# fine-gael - Sunday 19 May, 2013
The Sunday Independent/Millward Brown poll shows, however, that the numbers opposing the clause are increasing.
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The public expenditure minister says suggestions that Labour are in political trouble are premature.
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# fine-gael - Friday 17 May, 2013
Séan Lemass is one of the few Irish leaders whose popularity transcends political parties – but his path wasn’t always an easy one. Modern politicians could learn a lot from his approach to politics, writes David McCann.
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# fine-gael - Thursday 16 May, 2013
A Senator has suggested that a one to four per cent levy would raise major funds for these resources. Would you support it?
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# fine-gael - Saturday 11 May, 2013
Breaking via The Mire wire: Leinster House goes wild photocopying arses, free GP care for healthy citizens, and FG TDs insult each other for Twitter practice.
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# fine-gael - Thursday 9 May, 2013
Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney urged farmers to seek help if they cannot cope.
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# fine-gael - Wednesday 8 May, 2013
“Ultimately the entire population will be covered by free GP services,” Taoiseach Enda Kenny told the Dáil.
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# fine-gael - Monday 6 May, 2013
Fine Gael’s chairman says backbenchers will have the chance to amend the bill – but only, a Labour TD says, to improve medical practice.
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# fine-gael - Saturday 4 May, 2013
Breaking via The Mire wire: Peter Mathews takes himself hostage and the Womb Repossession Bill takes centre stage.
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# fine-gael - Thursday 2 May, 2013
Fine Gael’s weekly parliamentary party meeting saw over five hours of intense discussion on the draft abortion bill.
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# fine-gael - Wednesday 1 May, 2013
It’s not often that Clare Daly and Youth Defence are in agreement…
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Whether they are doctors or legislators, “conscience objection doesn’t absolve people from responsibility.”
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“It will cover existing constitutional rights only… it will not create any new rights,” the Taoiseach said.
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# fine-gael - Tuesday 30 April, 2013
Ministers have dispersed after a lengthy all-morning meeting and will reconvene at 5:30pm to try and hammer out a deal.
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Coalition partners Fine Gael and Labour are due to set out conditions under which abortions can be legally carried out in Ireland.
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# fine-gael - Monday 29 April, 2013
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The Sinn Féin president has called on the government to publish proposed legislation dealing with the X Case.
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The former publican and auctioneer from Fermoy, Co Cork was first elected to the Dáil in 1953.
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Brian Walsh says the Oireachtas hearings found abortion cannot treat suicidal ideation – and won’t allow it be included.
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# fine-gael - Saturday 27 April, 2013
A new opinion poll has also found that the majority of respondents want the government to try to renegotiate the Croke Park pay agreement.
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“Gardaí put their lives on the line to protect our communities and deserve more”.
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# fine-gael - Friday 26 April, 2013
Enda Kenny says 25 months into government, the legacy of previous cabinets is still casting a shadow over the economy.
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# fine-gael - Thursday 25 April, 2013
The junior minister heavily criticises the journalist Olivia O’Leary over her recent radio column in which she said it was time to “kick the Taliban out of our constitution”.
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Parties are only required to disclose donations worth over €5,078.95 – but only three parties disclosed any donations at all.
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# fine-gael - Wednesday 24 April, 2013
Enda Kenny says he would like the laws enacted before the Dáil’s summer break, but he cannot guarantee it.
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A councillor says that she and her colleagues were told yesterday it is costing Dublin City Council between €250 – €300,000 a year to collect the illegally dumped rubbish.
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# fine-gael - Tuesday 23 April, 2013
The new chairman designate of the Irish Film Board tells Oireachtas committee that he decided to “give it a lash” in the end.
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# fine-gael - Monday 22 April, 2013
One of Ireland’s three perinatal psychiatrists slams reports that a pregnant woman may need to be evaluated by a panel of six people in order for an abortion to be permitted.
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# fine-gael - Sunday 21 April, 2013
Speaking at his party’s 1916 commemoration, the Fianna Fáil leader said that the failure of the Croke Park Agreement was a “crisis of the government’s own making”.
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# fine-gael - Thursday 18 April, 2013
Goverment TDs should be allowed to vote against their party on certain matters under proposals by backbench TD Eoghan Murphy in an internal document circulated among Fine Gael members this week.
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# fine-gael - Monday 15 April, 2013
Alan Shatter suggests it would be more appropriate not to have a legal expiry date written into forthcoming laws on abortion.
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# fine-gael - Sunday 14 April, 2013
A number of TDs have put forward a sunset clause, which would mean abortion legislation would be reviewed after a number of years.
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# fine-gael - Friday 12 April, 2013
The party has released a short video putting a positive spin on events so far this year…
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Nenagh councillor Seamus Morris had criticised Helen McEntee for putting aside her grief to chase a high-paying job.
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# fine-gael - Monday 8 April, 2013
Opinion polls come and go, but the public are missing the real achievements of the Labour party in government, writes Rory Geraghty.
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Andrew Doyle says a letter asserting that he was the speeding driver, and not his wife, arrived too late with the authorities.
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# fine-gael - Thursday 4 April, 2013
The coming months will see the calorie content of menu items being listed in the Leinster House complex.
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The Irish Medical Organisation said their members would not be bound by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions by accepting the Croke Park II proposals
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# fine-gael - Monday 1 April, 2013
While the by-election will have no immediate impact on the arithmetic of government, the results demonstrate that Labour and Sinn Féin need to take stock of their approaches, writes Eoin O’Malley.
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