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Fine Gael

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ge2024
Opinion: 'Teacher bashing' is a global phenomenon, absolving governments of their failed policies
Dr Alan Gorman
13 Nov 2024
9.1k
45
GE2024electorate
McDonald accuses FF and FG of treating Sinn Féin voters as ‘second-class citizens’
12 Nov 2024
8.0k
94
GE2024COMPROMISES
'We want to go into government': SocDems says 50,000 affordable homes is red line issue
12 Nov 2024
10.1k
70
GE2024Fine Gael
Clonmel mayor's election posters set on fire and defaced with the words 'Traitor' and 'Scumbag'
12 Nov 2024
12.3k
GE2024on the trail
Harris loads up the 'battle' bus, seeking big wins in Cavan-Monaghan and Donegal
Muiris O'Cearbhaill
11 Nov 2024
12.3k
64
GE2024Housing
Help-to-buy grant and Rent Tax Credit to get a boost under Fine Gael's housing plans
The party wants to roll out cost-rental for frontline workers.
Christina Finn
Updated 11 Nov 2024
19.7k
78
RELATED
Help-to-Buy? What experts are saying about the contentious housing schemes
11 Nov 2024
Sinn Féin says Fianna Fáil's plan to boost the Renters' Tax Credit is 'reckless'
8 Nov 2024
Fianna Fáil pledges to 'at a minimum' double the Renters' Tax Credit in the next government
8 Nov 2024
GE2024Ryanair
Backlash continues from Michael O'Leary's teacher remarks following endorsement of FG minister
Teaching union INTO have condemned O’Leary’s ‘outrageous and insulting’ remarks.
Updated 10 Nov 2024
99.2k
250
VAT9
'A serious taxation mistake': Parties row over proposed VAT rate cuts
Muiris O'Cearbhaill
9 Nov 2024
29.3k
88
GE2024full swing
Green Party 'don't know whether to laugh or cry' over Fianna Fáil climate proposals
The first day of the 2024 general election campaign is in full swing.
Updated 9 Nov 2024
25.0k
142
GE2024Election Once Again
How did parties and candidates campaign via online ads in the run-up to the election announcement?
Stephen McDermott
9 Nov 2024
7.9k
47
Sinn Féin
McDonald won't 'insult' public by ruling out parties for coalition but hopes to oust FF and FG
8 Nov 2024
7.5k
99
Opinion
General Election 2024: It's go time, so what can we expect?
Johnny Fallon
Updated 8 Nov 2024
13.7k
84
CLIMATE FUND
Final Cabinet meeting before Dáil dissolved turns sour as Harris and Martin block Green proposals
5 Nov 2024
20.5k
84
Coalition tensions
'Cop on a bit': Martin hits back at unattributed briefings from FG that he's 'tetchy and grumpy'
Updated 3 Nov 2024
20.7k
135
covid inquiry
Opposition calls for Covid inquiry to have powers to compel people to attend
3 Nov 2024
5.7k
sunday independent / ireland thinks
Coalition between Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil, and Independents preferred, says new poll
2 Nov 2024
20.4k
190
Áras An Uachtaráin
Humphreys is hanging up her 'political boots' as she dismisses a run for presidency
1 Nov 2024
17.5k
47
Final Countdown
Decks cleared to dissolve Dáil next week as Harris says he won't 'dilly dally' in calling election
31 Oct 2024
10.1k
55
next government
Green leader 'certainly open' to new coalition with FF and FG as Labour warn of 'conservative coalition'
29 Oct 2024
8.5k
60
Elections
Analysis: How has this government performed on the major issues during its time in power?
Emma DeSouza
29 Oct 2024
6.8k
26
GE2024not easy being green
O'Gorman concerned as latest poll suggests Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael could form govt without Greens
The latest Business Post/Red C poll puts support for Fianna Fáil up three percentage points to 21% while Fine Gael has dropped by a point to 22%.
Support for the Green Party has dropped by one point to 3%.
Roderic O'Gorman said he believed the three-party coalition had been a good government "because of the Green Party's participation within it".
27 Oct 2024
31.3k
215
increased funding
Here's the political parties that voted for and against increased funding for horse and greyhound industry
24 Oct 2024
26.0k
46
PodcastThe Candidate
Fine Gael is continuing to haemorrhage TDs
Red lines
Harris says he won't go into Govt with a party that wants to scrap Help-to-Buy and First Home schemes
22 Oct 2024
21.2k
79
only seventeen
Can't keep up with the Fine Gael departures? Here's a round up of who is standing down
We’re up to 18 Fine Gael TDs so far – more than half of the party’s TDs.
Updated 21 Oct 2024
155k
234
Helen McEntee
McEntee pays tribute to Heather Humphreys' public service as she takes on role of deputy leader
Updated 20 Oct 2024
45.2k
138
election speculation
Taoiseach says he expects general election to take place in 2024
Updated 20 Oct 2024
31.1k
110
look who's back
Five years after losing his seat, Fine Gael's Noel Rock to bid for Dáil return
18 Oct 2024
17.6k
43
Mairead Farrell
Moves to replace Brian Stanley as head of PAC to go to the Dáil next week
17 Oct 2024
5.1k
Sinn Féin's week from hell
SF facing an all-island GUBU moment with focus on McDonald's judgment and ability to lead
The talk around Leinster House now is that it would be perfect timing for the government parties if Taoiseach Simon Harris called an election sooner rather than later.
Christina Finn
17 Oct 2024
26.2k
88
RELATED
Late November or early December? Harris says election will be when it's in Ireland's ‘best interest'
17 Oct 2024
Sinn Féin nominates Mairéad Farrell to replace Brian Stanley as Public Accounts Committee chair
16 Oct 2024
Analysis
Sinn Féiners 'pissed off' and 'frustrated' as they hurtle towards election in crisis mode
Other parties have dubbed it a Sinn Féin “implosion”.
Christina Finn
15 Oct 2024
46.6k
RELATED
Brian Stanley: How the Sinn Féin TD's resignation and the ensuing controversy have unfolded so far
15 Oct 2024
Sinn Féin says Stanley was advised to go to gardaí over complaint within party
14 Oct 2024
Dublin Bay South
Former Fine Gael TD Kate O’Connell to stand as Independent after missing out on party ticket
Updated 13 Oct 2024
33.2k
Confident
Fine Gael to run four candidates in five-seater Mayo constituency in upcoming general election
11 Oct 2024
13.7k
37
Fine Gael
Harris condemns 'utterly wrong' claims by FG councillor that 'US economy is ruled by the Jews'
9 Oct 2024
8.7k
Punam Rane
FG Councillor apologises for claiming 'entire US economy today is ruled by the Jews, by Israel'
8 Oct 2024
20.8k
election speculation
'We haven't completed our mandate': Tánaiste says there's work to finish which cannot be rushed
In a speech this evening, Martin moved to dampen speculation about an imminent election.
5 Oct 2024
11.3k
78
RIP
Taoiseach among those to pay tribute to Fine Gael councillor John Naughten following his death
Updated 5 Oct 2024
49.2k
Policy Matters
Interview: Simon Harris won't 'compare and contrast' Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael on housing
5 Oct 2024
7.5k
52
spinal surgeries
SF says budget 'fails' children with scoliosis, but Taoiseach promises support for families
2 Oct 2024
5.5k
35
Hi I'm simon
Simon Harris plays down election talk (as he canvasses with Fine Gael candidates in Dublin)
Read what you will into the Taoiseach’s decision to spend his post-Budget morning pressing the flesh at Stephen’s Green.
2 Oct 2024
10.8k
36
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