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Tuesday 20 October 2020
Andrews will be seeking to win back a seat for the party in the capital.
Mary Molloy Cowen made the remarks in a post which has since been deleted.
The former minister has been controversially added in Dún Laoghaire
*For now at least as members pick councillor Cormac Devlin to contest the general election.
The selection convention takes place next week.
Analysis: Fianna Fáil wants to blood new candidates but is also relying on the old guard in some constituencies.
Strict new coronavirus measures are now in effect – here’s what they mean for you.
Micheál Martin is safe for now but who’s in the running to replace him? Here’s our ranking of the contenders…
Two constituencies could prove particularly problematic for the party.
Mick Wallace, Ireland’s asylum system and the Greek referendum had people talking today.
Mary Hanafin has said former ministers should be the “very last” people to get an increase.
The former taoisigh’s annual pensions cannot be cut further, Brendan Howlin has said.
Analysis: Is the Celtic Tiger party ready to return to power?
Jennifer Cuffe is the latest Fianna Fáil councillor to throw her name into the race to be the party’s candidate in Dún Laoghaire.
The Fianna Fáil councillor is preparing to battle it out for the nomination in the south Dublin constituency.
The Battle of Blackrock resumes…
The two Fianna Fáil councillors could be contesting the general election selection convention in the coming weeks.
There are a few familiar faces you could be seeing again come election time.
The Fianna Fáil councillor is staying out of the debate ahead of May’s referendum.
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.
The field of former Fianna Fáil ministers who could make a comeback is relatively small. We’ve been finding out why.
The former minister is now expected to officially become part of the Fianna Fáil group on Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council.
The PAC Chairman said he would consider challenging Micheál Martin’s leadership if action’s not taken to address Fianna Fáil’s direction.
The former government minister was in fine form as she celebrated victory in the local elections today.
The publicity over the Fianna Fáil strategy in Blackrock appears to have paid off.
Enda Kenny said that four ministers are in receipt of payments despite a pledge not to draw them.
“I’m in. I’m in,” Hanafin declared earlier, despite requests from her party leader.
“The portrayal on Saturday was ‘here’s a former minister muscling in’. Quite genuinely, I wasn’t.”
This morning, the party maintained that Hanafin would not be running in the Blackrock ward. But has this changed?
The former Minister said there’s still hope for her party.
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.
The former Fianna Fáil minister also said the Green Party is “not a political party”.
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.
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.
If the Irish Times’ report is right, Dún Laoghaire could become a three-seater – with one of them already filled…
The party of Cowen and Coughlan may have apologised – but they don’t seem to have got the point, writes Philip O’Connor.
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?
Did you miss me? The former government minister has a new role as a judge on a TG4 competition show.
Nine things to know this morning…
Nine things to know this morning…
The party wants to run a candidate according to a survey of TDs and senators. Meanwhile Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh is mulling a possible run.
THE IRISH FARMERS Association has urged Irish MEPs to vote to ban words traditionally linked to meat products from being used on vegetarian alternatives.
The European Parliament is to vote this week on the terminology used for plant-based meat and dairy substitutes.
Amendments put forward would restrict the naming of such products so that they could not use terms normally associated with meat products.
One amendment would curtail the use of terms such as ‘steak’, ‘sausage’, ‘escalope’, ‘burger’ or ‘hamburger’ on products that do not exclusively contain meat.
The IFA has written to MEPs urging them to accept both amendments to protect Irish consumers and the agricultural industry here.
IFA President Tim Cullinan said yesterday that dairy products or plant-based meat branded with ‘real’ meat descriptions is “deliberately misleading to our consumers and undermines our industry.”
What do you think: Should vegetarian foods be allowed use words like ‘steak’ and ‘burger’?
Poll Results:
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