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Fianna Fáil
Breaking news, analysis and comment on Irish political party Fianna Fáil
Relations across the cultural chasm in the Coalition have been deteriorating for months, with Fine Gael and Fianna Fail ministers increasingly given to mutterings about their Green colleagues
Sinn Féin has succeeded in becoming an establishment party, but perhaps too convincingly for its own good
Ursula von der Leyen seeking second five-year term but is facing opposition backlash over support for Israel
Dee Ryan, who questioned the Tánaiste’s leadership on social media in 2016 and 2017, says her view of him now ‘could not be more positive’
Coalition politicians turn fire on proposed hate crime law, saying new legislation should be abandoned
Hate speech legislation, stalled in the Seanad, now considered another potential electoral hazard, in addition to review of speed limits
‘Volatility and unpredictability in Ireland even greater than in 2020,′ says Cabinet source after referendums defeated
Governments will likely be more cautious about making constitutional changes in future
Even if the Government’s wording were not so wretched, there would be good grounds to vote against it to protest against the process of its creation
Senators Lisa Chambers and Niall Blaney added to the ticket alongside convention winner Barry Cowen
High-profile candidates are contesting seats for the bigger parties, but differing attitudes to second-tier elections can throw up unexpected results
Men who agitate about labels or being supplanted by hordes of vengeful women should look around them. Fewer than a quarter of our TDs are women
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