Mark FitzGerald: Varadkar must be persuaded to buy into bedrock policy

Varadkar continues to build strong lead among party’s TDs, Senators and MEPs

Varadkar says Government has to ‘hold the line’ on public sector pay

Minister trailing in Fine Gael leadership race, but says he will see contest through

Centre-right rivals for Fine Gael leadership divided by style rather than policies

‘My private life and my family life are not going to be an issue,’ says Leo Varadkar

Ireland should follow French model in abortion law, protecting mother and unborn

Three-way fight will have no official moves until Enda Kenny willingly steps aside

Our politicians could benefit from reading some documents at the National Archives

The condition is caused by the reactivation of the chicken pox virus within your body

‘A Connemara Village’ by Paul Henry, valued at up to €100,000, sold for £85 in the 1930s

Parties are going out of their way to avoid defining themselves as either left or right

Prime minister Alex Tsipras says ‘some technocrats are trying to scare us with ultimatums’

Leader Lucinda Creighton wants minutes of all Cabinet meetings to be published

Harney and Rabbitte clashed in Dáil in 2005 over inquiry being brought to an end

Statement says judge could not recall account when asked by authorised officer

Jackie Lee Bouvier knew and loved Ireland before she ever met JFK , letters to Fr Leonard reveal

Former taoiseach was good friend of priest in his later years

Opinion: Declan Costello’s programme may have been prompted by a realisation that he could not stay in the party unless it changed

Opinion: Nearly half the electorate has no opinion as to how it will vote at the next election