gael, somebody from Labour, who will talk to them about the treaty
The reality also is that Fine Gael and Labour have had a symbiotic relationship over many, many years ... You could say they are nearly just two wings of one group and, therefore, there is very little compatibility between Fianna Fáil and either Fine Gael or Labour.
The reality also is that Fine Gael and Labour have had a symbiotic relationship over many, many years ... You could say they are nearly just two wings of one group and, therefore, there is very little compatibility between Fianna Fáil and either Fine Gael or Labour.
There is only one real troika on the floor of this house and this is the troika of Fine Gael, Labour and Fianna Fáil, who want, once again, to pull the wool over the eyes of the Irish electorate. People should be strong and vote No.
Bertie boosted in poll – blow for Fine Gael.
Obviously, it was handled very badly ... We now need to bring this back on track. It wasn’t just Labour TDs who had a difficulty about this. I think a lot of Fine Gael TDs had difficulties about how it was handled.
Labour said it would take the edge off Fine Gael but it hasn't done that. Rather than a vanguard, it has become a mudguard for Fine Gael and people know that
Labour said it would take the edge off Fine Gael but it hasn't done that. Rather than a vanguard, it has become a mudguard for Fine Gael and people know that
There are profound issues for the Labour Party. This is its centenary year. What has been its achievement in 100 years? This is the first opinion poll after its ardfheis, which usually gives a party a boost . . . It has become a mudguard for Fine Gael, and people know that and are reflecting that in thi...
The drop in support for Labour shows that the public realises it is just the tail being wagged by the Fine Gael dog ... Labour's own supporters realise that too.
All TDs from the Fine Gael and Labour parliamentary parties voted against the legislation, as did all 16 of the present Fianna Fáil TDs. Sinn Féin voted in favour of the bill, as did ten of the independent and other party TDs.
Fine Gael and Labour are applauding themselves for not introducing an upfront charge of around €300 for water meter installation
Clearly if you set up a process, you’re not going to try to anticipate or undermine that process. That’s what Fine Gael is doing — it set up a process, it will look at the details and make recommendations on foot of that, and that’s the way it should be handled.
This latest evidence of Labour’s aggressive stance in favour of abortion makes it all the more imperative that voters hold Fine Gael to their election promise to retain Ireland’s pro-life stance
The new Robin Hood Fine Gael/Labour tax
We saw what happened at Fine Gael’s ard fheis, so forewarned is forearmed
I love all my Fine Gael TDs and Labour as well who have a very good, close relationship — loving relationship, that is
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Fine Gael and Ireland: A blunder by the Teaching Council of Ireland in a recent ballot was branded "a ridiculous waste of time and money" by Mary Mitchell O'Connor, Fine Gael TD for Dun Laoghaire and Rathdown.
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