Short campaign means digital battle could play a major role in how election plays out

‘Small things can get you noticed, and that can translate into wider media coverage’

Catherine Noone’s Volkswagen runs her into bother while Kevin O’Keeffe’s joke backfires

Simon Harris ‘appalled’ by protest by 100 people outside National Maternity Hospital

Political awards for 2019: Gongs for Varadkar, Healy-Rae . . . and Bertie

Gerard Craughwell (Ind) and Catherine Noone (FG) were speaking during a Seanad debate

The party needs to stop talking itself into opposition, reckons Simon Harris

Some within Fine Gael believe the Taoiseach may go to the country within weeks if a Brexit extension or deal is achieved

Back in their expensively refurbished Upper House, the talk was still resolutely cheap

Meeting the Taoiseach, Brexit, bus stops and ’violence’ of French education system

Women’s council calls for State survey into sexual violence to include analysis of dating apps

The abortion referendum result was the ‘culmination of a quiet revolution in Ireland’

Varadkar says many people ‘for their own reasons’ go to charities rather than State

Recent weeks have seen a flurry of activity as Fine Gael continues to select candidates

Candidate will run alongside Richard Bruton in next election

Irish and UK politicians call on British government to reform North’s abortion laws

Fine Gael Senator describes legislation as an ‘insult to legal profession’

Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan proceeds with deletion despite concerns

Oireachtas committee hears children dropping out because they can’t get games

The strongest political advocate for repeal was also the abortion referendum’s biggest winner