# mary-hanafin - Monday 18 February, 2019
# Party Faithful
# Party Faithful
Andrews will be seeking to win back a seat for the party in the capital.
# mary-hanafin - Wednesday 20 January, 2016
# Fianna Fáil
# Fianna Fáil
Mary Molloy Cowen made the remarks in a post which has since been deleted.
# mary-hanafin - Wednesday 30 September, 2015
# Fianna Fáil
# Fianna Fáil
The former minister has been controversially added in Dún Laoghaire
# mary-hanafin - Monday 28 September, 2015
# Internal Affairs
# Internal Affairs
*For now at least as members pick councillor Cormac Devlin to contest the general election.
# mary-hanafin - Wednesday 23 September, 2015
# Internal Affairs
# Internal Affairs
The selection convention takes place next week.
# mary-hanafin - Tuesday 25 August, 2015
# Analysis
# Analysis
Analysis: Fianna Fáil wants to blood new candidates but is also relying on the old guard in some constituencies.
# mary-hanafin - Sunday 23 August, 2015
# After Micheál
# After Micheál
Micheál Martin is safe for now but who’s in the running to replace him? Here’s our ranking of the contenders…
# mary-hanafin - Saturday 22 August, 2015
# Internal Affairs
# Internal Affairs
Two constituencies could prove particularly problematic for the party.
# mary-hanafin - Sunday 5 July, 2015
# News Fix
# News Fix
Mick Wallace, Ireland’s asylum system and the Greek referendum had people talking today.
# Mary Hanafin
# Mary Hanafin
Mary Hanafin has said former ministers should be the “very last” people to get an increase.
# mary-hanafin - Tuesday 12 May, 2015
# Pensions
# Pensions
The former taoisigh’s annual pensions cannot be cut further, Brendan Howlin has said.
# mary-hanafin - Friday 24 April, 2015
# Internal Wranglings
# Internal Wranglings
Analysis: Is the Celtic Tiger party ready to return to power?
# mary-hanafin - Tuesday 21 April, 2015
# Fianna Fáil
# Fianna Fáil
Jennifer Cuffe is the latest Fianna Fáil councillor to throw her name into the race to be the party’s candidate in Dún Laoghaire.
# mary-hanafin - Friday 10 April, 2015
# Them's Fightin' Words
# Them's Fightin' Words
The Fianna Fáil councillor is preparing to battle it out for the nomination in the south Dublin constituency.
# mary-hanafin - Thursday 9 April, 2015
# It's Happening
# It's Happening
The Battle of Blackrock resumes…
# mary-hanafin - Tuesday 7 April, 2015
# The Story Continues
# The Story Continues
The two Fianna Fáil councillors could be contesting the general election selection convention in the coming weeks.
# mary-hanafin - Tuesday 20 January, 2015
# The Comeback Kids
# The Comeback Kids
There are a few familiar faces you could be seeing again come election time.
# Not Going There
# Not Going There
The Fianna Fáil councillor is staying out of the debate ahead of May’s referendum.
# mary-hanafin - Wednesday 17 December, 2014
# 6 Years On
# 6 Years On
What happened in the days and weeks leading up to the bank guarantee of 30 September 2008? TheJournal.ie presents an in-depth account from the people who were in the thick of it.
# mary-hanafin - Sunday 17 August, 2014
# Comeback Kids
# Comeback Kids
The field of former Fianna Fáil ministers who could make a comeback is relatively small. We’ve been finding out why.
# mary-hanafin - Thursday 5 June, 2014
# Fianna Fáil
# Fianna Fáil
The former minister is now expected to officially become part of the Fianna Fáil group on Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council.
# mary-hanafin - Sunday 25 May, 2014
# Warning Shot
# Warning Shot
The PAC Chairman said he would consider challenging Micheál Martin’s leadership if action’s not taken to address Fianna Fáil’s direction.
# mary-hanafin - Saturday 24 May, 2014
# No Hard Feelings
# No Hard Feelings
The former government minister was in fine form as she celebrated victory in the local elections today.
# Battle Of Blackrock
# Battle Of Blackrock
The publicity over the Fianna Fáil strategy in Blackrock appears to have paid off.
# mary-hanafin - Thursday 22 May, 2014
# Paid Up
# Paid Up
Enda Kenny said that four ministers are in receipt of payments despite a pledge not to draw them.
# mary-hanafin - Tuesday 6 May, 2014
# Analysis
# Analysis
“I’m in. I’m in,” Hanafin declared earlier, despite requests from her party leader.
# Battle Of Blackrock
# Battle Of Blackrock
“The portrayal on Saturday was ‘here’s a former minister muscling in’. Quite genuinely, I wasn’t.”
# mary-hanafin - Saturday 3 May, 2014
# Fianna Fáil
# Fianna Fáil
This morning, the party maintained that Hanafin would not be running in the Blackrock ward. But has this changed?
# mary-hanafin - Monday 21 April, 2014
# GE16
# GE16
The former Minister said there’s still hope for her party.
# mary-hanafin - Thursday 9 January, 2014
# Back To The Future
# Back To The Future
Hanafin, who was first elected to the Dáil in 1997 but lost her seat in 2011, has ruled herself out of the forthcoming European elections and says she won’t run for the local council.
# mary-hanafin - Thursday 28 November, 2013
# Election 2014
# Election 2014
The former Fianna Fáil minister also said the Green Party is “not a political party”.
# mary-hanafin - Tuesday 26 November, 2013
# Election 2014
# Election 2014
The party’s switch to one member-one vote in recent years is likely to mean a more open contest than was the case before.
# mary-hanafin - Wednesday 20 November, 2013
# Election 2014
# Election 2014
The former junior minister and TD wants to give someone else a chance and will not seek re-election to the European Parliament next year.
# mary-hanafin - Friday 25 May, 2012
# Group Of Death
# Group Of Death
If the Irish Times’ report is right, Dún Laoghaire could become a three-seater – with one of them already filled…
# mary-hanafin - Sunday 4 March, 2012
# Opinion
# Opinion
The party of Cowen and Coughlan may have apologised – but they don’t seem to have got the point, writes Philip O’Connor.
# mary-hanafin - Thursday 12 January, 2012
# Daily Fix
# Daily Fix
In tonight’s fix: A bad day for jobs, a good day for the government – and for some primary teachers, and which important group want help from JobBridge interns?
# G-Team
# G-Team
Did you miss me? The former government minister has a new role as a judge on a TG4 competition show.
# mary-hanafin - Monday 14 November, 2011
# 9 At 9
# 9 At 9
Nine things to know this morning…
# mary-hanafin - Monday 7 November, 2011
# 9 At 9
# 9 At 9
Nine things to know this morning…
# mary-hanafin - Tuesday 16 August, 2011
# Race For The Áras
# Race For The Áras
The party wants to run a candidate according to a survey of TDs and senators. Meanwhile Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh is mulling a possible run.
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