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# Fine Gael

This week
17th September 2023 - 22nd September 2023
# inching ahead
Sinn Féin makes gains in new poll, while government parties stay far behind
Sinn Féin’s gains come after a significant dip in the polls in June, when the party lost 5%.
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Last week
10th September 2023 - 16th September 2023
# so long farewell
Is Fine Gael in the midst of an exodus or are recent departees par for the course?
The Journal spoke to three TDs who have decided to not seek re-election.
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Sep 16th 2023, 9:00 AM
# Think-In
Varadkar welcomes SocDems position on working with Fine Gael after next election
The Taoiseach seemed to reject the Social Democrat leader’s assertion that he is “out of touch”.
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Sep 15th 2023, 11:15 AM
# Think -in think off
Mary Lou and Leo kick off their think-ins this morning with housing high on agenda
This week ends how it started in the political world: with a lot of politicians thinking.
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Sep 15th 2023, 6:30 AM
This month
September 2023
# Wicklow
Taoiseach ‘saddened’ FG councillors voted against leasing site for modular homes for Ukrainians
Varadkar said no sanction would be imposed on the Wicklow Fine Gael councillors who voted against the motion.
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Sep 7th 2023, 8:14 PM
# Fine Gael
'It has been a privilege': Richard Bruton announces he will not run in the next general election
The veteran Fine Gael TD was first elected to the Dáil in 1982.
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Sep 5th 2023, 8:33 PM
Last month
August 2023
# And we're off
From 'Wixford' to Foxrock, TDs are anxiously surveying their future right now
The starting gun has been fired for the next general election.
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Aug 30th 2023, 8:00 PM
# constituency shake up
TDs wait nervously for constituency review fearing stroke of a pen could take away their voters
New constituency boundaries will be published next week.
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Aug 27th 2023, 8:46 AM
# right to housing
Taoiseach unsure if housing referendum will take place within this Government
Varadkar said that a housing amendment to the constitution should not allow people on the housing list to seek compensation.
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Aug 4th 2023, 3:22 PM
# The next election
Varadkar says there’s a ‘very good chance’ coalition will be re-elected
Varadkar said that running on a joint platform with his coalition partners has not been discussed.
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Aug 1st 2023, 4:09 PM
This year
2023
# General Election
Varadkar says he isn't going anywhere and slaps down suggestions of early election next spring
Varadkar said his party are going to try and hold on to their 250 seats in the local elections next year.
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Jul 31st 2023, 6:00 AM
# War of Words
Greens see red over Varadkar's remarks on roads and rail plan
FG backbenchers have renewed calls for a meeting with Minister Eamon Ryan over road projects.
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Jul 27th 2023, 1:29 PM
# housing for all
Government criticised for giving housing update during Tubridy hearings
Sinn Féin’s Eoin Ó’Broin has said the timing was “a cynical attempt to bury what is pretty bad news”.
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Jul 11th 2023, 6:58 PM
# Housing Crisis
Taoiseach stresses 'progress' on housing as he defends lifting of eviction ban
The government has today announced a €150mn fund to tackle long-term property vacancy and dereliction which it says will help expand housing supply.
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Jul 11th 2023, 3:53 PM
# budget 2024
Varadkar says FG could increase vote share in next election, as party sets out to build more homes
At a parliamentary party meeting tonight, Fine Gael set out its aims for Budget 2023.
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Jun 14th 2023, 11:00 PM
# Fine Gael
Should Varadkar have eye on McEntee vying for his job? 'Absolutely not' says minister
Helen McEntee says she has full confidence in Leo Varadkar.
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Jun 14th 2023, 5:24 PM
# Your Say
Poll: Do you think Fine Gael should change leader before the next election?
Is time up for Leo?
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Jun 13th 2023, 10:10 AM
# Leo Varadkar
'Definitely not fair': Varadkar rejects claims that his leadership of Fine Gael is in 'drift'
Minister Simon Harris said criticisms of Varadkar’s leadership were “simply an issue that doesn’t arise”.
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Jun 12th 2023, 12:55 PM
# paul coghlan
Former Fine Gael senator Paul Coghlan has died aged 79
Coghlan was elected as a senator in 1997 and remained in office until his retirement 2020.
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Jun 8th 2023, 7:21 PM
# middle Ireland
What is Fine Gael's 'middle Ireland' and are you in it?
Questions have been raised over whether Fine Gael policy will help the people it says it’s targeting.
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Jun 3rd 2023, 7:00 PM
# Abortion
Despite a free vote, no FF TDs and just one FG TD voted in favour of PBP's abortion bill
The spotlight will be on the soldiers of destiny as to whether they have learned lessons from the past.
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Jun 1st 2023, 2:46 PM
THE MORNING LEAD
Ireland among EU countries with the biggest increase in young adults living with their parents
A report by
David MacRedmond
For Ireland, the increase in this area was significantly higher than most of the EU.
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Jun 1st 2023, 12:05 AM
# Coalition
'It's pure electioneering': Barry Cowen hits out at Fine Gael
Cowen was responding to comments made by the Taoiseach yesterday.
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May 28th 2023, 4:23 PM
# sinn féin surge
Sinn Féin support growing at the expense of government parties, poll shows
Sinn Féin support is at 34%, while Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil are on 20% and 15% respectively.
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May 28th 2023, 8:08 AM
# Tax Break
Looking after middle Ireland 'part of Fine Gael's identity', Varadkar says
Earlier this week, Fine Gael junior ministers called for a “well-earned” tax break for workers.
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May 27th 2023, 8:38 AM
# budget 2024
Harris believes tax article did not breach trust in the coalition amid heightening tensions
The Justice Minister said he thinks it was “perfectly appropriate” for the junior Minsters to give their views publicly.
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May 25th 2023, 10:40 PM
# Analysis
Jostling between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil is all about party identity and dismantling '#FFG'
Party positioning leads to budgetary tensions between coalition partners.
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May 25th 2023, 11:41 AM
# Coalition
'Being in coalition doesn't mean we're the same': Coveney on FG-FF tensions
Tánaiste Micheál Martin labelled recent Fine Gael suggestions “unhelpful”.
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May 25th 2023, 10:14 AM
# budget 2024
McGrath says he won't be 'bullied' by Fine Gael into tax cuts in next Budget
Earlier this week, three Fine Gael junior ministers called for the next budget to contain tax breaks of up to €1,000.
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May 24th 2023, 4:39 PM
# Fine Gael
Fine Gael TD for Cork East says he will not seek re-election
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said Stanton is a ‘brilliant TD’ who will help ensure that Fine Gael retains a seat in Cork East.
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May 23rd 2023, 8:53 PM
# Pension reform
Taoiseach confirms that the state pension will increase in the next Budget
The issue arose in the Dáil after TD Joan Collins asked if the government were going to uphold the roadmap for pensions reform from 2018.
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May 23rd 2023, 6:04 PM
THE MORNING LEAD
FG ministers got hundreds of emails about evictions - but just 22 about gender and trans issues
A report by
Stephen McDermott
A party TD claimed earlier this year that transgender issues were a bigger issue for the public.
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May 21st 2023, 12:05 AM
# ableism
Taoiseach criticised for 'offensive' language after 'slow learners' remark about Sinn Féin
A spokesperson said that the Taoiseach’s remark was a reference to Seamus Mallon’s famous turn of phrase about the Good Friday Agreement.
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May 20th 2023, 2:42 PM
# Fine Gael
Fine Gael departures 'natural turnover' of TDs before next election, says Varadkar
Five sitting Fine Gael TDs have said they will not contest the next election.
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May 11th 2023, 10:26 PM
# Politics
Fine Gael TD Michael Creed confirms he will not contest next general election
The Cork North West TD is a former Minister for Agriculture.
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Apr 25th 2023, 12:49 PM
# General Election
Fine Gael TD John Paul Phelan to stand down at next general election
The Carlow/Kilkenny TD suffered a serious heart attack three years ago.
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Apr 19th 2023, 10:32 AM
# fg vs labour
Taoiseach accused of being 'smug' as Labour and FG trade blows on housing record
It comes a day after the Department of Housing released new figures on social housing construction.
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Apr 18th 2023, 2:47 PM
# Controversy
Cork city councillors 'stunned' after tense and abrupt end to eviction ban meeting
Sinn Féin have claimed FG and FF breached council standing orders.
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Apr 4th 2023, 2:46 PM
# eviction ban
Government wins confidence motion in the Dáil by 86 votes to 67
Green TD Neasa Hourigan, who voted against the government over the eviction ban last week, was among those to vote confidence in the government.
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Mar 29th 2023, 12:16 PM
# Eviction
'No emergency accommodation offered' to family of eight evicted from rental home in Donegal
The family, which includes six children, are currently staying at a friends house in their spare room until Friday. They have nowhere else lined up to go.
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Mar 27th 2023, 7:37 PM
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