Tánaiste targets issues like pay and pensions and promises 40,000 new homes per year

Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael were forged out of the bitterness of an ancient quarrel

Two parties rose out of Anglo-Irish Treaty but today their ideology overlaps considerably

Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil already trading blows in bitter exchanges over crisis

The Taoiseach should define climate change as the most important challenge we face, because it is

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Fine Gael’s new leader had been quietly preparing the ground for months

His instinct is to challenge himself, to serve and try and make a real difference in people’s lives

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Leadership candidate on his ‘right-wing’ image, abortion and Coveney’s values

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He values the principle of the ‘Just Society’ and a dynamic, outward-looking Ireland

Analysis: For Coveney it is the party’s soul, for Varadkar supporters it is just a slogan

Minister rejects Coveney’s criticism on compassion as Cork TD pushes ‘Just Society’ agenda

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Coveney’s ‘Just Society’ blather was not compatible with party in 1965 or now

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

Kate O’Connell previously called Varadkar supporters ‘choirboys’