Fianna Fáil

Party fests have occasionally provided iconic political moments, and unwelcome publicity

Voters don’t tend to consider a politician’s age, otherwise how to explain the appeal of Bernie Sanders and Michael D Higgins to the young?

After more than 40 years in the Dáil, the Fine Gael TD reflects on his political career following his announcement earlier this week to retire

Fine Gael leader says party has succession plans in place with several long-serving TDs set to step down

Inside Business podcast with Ciarán Hancock

Tánaiste tells British government at Oxford University event that action needed if unionists continue to short-circuit Stormont

If the 50-year-old TD remains as an Independent, it might mean a split vote that would allow Sinn Féin take a second seat in Sligo-Leitrim

Far from looking determined, the Coalition seems cowed by the challenge from Sinn Féin

Electoral Commission: Bigger parties, especially Sinn Féin, are likely to be happier with plans published

It’s a lot more difficult for smaller parties to win in three-seat constituencies

Sinn Féin on course to take at least one seat in almost all constituencies and will be in the running for multiple seats in many constituencies

Businessman and son of former tánaiste died suddenly at his home in Sandymount

Where the lines end up on the map and how many TDs are allocated to individual constituencies is the subject of fevered anticipation among TDs and would-be-deputies

Here are the factors likely to shape Irish politics between now and the next election

At a stroke of a pen, the transfer of electoral divisions could rob sitting TDs of crucial votes

Electoral Commission to deliver its highly anticipated review next week as electoral boundaries are redrawn and number of TDs is increased in line with growing population

As Fine Gael TDs bow out and Sinn Féin flirts with government, lines are being redrawn in more ways than one

Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan

Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan

Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan

Survey by Irish Farmers Journal suggests three out of four farmers would support new farmers’ political party if one were to emerge

Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan

Farmers are in strange denial about the climate emergency partly because political parties, especially Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, have shaped their attitudes

August survey of voters: Fine Gael remains on 19%, Fianna Fáil down one to register 18 per cent with Green Party on 5%, up two

Some opposition politicians have waspishly suggested that Micheál should save ‘Our Electorate Ghosted Us’ for when he teams up for a podcast series with Leo after the general election

Young woman renting room advised against cooking as councillor’s office was beside kitchen

Young woman renting room from Conroy was told to wash dishes in the bathroom sink

He survived one of the longest election counts in the country’s history, describing it as ‘the agony and the ex-TD’

The Fianna Fáil leader’s decision about Europe could influence Irish politics for the rest of the decade

Critics of RTÉ should not ascribe the blame for its most spectacular fall from grace solely to the hybrid funding model

A fitting tribute

Veteran politician was lord mayor of Dublin during the city’s millennium year

Tánaiste Micheál Martin pays tribute to ‘extraordinarily committed public servant’

Pre-budget party meeting hears calls for the renter’s tax break, currently worth €500 per year, to be doubled

Proposals will not be considered again until the next Dáil term after the summer recess

Budget 2024 will include more than €1bn to help families and a package ‘much greater than that’ allowing for welfare increases, says Taoiseach Leo Varadkar

Lending by Housing Finance Agency up 4.5% in first half of year

Ballyfermot councillor, who succeeds Green Party’s Caroline Conroy, will focus on ‘kindness and inclusivity’ while serving as 355th Lord Mayor

Before the next election, the party faces two huge choices, separate but related, which will have a great bearing on its future

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